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Providing Distance Family Support: What do I say? How can I help? A Conversation with NCPMI Faculty
Lise Fox, University of South FloridaErin Barton, Vanderbilt UniversityAmy Hunter, Georgetown UniversityApril 17,2020
Questions and Discussion
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Live teleconference sessions for families or families withchildren
Family tele‐health to provide early intervention services
Live teleconference sessions (e.g., zoom) with groups ofchildren
Email “check ins” with groups of families
Asynchronous communication with families through anapp or web site
Live teleconference sessions (e.g., zoom) with individualchildren
Sending materials to individual families to complete withtheir child and reviewing the work
Sending families (e.g., all parents in my class) materials tocomplete with their children and reviewing work
Emails providing resources to groups of families (e.g., allfamilies in my class)
Emails providing resources to individual families
Email “check ins” with individual families
Family “touching base” phone calls
Distance services I am providing:
Emails
Sending materials
Teleconference sessions
Telehealth
App or Website
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Family has member in the household withthe virus
My ability to support families related toconcerns about abuse, neglect, domestic…
Family members are essential employeesand still working outside of home without…
My skills at helping families who areexperiencing stress and coping challenges
My skills at helping families engage in howwe are currently delivering services
Family stress about the virus and stay athome restrictions
Family subsistence issues are the priority(e.g., loss of income, food insecurity)
Family members now have “work from home” expectations and little time …
Family has additional stress due to COVID-related loss of employment or income
Family capacity to help children cope withchanges in routines or stress
Family capacity to help children withemotional and behavioral difficulties
Concerns that I have about the children and families I support:
Behavior
Family stress and change in routines
Family priorities
Family availability
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How can I provide help without adding to a
family’s stress?
Have these Numbers Available
• Disaster Distress Helpline – Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
• Crisis Text Line – Text with a trained Crisis Counselor. Also available in the UK and Canada. https://www.crisistextline.org/
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – If you’re feeling suicidal, please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
• National Domestic Violence Hotline – Isolated at home in an abusive situation and need help? Call 1-800-799-7233. https://www.thehotline.org/
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How do I help families address behavior
challenges?
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How can I guide families who do not
have access to technology?
Feedback
• Email with survey link (in 1 hour)
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The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H326B170003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project officer, Jennifer Tschantz.
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