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Helping Iowans
with free mental
health support
during the pandemic
Children’s services: one of the main goals of the child and family team is to give children and their caregivers the tools they need to be able to ask questions about the pandemic
and get support when needed.
[email protected] – Angela -domestic violence [email protected] – Michael –developmental disabilities [email protected] – Renee - workforce [email protected] – Ashley - older adults [email protected] – Jason - agriculture [email protected] – Mandy - child and family [email protected] – Meghan - veterans team
*Counseling**Education *Support
*Connection/Referral to existing supports
as needed
COVID Recovery Iowa is a FEMA/SAMSHA Disaster Response administered by the Iowa Department of Human Services with local agencies providing virtual one-on-one outreach counseling as well as interactive virtual groups and activities, educational webinars, workplace self-care and grief support.
Partners include:
• Heartland Family Service-Council Bluffs• ABBE Center-Cedar Rapids
• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach-Ames
• University of Iowa-Iowa City• Pathways Behavioral Health-Waterloo
This pandemic is different from previous disaster responses. The work of supporting the emotional rebuilding, developing resiliency in
those impacted, and moving forward will continue for some time. Our grant ends June 8
and we hope to do what we can to help all Iowans gain tools to cope as well as possible
during the pandemic and beyond.
Pre COVID 11% of US adults reported symptoms of Anxiety and Depressive disorder. Since July 2020 33%-44% of Iowans have consistently reported symptoms of Anxiety and Depressive disorder.
(Source: The US census bureau household pulse survey 2020 )
Children’s mental health needs can look different and require
different support.
Look for changes in behavior – not wanting to go to school, declining their favorite food, isolating themselves, or
more meltdowns.
Routines
Kids thrive when they know what to expect. Pandemic affects the day-to-day life of many – sports, work, family gatherings Try and keep some things consistent to keep that sense of stability – bedtime
stories, breakfast, getting dressed, a hug every morning. Limit news exposure. Can traumatize and retraumatize. If you are a concerned parent or caregiver – talk to someone about your
concerns – ask a friend, consult the child’s teacher, join a support group, connect with a counselor.
COVID Recovery Iowa has developed some activities to provide a sense of routine, easy access to peer-to-peer counselors, and tools to help children develop communications skills to talk about the pandemic if and when they need to.
Websitehttps://www.covidrecoveryiowa.org/
Here you can get connected to a free virtual counselor by submitting a request for assistance. You can note needs for financial resources,
personal support, activities for children etc.
You can also get linked to our Facebook page, our You Tube channel, Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/covidreco
veryIowaMany different groups to suite your needs – request to
join a group today.
• Parenting in a Pandemic group on Facebook –watch interactive Facebook Live discussions with experts in fields such as Occupational Therapy, Play Therapy, ER Doctor, Budgeting, Shelter and Financial Resources, catch the Question of the Day to ground and connect parents and children, plus fun activities, and homework tips.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/937325153412822
• Tell Me a Story on Facebook – a new story read by COVID Recovery Iowa Staff and celebrities are brought to you each day at 10am. Playing the story for your child can be a way for parents and children to connect or it can give a parent a few minutes to themselves to finish the task at hand. Themed weeks including an upcoming week of books focusing on diversity, love, bedtimes stories, Disney and more. You can go back in time and check out some of our most popular readings by Miss Iowa and Ashton Kutcher – “The Book With No Pictures” by BJ Novak gets a lot of giggles if you are in need.
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/1581970971987124
• You do have to ask to join this group and all of our other groups on Facebook.
Workforce Resources on Facebook
Positive support for essential workers like teachers and childcare providers.
• Mindfulness Mondays• Teacher Tips Tuesdays• Workforce Wednesday
• Thankful for Childcare Thursdays• Fun Fridays
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261569204943086
Locate useful books & activities on our You Tube Channel
• “Good Morning Zoom” by Lindsay Rechler
• “Not Forever But for Now” by Heather Malley
• “Paula and the Pandemic” by Dorothea Laurence
• “I Was Born During a Global Pandemic” by Elyse Gualotuna
• “Invisible String” by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
• “Pandemic for Babies” by Chris Ferrie, Neal Goldsein & Joanna Suder
• Got to youtube.com – search for COVID Recovery Iowa or copy and paste the below into your browser. Subscribe and you will get notified each time we add a new book.
https://youtu.be/Xffc1bH6fSA
Feeling depleted of creative energy? We can help with that too – each book has an activity to go with it – just click “show more” under the book description for details.
• Good Morning Zoom” https://youtu.be/Xffc1bH6fSADraw or write what you miss the most versus enjoy the most about this virtual world.
• “Not Forever But for Now” by Heather Malleyhttps://youtu.be/cpB6Xs_fBnYUse a squirt bottle of water to test out 6 feet.
• “Paula and the Pandemic” https://youtu.be/2N6-_oaL3RUDraw a door- where does it take you?
• “I Was Born During a Global Pandemic”• https://youtu.be/yTqqPoOaodgCreate a time capsule.
• “Invisible String”https://youtu.be/yTqqPoOaodgPlay a good old fashion game of telephone.
• “Pandemic for Babies” https://youtu.be/UAleIpRJJ1IDraw a picture of your family doing something together.
55 books in our library with a goal of adding 2 a week until the completion of the project!
Children’s Story HourInvite us into your space via zoom or we can send a pre-recorded video. We will read two of the books, provide a coloring activity book that we can mail or email. And play a Pictionary game with the children asking about what they have seen, heard and felt during the pandemic.
You can also watch this video to learn how to provide the program yourself:
https://youtu.be/WhcL9xMSV3w
We can email it to you for you to print or we can mail them to you.
Work with the children on the activity. Ask them about a particular page - you can talk about the different names for COVID-19. You can ask about activities that have been cancelled. Maybe what they look forward to doing the most when the pandemic is over.
COVID-19
A kid-friendly coloring book about COVID-19 | Spring2020
chrichmond.org/covid-19 *Clinical information as
of: April 22,2020
Zoom Support Groups
