SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S WELL-BEING DURING CHALLENGING TIMES
During these unprecedented circumstances, we know that our children would benefit from support to reduce anxiety and increase their social emotional skills. Luckily, there are many fantastic resources out there that parents and guardians can use at home to support their child’s well-being during these challenging times (and maybe join in on a bit of the fun and learning themselves!).
We’d like to share a few of our favorite resources to get you going:
Asset Education has created this great library of kids teaching kids calming activities (and grown-ups can do them, too!)
Alliance for a Healthier Generation has created an excellent toolbox for everything from talking with your kids about COVID-19, to ways to stay socially connected while physically distant, and more tips on whole body wellness.
Thompson School District has created a week’s worth of self-awareness activities (for all ages) and a week’s worth of self-management activities, also for all ages.
Build Our Kids’ Success has put together a Summer Fun Pack to help reduce anxiety with activities for play, fun and to get kids moving (for ages K-9th grade).
Looking for some yoga and mindfulness activities for your family? Check out this great resource: English & Spanish.
Want to hear from the experts? Check out the National Association of School Psychologists’ Mental Health Tips for Parents and Educators
If these strategies feel a bit overwhelming, just remember that the very best thing you can do to support your child is to just listen. Connect with them, appreciate their unique self and take joy in the person they are growing into. An added benefit of slowing down for a few minutes to listen to your child is that it gives you another opportunity to notice changes in their affect, attitudes, mood and behavior and realize you may need to refer them to the school counselor, social worker or a private therapist for additional support. You are not in this alone; your child’s school staff are here to partner with you to help navigate these challenging times.
“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives. Numerous studies of disaster response...have shown that social support is the most powerful protection against becoming overwhelmed by stress and trauma...The critical issue is reciprocity; being truly heard and seen by the people around us, feeling that we are held in someone else’s mind and heart. For our physiology to calm down, heal, and grow we need a visceral feeling of safety.” --Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Self Service - Technical Support Guides for Student Devices
The following one-page guides were e-mailed directly to all students on September 6th. The purpose of these guides is to provide methods for students and families to fix minor technical issues on a student device checked out to them by their school or the district. Please click on the appropriate guide below if you have a TSD student device.
Optional Accident and Loss Protection for District Chromebooks
Thompson School District has partnered with One2One Risk Solutions to provide optional accident and loss protection for our district chromebooks.
Registering with One2One and purchasing a damage waiver will protect you from the full cost of repair or replacement for your district-issued device and limits your responsibility to a per-occurrence deductible (see below). The protection plan cost is $15 per device and covers the device through the end of the school year against accidental damage, cracked screens, fire, liquid damage, electrical surge and loss/theft (a loss/theft claim requires a police report for coverage).
The first incident has a zero deductible. The second claim on the same device will be a $25 deductible and the third claim will be a $50 deductible. A loss/theft claim without a police report will require the replacement cost of the device (this varies depending on the make/model of the device).
If you want to take advantage of this optional insurance, please visit www.one2onerisk.com and select “Enroll My Device” to get started. Open enrollment ends on September 30th. So don't delay. Again, this is optional. You are not required to get this insurance. Please note that this program is only for chromebooks. There is a 3-year warranty on iPad damage if it happens in its case, but no loss protection for iPads.
Transportation Services Update
To maximize student ridership, families will be required to apply for transportation services. The application process will be open to all eligible elementary, middle school and high school families. Please click HERE to view Thompson School District’s applicable policy, which contains detailed eligibility information.
In order to uphold safety guidelines, transportation services for all eligible high school students will be approved using a space-available application process. Services will be assigned by available space per route and availability may vary. Priority for high school transportation will be assigned to freshman and sophomore students. Please submit an application for each eligible student in your household to request transportation services. Transportation applications can be found HERE.
Transportation will be provided for qualified students with disabilities who have special transportation designated on their IEP or 504 plan, as well as students who qualify for applicable services under the McKinney-Vento Act or our English Language Development program. All transportation service options are subject to change in order to uphold safety guidelines.
Transportation has begun notifying families when their student has been approved for transportation services. If you have any questions, please contact the Transportation Department at info.transportation@thompsonschools.org
LOOKING FOR EVEN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TSD "RETURN TO LEARN" Plan?
Email: info@thompsonschools.org
Website: https://www.thompsonschools.org/Page/21622
Location: 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland, CO, USA
Phone: (970) 613-5000
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