By Adam Parker, School Psychologist

In the middle of March, 2020 schools across the world closed their doors to stop the spread of Covid-19. What came next was the balancing act of parents having children at home, remote learning, and trying to manage our fears and emotions. Days before state assessment would begin we had to shift our thoughts from state standards to social-emotional wellbeing and that lens needs to be the focus moving forward.

Job loss, fear, illness, closed borders, anxiety, and death are the words that have been surrounding our lives for the last four months, and that affects children just as negatively as it affects adults.

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