On this page, we are collecting resources from Marion Community Schools' social workers to help you! We are all working together to stay connected. Check out the following links:
Contact us:
We are available via email to assist families with any concerns or needs they have during this time!
- Click here for the staff directory to find the email for your school's student support / social service specialists
>> Click to view our local community resource guide (food banks, childcare, financial help, and more)
Other resources:
- Coping During COVID-19: Resources for Parents
- Self-care tips for parents & resources for supporting children
- COVID-19 Lockdown Guide: How to Manage Anxiety and Isolation During Quarantine
- Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
- ISDH: Helping kids and teens cope during this time of many changes
- Teen mental health during quarantine
- Mental Health And COVID-19 – Information And Resources
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network's pandemic resources
- Parenting Toolkit
- Free mindfulness classes for kids
- Social / emotional lessons for students at home
- Disaster Distress Helpline (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): Call 1-800-985-5990 OR text TalkWithUs to 66746
Easy calming exercises:
- Mindfulness and "5-finger breathing" to help you bring yourself back to calm, from Allen Elementary's Miss Caroline
- Five-sense grounding with Miss Caroline
- Spiderman and Darth Vader breathing exercises with Miss Caroline
- Mindfulness with Family Service Society's school-based team
- Allen Elementary's Miss Hannah leads you through an exercise to recognize and name the emotions you're feeling
- "My Calm Space" from Riverview Elementary's Miss Brattain
- Making a Zone Cootie Catcher with Miss Hannah
- DIY Sensory Bottle with Miss Caroline
App suggestions:
These are external apps that have been recommended by our staffers. Please note these are not MCS apps; read app documentation for more information.
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Mindful Powers: This app teaches students various ways to self regulate as they help a Flibbertygibbet learn how to be more mindful (Android & Apple link)
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Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame Street: Your student can help a Sesame Street character calm down in English or in Spanish (Android link) (Apple link)
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Antistress: This app offers a variety of virtual fidgets and calming sensory items (Android link) (Apple link)
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Breath Ball: Customize a ball to be whatever color you would like and breathe with it (Android & Apple link)
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Gravitarium: Music plays in the background while you draw (Apple only)
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Headspace: The free version offers mindful meditations (Android & Apple link)
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Stop, Breathe, Think: This app allows students to identify how they are feeling and recommends mindful meditations specific to how they are feeling (Android & Apple link)