The California Department of Social Services is supporting Parents Anonymous in the launch of the new California Parent and Youth Helpline, which provides support and resource referrals to parent and youth during the current COVID-19 pandemic.  We are requesting your assistance in promoting the helpline by sharing the below information with your contacts and placing the logo on relevant websites: 

The California Parent and Youth Helpline provides support and resource referrals to parent and youth during the current COVID-19 pandemic, 7-days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Call or text 1-855-4APARENT (855-427-2736) for services in English, Spanish and other languages.  For more information, please visit:
https://caparentyouthhelpline.org/

Preschool Learning Resources

AT Webinar (Tiffany and Vanessa)

Distance Learning IC SELPA Padlet for Professional Development

Designing Instruction (Designated/Integrated) Padlet

SEISSign video tutorial

• Direct link to the materials/resources

• Assistive Technology Accessibility Resource Graphic
• Google Tools for Struggling Students/Special Needs
• KCET and PBS SoCal is offering free at-home learning resources.
• PBS Learning Media, Free Standards Aligned videos, in all subject matter areas.
• Here is list of 150+ enrichment activities for children while parents are working remotely

Getting Internet Access: Available Plans

• Access: Telecom and Data Companies Extending Services

ASHA Resources

• 5 Steps to Get Started in Telepractice
• Telepractice Services and Coronavirus/COVID-19

Online Modules and Resources for Remote Professional Learning

Online Modules and Resources for Remote Professional Learning Click here

Curriculum Resources

Wide Open School

Wide Open School features a free collection of the best learning experiences and activities for kids, organized by grade band and subject. You will also find daily schedules with creative breaks and recommendations to keep kids engaged and exploring, one day (or one hour) at a time.

Movement break for Kids

• Family GoNoodle
• Understood - 8 Gross Motor Skills Activities for Kids

6 Easy and simple exercises for kids

• Verywell Family - 6 Easy and Simple Exercises for Kids
• Child's Play in Action - 18 Brain Breaks That Will Make Your Kids' Minds Happy
  (Scroll down to videos)

Movement breaks/Brain Breaks

Understood - Brain Breaks: What You Need to Know

Reading Story Books to Kids

Storyline Online
(Videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books)

Attention and Focusing

Krazydad - Mazes
Mazes for all age Kids: (helps with attention and focusing)

Using EBP in the Home and Community: Video Modeling

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million! Participants learned about this highly effective Evidence Based Practice (EBP) that can assist individuals with developmental disabilities in learning a broad array of skills from academic to self-help to job skills. Examples of various types of video models were shared and participants got a chance to plan and write a script for their own video that can be developed and used once they left the workshop. Presented by Patty Schetter, MA, BCBA

Using EBP in the Home and Community: Visual Supports

Participants will learn how to use this versatile Evidence Based Practice (EBP) to support individuals in the home and in community settings. Various types of visual supports that address adaptive, vocational and behavior needs are shared.
Presented by Amber Fitzgerald, MA, BCBA

MIND Tip #1: Teaching Wait

Other Videos

• Positive and Productive Childcare While the Kids Are Not in School
• Conscious Discipline - Webinars for Professionals and Parents

Other resources

• COVID-19 info and resources from MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Student and Family Support - Emergency Plan COVID-19
  
• How to Explain COVID-19 to a child with Anxiety Additude - How to Explain Coronavirus to a Child with Anxiety (ADHD)
  
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): What to Talk About with Your Child

DHH

• ReadWorks - Reading Comprehension Instruction That Works
• Signing Savvy
• PBS Learning Media
• Hand Speak - ASL Sign Language Dictionary
• K5 Learning - Free Worksheets for Kids
• Scholastic Learn at Home

Free video remote interpreter access during COVID-19 testing
Linguabee is providing remote video interpreter (VRI) access at no cost (to anyone) for community members seeking COVID-19 testing at a testing site. If someone needs an interpreter at a test site, they can reach out to us and we will provide them with connection instructions in advance of their arrival.

Occupational Therapy, Fine Motor and Sensory

• Squiggle Park
• OT Mom Learning Activities
• Learning Without Tears - Distance Learning
• Fun & Function’s 10-minute strategies for a sensory break
• Social story
• Cornerstone Autism Center - OT and Sensory Ideas for Home

CAA Core Content Connectors

• Science
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics

Conscious Discipline

• Conscious Discipline website

California Alternate Assessments for ELA and Math

CAA Content Connectors - ELA

• CAA Blueprint for ELA
• CAA Blueprint for Mathematics
• California Alternate Assessments for ELA and Math CDE page

SEIS - Special Education Information System

Special Education Information System (SEIS) log-in: Click Here

CALPADS Primary Disability Category Codes

California Department of Education CALPADS Primary Disability Category Codes