COVID-19 has disrupted lives and led to isolation and lack of connection for many people. The Connection Project, INC. is now offering mental health and addiction peer support by telephone 24/7. Trained supporters with lived experience of behavioral health challenges are available to talk if you or someone you know is experiencing non-crisis behavioral health challenge. AVAILABLE STATE-WIDE IN NEBRASKA!

NAMI provides easy to understand information about mental illnesses, mental health care, diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and support resources. This resource guide contains information specific to COVID-19.

The Child Mind Institute has put together numerous videos and articles on a variety of topics related to COVID-19, including but not limited to how to manage anxiety and how to respond to difficult behaviors and disciplining children.

"Helping Children Cope With Changes Resulting from COVID-19" article from National Association of School Psychologists

Tips for families on how to maintain effective functioning during potentially traumatic events, like COVID-19, from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Tip sheet from Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH).

Tip sheet from Psychological First Aid on common ways adolescents react after a disaster and ways parents may respond.

Tip sheet from Psychological First Aid on common ways school-age children react after a disaster and ways parents may respond.

List of simple activities for children and adolescents that do not involve a screen from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Self-care strategies from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

This article by the CDC offers tips for coping with COVID-19 related stress and ways to help reduce stress in those around you.

Tools and resources on how to practice self-care during COVID-19 from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

This SAMHSA handout contains tips for educators, parents and caregivers on how to talk to children about infectious disease outbreaks.

This resource guide from Suicide Prevention Resource Center has several resources for schools, caregivers, mental health providers and more.

PDF Resource guide for teachers from the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.

Mental Health During COVID-19 is hard on everyone. Especially children and teens with all the uncertainty up in the air. Here are some ways to help your child or teen cope emotionally during COVID-19.