Child Development and COVID-19

This section includes resources for promoting nurturing care and positive development for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources include those that offer guidance for parents and caregivers who are caring for children during lockdowns and quarantines who do not have access to schools and other services.

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National Child Traumatic Stress Network,

This resource from the U.S. National Child Traumatic Stress Network will help you think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect your family—both physically and emotionally—and what you can do to help your family cope.

Plan International,

Plan International Australia lanzó una guía que ayuda a madres, padres y tutores a orientar algunas de las difíciles conversaciones y situaciones que pueden surgir con niñas y niños durante esta abrumadora pandemia.

Jack P. Shonkoff - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This statement from Jack P. Shonkoff of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University notes that the Center is "assembling easily accessible and actionable scientific knowledge for supporting the developmental needs of young children and their families in this current context."

UNESCO,

This list of educational applications, platforms and resources below aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This webpage from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University features a list of links to national and international resources that can help with a variety of concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farrukh Shah - Save the Children,

This study focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects children aged 11-17 in India, including impacts on violence against children and social protection for children.

Child Trends and the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts,

This resource offers information on supporting and protecting children’s emotional well-being as this public health crisis unfolds.

Save the Children,

This webpage from Save the Children features answers to frequently asked questions about the coronavirus, as well as advice for talking to your children about the situation.

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE),

The resources on this webpage have been collected to support the provision of education in places affected by COVID-19.

Children's Trust Fund Alliance,

The Children's Trust Fund Alliance has compiled what they are hearing from parents in the U.S. and some of the creative and flexible responses that their members have been implementing into this document.