William T. Hoag Educational Center

This special section of the Family Support Center Website is speficially for all resources and supports related to the CO-VID 19 virus. (For information on child care during this time please see the Child Care Assistance Tab in the directory) 

Mental Health and COVID-19 Resources through Erie County:

https://www2.erie.gov/mentalhealth/

Need some help with local resources, counseling information, child care, or resources for ideas of what to do inside? Check out this Master Community Resource Guide put together by the Mental Health Advocates of Western New York:

https://www.eriemha.org/Community-Resource-Guide_3-23-20.pdf

Are you a parent who wants information on how to talk about this crisis with your child? You can find some information in these two links below:

https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html 

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/health-crisis-resources/helping-children-cope-with-changes-resulting-from-covid-19

 Parent FACT SHEET for talking to their chlildren through an outbreak:

 Tips for talking to kids through a disease outbreak

This is a great resource if you are looking for examples of daily and weekly kid schedules-the links are at the bottom of the page:

https://www.epicforchildren.org/coronavirus-resources