COVID-19 Resources

COVID CareLine:
Call 1-800-720-9616 to connect
The COVID CareLine is a new, toll-free number and emotional support call service created by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Behavioral health professionals will staff the CareLine from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 7 days/week. They will offer confidential support in times of personal crisis when individuals may be struggling to cope with current challenges in their lives. After 8 p.m., the CareLine will forward to the National Suicide Prevention Helpline, allowing those calling to have access to someone 24 hours/day.

• 5 Things About Staying Mentally Healthy
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America Psychologist Jelena Kecmanovic provides some science-based strategies and tips for coping with COVID-19 anxiety.
• The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has guidance on managing mental health
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Coronavirus Information
• Compassion Resilience Toolkits
• Coping-19  addressing mental health, stressors, and personal experiences onset by COVID-19.
• Coping with Stress During Infectious Disease Outbreaks by SAMHSA
• COVID-19 and Your Mental Health
• Helpful Tips on Managing Anxiety
• How Loneliness Hurts Us and What to Do About It
• NAMI COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide
• Tips and Resources related to mental health and social distancing/isolation from SAMHSA.
• Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health: Tips for social distancing, quarantine, and isolation during an infectious disease outbreak by SAMHSA

• 5 Tips for Thriving Through Winter Break
  • For Teens
  • For Parents and Caregivers
• CDC Guidelines
• Holidays During the Pandemic: Tips for reducing stress, helping kids cope, and making new traditions, by Child Mind Institute
• Supporting Children and Teens During This Holiday Season by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Understanding Services During COVID-19

Care is Available Now. Treatment might be via phone, video conferencing or in person in the community.

If your child is already in treatment at schools, use the Search School Based Providers link on the Home Page to get in touch right away.

If you want to start treatment, therapists are available. Use the School Based Providers link on the Home Page to make an appointment. Use the Search Providers link on the Home Page for other options or call the MindPeace office at 513.803.0844.

• Message from Cincinnati Children’s
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is committed to the safety of all patients. Similar to the rest of the country, CCHMC has the potential to be impacted by the COVID-19 virus and we are expecting an increase in patients presenting to our emergency departments.  Our goal is for patients who do not need emergent care to avoid the emergency department in an attempt to avoid unnecessary exposure to infectious illness. For mental health crisis or emergencies, patients and families are encouraged to contact their current mental health provider first.   This allows the mental health provider, who knows your child best, to provide support and direction.   If your child does not have a mental health provider, and they are experiencing a non-life threatening mental health crisis, you are encouraged to contact the Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC) at CCHMC 513.636.4124.  The PIRC staff will help you to decide the most effective level of intervention for your child’s mental health crisis – which may include an urgent psychiatric assessment in the PIRC Bridge Clinic. You should go to the emergency department if you are experiencing a medical emergency, a life-threatening mental health crisis, or are directed to go there by a medical provider. This will help limit the spread of the virus in our community and allow our emergency departments to care for patients with the most critical needs first.
• 5 Tips for Social Distancing, provided by Indian Hill Exempted School District
• 12 Calming Exercises for Kids
• A Kids Guide to Coronavirus
• Compassion Resilience Toolkit
• Coronavirus Resources for Children with Disabilities
• COVID-19 Books for Kids
• Easing Kids Fears about COVID-19 from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Family Mindfulness Schedule
• Help Kids Understand the Coronavirus: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus by NPR
• How to Talk to Kids about Coronavirus with Daniel Tiger (songs and videos) 
• A Psychologist On How To Keep Your Kids Focused During ‘Zoom School’
• Resources for Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Special Education Fact Sheet Related to COVID-19
• Trauma-Informed Teaching/Parenting in our New Online Environment

• The Hope Center has outlined resources for supporting college students
• How to Pick a College During COVID-19
• Tips to Help Teens Cope During COVID-19
• COVID Grief Network

• 2020 Children’s Mental Health Report: Telehealth in an Increasingly Virtual World by Child Mind Institute
• CDC: Teen mental-health emergency visits climb during pandemic
• The Coronavirus Seems to Spare Most Kids From Illness, but Its Effect on Their Mental Health Is Deepening by Time Magazine
• Estimation of US Children’s Educational Attainment and Years of Life Lost Associated With Primary School Closures During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
• Family Mental Health Crisis: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too by The Conversation
• How to Keep Children’s Stress From Turning Into Trauma by The New York Times
• The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use by The Kaiser Family Foundation

• COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry
• Opening Schools During COVID-19: CDC’s Considerations
• Plan Ahead to Support the Transition-back of Students, Families, and Staff
• Welcome Back Package: Family Engagement Toolkit

• Children’s Mental Health Emergencies Skyrocketed After COVID-19 Hit.  What Schools Can Do
• ELL and Multilingual Resources for Schools
• Guidance for Higher Education Administrators
• Information for Ohio Schools and Districts
• Schools and Coronavirus: What You Should Know
• Teachers, How Can We Care for Our Mental Health Right Now?
• Telehealth Toolbox for School Personnel
• Trauma-Informed School Strategies during COVID-19
• Q&A from the US Department of Education Regarding Students with Disabilities & Services

• 30 Questions to Ask Young Children During Video Calls
• The Crisis Kit: 5 Tools for Helping Clients Through Turbulent Times
• General Tips for Video Chatting with Young Children
• Guidance on Establishing Telehealth
• Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology
• OhioMHAS Telehealth
• Resources for Establishing Telehealth
• Sample Consent for Telehealth
• Sample Consent for Telehealth Psychiatry
• Sample Telehealth Intake
• Sample Telehealth Policies and Procedures
• Seven Strategies for Conducting Services Virtually
• TBHI Informed Consent
• Telehealth and Suicide Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Treating Suicidal Patients During COVID-19: Best Practices and Telehealth
• Telehealth Toolbox for School Personnel
• The Therapeutic Phone Tool offers interventions for treating anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, and substance use disorders. To get your copy, email IFCI@ohioguidestone.org.
• Telehealth Play Therapy Activities
• Telehealth Tools for CBT, Increasing Frustration Tolerance and Depression: $8.99 each
• Tele-Play Therapy: Resources and Support Facebook Page
• Tips on Video Lighting and Audio
• Using Visual Supports for Children with Developmental Disabilities

• 1N5 is a trusted resource and provides advice and activities
• Bilingual Coronavirus Resources
• Cincinnati Museum Center’s Wonder Zone
• Cincinnati Zoo’s Home Safari
• Community Resources by We Thrive
• Family Resources from Cincinnati Children’s
• Scholastic Learn at Home: Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing
• Storyline Online features books read out loud by a variety of well-known people.