Video: Supporting Your Child at Home A short video for parents on how best to support your student while learning at home. This parent workshop was conducted for parents this past November for Mt. Vernon Avenue School.
Zoom Fatigue and Kids: How to Help “Zoom fatigue” is a new phenomenon researchers are observing as we all find ourselves having to use virtual platforms on a regular basis. Psychology Today describes it as the exhaustion we experience from video chatting. It affects adults and kids too. Video chatting can be more tiring to us because ... Click Here to Read More
Helpful Links Here are some helpful links to resources for supporting your child’s academic and positive behavior while they learn at home! Here is a link to a guide for families with strategies to help you to support your child academically and to help with challenging behaviors as they learn at home (K-3) https://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/family-guide-to-at-home-learning/ This link can ... Click Here to Read More
20 Ways to Beat Back the Blues We’re all experiencing major changes in our lives right now, and it’s hard not to feel down. Our children look to us for reassurance and to know they will be ok, so it’s important to keep positive. Here are 20 ways you and your family can beat back the blues! ... Click Here to Read More
Positive Affirmations For 2020 During difficult times, using positive affirmations can help us to cope. Our thoughts strongly affect the way we feel. What we tell ourselves can either make us feel more calm or more anxious. The article below by Kristen Suleman of Mental Health Match provides us with positive affirmations to use now to help ... Click Here to Read More
The Do’s and Don’ts of Helping your Teen Learn Virtually: A Guide for Parents and Caretakers Hello, Irvington families! My name is Dr. Karla Rivera. I’m a school psychologist here in Irvington and am here to support you as we face these challenging times. Not only do I work full-time, but I’m also a mother of four ... Click Here to Read More
Video: Mask Tolerance and Endurance A short video for parents on the importance of reinforcing mask-wearing using their child's interests. This important video presented by Ms. Krista Paranczak gives strategies for increasing tolerance and the amount of time a child will wear a mask. Source: njcie.org/irvington
Video: Using Social Stories For Mask Wearing A short video for parents on what, why, when, and how to use social stories with your child for mask-wearing. This impactful video presented by Ms. Jessica Habib has examples to help your child better transition for their future health and safety. Source: njcie.org/irvington
Self-Care for Parents Parents & Caretakers, here is some sound advice for your own self-care during these challenging times! Human beings like certainty. We are hard-wired to want to know what is happening when and to notice things that feel threatening to us. When things feel uncertain or when we don’t generally feel safe, it’s normal to ... Click Here to Read More
How Can I Keep My Young Child Busy at Home? Without in-person school to keep our little ones busy, many of us are left with trying to keep our children busy at home. We don’t want them on screens all the time, but we may be out of ideas for how to occupy their time. If we’re ... Click Here to Read More