Back to School Resources
General Information for Families
Pre-Screening Tool for Families Pre Screening Maine DOE
Guide for Families and Educators: Return to School Guidance for the School Community
The DOE parent/guardian letter for 21-22 around the new school vaccine law. Translated versions can be found here.
Return to Sport/Activities
Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation History Form: https://www.aap.org/en-us/Docu...
Gradual Return to Activity Protocol
General Sports Safety Checklist 1
Youth Sports and COVID-19 - Understanding the Risks: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Youth-Sports-and-COVID-19-Understanding-the-Risks.aspx
Maine DECD Community Sports Guidance (not clinical guidance): https://www.maine.gov/decd/checklists/community-sports
Webinars hosted by the Maine Parent Federation - http://mpf.org/trainings.html includes a webinar by Dr. Laura Blaisdell, Maine AAP Vice President on Back to School
COVID-19 and Kids with Special Health Care Needs:
The Maine Parent Federation has resource s including listing different questions parents should be considering when speaking with their local school district and how the MDOE guidance addresses these questions.
http://mpf.org/documents/COVID-reopening.pdf
Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health: https://www.lpfch.org/cshcn/covid COVID-19 Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Home Care of patient with COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/care-for-someone.html
Family education around COVID:
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx
Mental Health Support:
Maine NAMI Teen text Support 207 515 TEXT 12pm-10pm
24/7 Crisis text Line text HOME to 741741
Guided Mindfulness Meditation Video from Mayo Clinic
Greater Good Society Guide to Wellbeing During the Pandemic
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/greater_good_guide_to_well_being_during_coronavirus
National Child traumatic Stress Network Trauma Informed Schools:
https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/trauma_informed_school_strategies_during_covid-19.pdf
Managing your Mental health During Covid -From American Psychological Association.
https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/covid-19-mental-health
Links to DOE: https://www.maine.gov/doe/home
General:
National Academy Sciences Engineering and Medicine: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID Pandemic:
https://www.nap.edu/read/25858/chapter/1
Johns Hopkins School Openings Policy Tracker: https://equityschoolplus.jhu.edu/reopening-policy-tracker/
Encouraging safe Behavior During the Pandemic: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_encourage_safe_behavior_during_the_pandemic
Equity and School Reopening from Johns Hopkins - Lost Learning during Covid, Understanding Which Students Lost the Most: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/live
COVID 19 School and Community Resource Library July 6 2020
AAP News: AAP guidance on school reopening addresses physical and mental health, instructional time