COVID-19

Page Overview

This page is dedicated to sharing COVID-19 information and resources for families with neurodiverse kids that have been reviewed by the POND Network. This page includes:

  • POND Network’s COVID-19 Social Story 
  • COVID-19 Information
  • Online COVID-19 Books
  • COVID-19 Online Toolkits and Tips
  • Recommendations for Providing Care and Support to Families and Patients
  • COVID-19 Activity Ideas
  • Talking To Your Children About COVID-19
  • Funding 

POND Network’s COVID-19 Social Story: #KidsVSCovid (English)

POND Network’s COVID-19 Social Story: #KidsVSCovid (French)

COVID-19 Information

Recommendations for Providing Care and Support to Families and Patients

  • Recommendations from Amy Kelly to Parents with Special Needs Children, click here.
  • AAP Tips for Parents coping with stress during COVID-19, click here.
  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) guide to helping families cope with COVID-19, click here.
  • Psychology Today tips for parenting during COVID-19, click here.
  • Autism Research Institute: Basic Supports and Strategies to Get us Through and Keep us Sane, click here.

Online COVID-19 Books

COVID-19 Online Toolkits, Apps, and Tips

  • UNC online tool kit for supporting individuals with autism during the Coronavirus, click here. 
  • Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities: How to stay safe, well and connected, click here.
  • COVID Keep Safe, click here
  • AAP Tips for Parents coping with stress during COVID-19, click here.
  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) guide to helping families cope with COVID-19, click here.
  • Psychology Today tips for parenting during COVID-19, click here.
  • International OCD Foundation Mobile Apps, click here.

COVID-19 Activity Ideas

  • Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities: Dancing, click here.
  • Play structured and activities to fill the day by Princess Awesome and Boy Wonder, click here.
  • Scholastics Learn at Home, click here. 
  • GoNoodle Movement videos, click here.
  • Fluency and Fitness, click here.

Talking To Your Children About COVID-19

Funding

  • Funding for families if they have children who are not in school or child care because of coronavirus (COVID-19). Any parents can apply for direct funding to offset the cost of buying materials to support their children’s learning, while they practice self-isolation and physical distancing. Click here.