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Supporting Your Child After Stressful Events

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This resource offers guidance on supporting children after stressful events and includes strategies for families and caregivers to create safety and predictability through routines, clear communication, and emotional connection.

Help Us Stay Calm: Strategies that help you and your child during challenging behavior (Somali, Image)

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When a child is engaged in challenging behavior or experiencing anger, stress, sadness or frustration, it is important to stay calm. The strategies in this infographic help both caregiver and child stay calm during challenging behavior. Early care and education and family support programs are encouraged to download the infographic to use in their social media to families or repost on their web site.

Help Us Stay Calm: Strategies that help you and your child during challenging behavior (Somali, PDF)

Help Us Stay Calm Infographic (Somali) thumb

When a child is engaged in challenging behavior or experiencing anger, stress, sadness or frustration, it is important to stay calm. The strategies in this infographic help both caregiver and child stay calm during challenging behavior. Early care and education and family support programs are encouraged to download the infographic to use in their social media to families or repost on their web site.

Help Us Stay Calm: Strategies that help you and your child during challenging behavior (Hmong, PDF)

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When a child is engaged in challenging behavior or experiencing anger, stress, sadness or frustration, it is important to stay calm. The strategies in this infographic help both caregiver and child stay calm during challenging behavior. Early care and education and family support programs are encouraged to download the infographic to use in their social media to families or repost on their web site.

Some Days are Different! (Spanish)

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Use this sample scripted story to help support children when the day at school is different, specifically when children are temporarily in a different classroom with a new teacher.