Parent-Family-Community Connections
July-August 2022 Edition
Parent Tips: Help Your Child Have a Good School Year
As a parent, there are many things you can do at home to help your child have a good school year. These include making sure your child gets enough sleep, getting him to school on time, and reading at home every day.
Here are ten important ways to get started!
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If you give a child a cell phone . . .
Keeping Your Children Safe Online: Tools and Tips for Parents
When is the right time to give your child a cell phone?
Who are they interacting with on their phones or other devices?
What are some of the dangers we need to be aware of and talk about with our children and teenagers?
View a short video clip below (in English or Spanish) that addresses these topics.
The video clip features the PadresPresentes program from learntoprotectkids.com, that teaches educators and parents about the dangers of social media and how to talk to kids about online safety.
Proteja a sus hijos de los peligros en el internet
¿Estás preparado para hablar con sus hijos acerca de los depredadores en línea y de cómo manipulan a los niños? Vea este video corto que le dará un ejemplo cómo proteger a sus hijos.
Protect your children from online dangers
Additional Online Safety Resources
Parent Involvement and Response to Uvalde
Resources in response to the Robb Elementary School shooting
In response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde Texas, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help children, families, educators, and communities navigate what they are seeing and hearing, acknowledge their feelings, and find ways to cope together.
These resources include:
· Talking to Children About the Shooting
· Helping Youth After a Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
· Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen
· Talking to Teens About Violence
· Tips for Talking to Students About Violence
· Coping After Mass Violence: For Adults
· Coping After Mass Violence: For Teens
· Helping School-Aged Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
· Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
· Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief
· Guiding Adults in Talking to Children About Death and Attending Services
· After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal
· Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
Summer Reading Resources
Click on the free Read Aloud QR Code cards below, in English and in Spanish!
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Region 7 Bilingual Family Engagement
Joseph Pino
Emergent Bilingual Family Empowerment Specialist
Email: jpino@esc7.net
Website: https://www.esc7.net/page/TitleIII.home
Phone: (903) 988-6793