In this statement on the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Center for the Study of Social Policy calls for more support for those who are likely to be hurt most by the current crisis, particularly low-income families.
For this study, one hundred and twenty‐six 11–21 year olds (53 who had experience of the care system and 73 who did not) were recruited from the community and NHS. All participants had self‐harmed in the past 6 months. Participants completed an Audio Computer‐Assisted Self‐interview (ACASI) regarding their views about the support they had received, how helpful it was, and what further help they felt they needed.
This page from the UNICEF website features the latest updates, explainers for parents and teachers, and resources for media related to COVID-19.
In this comment, the authors have suggested ways that the Chinese government could establish and improve the intervention system based on sound scientific advice, to effectively deal with the mental health problems caused by public health emergencies.
These guidelines reflect the insights of practitioners from different geographic regions, disciplines and sectors, and reflect an emerging consensus on good practice among practitioners. The core idea behind them is that, in the early phase of an emergency, social supports are essential to protect and support mental health and psychosocial well-being. In addition, the guidelines recommend selected psychological and psychiatric interventions for specific problems.
This literature scan identifies and synthesizes existing literature examining the effects of pandemics and the identification of policy solutions to mitigate their effects on a well defined group of Canada’s population—children in the care of Canada’s child welfare system.
This factsheet from Generations United provides grandparents who are raising grandchildren with resources and information on how to stay healthy, informed and connected in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This free collection of articles includes relevant psychological research published across the APA Journals portfolio that are relevant to the topic COVID-19.
This page includes the official IFSW statements relating to the Covid-19 Virus and IFSW member updates and reports.
This situation report from UNICEF presents an overview of humanitarian needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and a summary of UNICEF's global preparedness and response actions.
On this webpage, ISPCAN has gathered resources on how to navigate through the COVID 19 pandemic.
This resource from Changing the Way We Care offers guidance on adapting and/or developing services and programming to continue to best serve children and families throughout the rapidly changing times of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on conducting virtual monitoring of children, families, alternative care placements and residential care facilities.
This document, and the accompanying Dropbox folder feature collected global, regional, and country-level resources for COVID-19.
This webpage from UNICEF features a list of resources for practitioners working with children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report seeks to understand the issues faced by vulnerable populations in emergencies, including children, in order to provide them with support and priority assistance and to engage them in decision-making processes for response, recovery, preparedness, and risk reduction.
This interim guidance is issued to assist field staff to immediately respond to urgent needs of people in humanitarian situations, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), host communities, asylum seekers, refugees and returnees, and migrants.
This brief from UNICEF outlines the urgent action needed to put migrant and displaced children at the forefront of UNICEF’s preparedness, prevention and response to COVID19 – to ensure health, safety, and protection for all.
This webpage presents a selection of tools, articles and other resources being shared across the community of children’s rights practitioners concerning the current coronavirus pandemic.
Parenting for Lifelong Health provides open-access online parenting resources during COVID-19.
To help parents interact constructively with their children during this time of confinement, these six one-page tips for parents cover planning one-on-one time, staying positive, creating a daily routine, avoiding bad behaviour, managing stress, and talking about COVID-19.
This guide from IFRC, UNICEF and the World Health Organization offers some tips on how to address and avoid compounding, social stigma in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This document from Save the Children provides parents, schools and communities with tools and tips you can trust about coronavirus (COVID-19) and kids.
Este documento de Save the Children presenta a los padres, las escuelas y las comunidades herramientas y consejos sobre el coronavirus (COVID-19) y los niños en los que puede confiar.
Este llamado a las autoridades públicas presenta recomendaciones de RELAF para tomar las medidas de prevención y atención adecuadas para garantizar el derecho a la vida familiar y comunitaria en el marco de la pandemia.
