We created these resources to help children in care and families cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they offer advice and techniques that you can apply during any situation of upheaval and uncertainty. Self-care, empathy, patience and practical changes to your routine and structure go a long way in making the best of unusual and uncertain circumstances.
Join our psychologists and mental health coordinators and learn how to thrive during crisis.
The importance of routine & structure
With Fran Davies, Principal Clinical Psychologist
In this tutorial, Fran gives advice and suggestions as to how to minimise anxiety towards the future through the clever use of routine and structure.
How to be mindful of how you access the news and social media
With Matthew Slavin, Principal Clinical Psychologist & Chris Broad, Mental Health Coordinator
In difficult times, the news and media can feel overwhelming. In an effort to help with this, Matthew and Chris consider how best to use and access news and social media in times of crisis and beyond.
How to stay connected and part of a community
With Matthew Slavin, Principal Clinical Psychologist
Join Matthew as he considers the importance of staying connected to people and ways to do that when you can't see them in person. He encourages you to think about how you can feel part of a community in a way that feels safe, comforting and fun during the time of social distancing.
Mirrored experiences of fear
With Alexandra Peers, Principal Counselling Psychologist
In this video, Alex talks about the way coronavirus and its implications might be making you feel, and how this experience can help you understand the internal worlds of children and young people. She notes that how you're feeling right now might be how many children in care feel all the time.
Explore this theme with Alex in the YouTube video below and find out how to support them even more than you already are.
Enjoying the therapeutic benefits of nature
With Matthew Slavin, Principal Clinical Psychologist
Matthew guides you through some of the psychology and neuroscience behind why being in nature is good for the mind, body and soul. He demonstrates some of the structured and unstructured ways you can translate therapeutic parenting principles into the great outdoors, and shares activities to use in nature to improve health, mood and stress levels.