Understanding the Landscape of Mental Wellness in Our Children: a Webinar for Parents (Video and Resources)

Date: Jan 30, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a wave of mental health challenges across many age groups and the Medical Committee has been made aware of the particular impact it has had on the mental health of Young Adults. The pandemic has coincided with many other stressful incidents in the world and our Sai community. This is a presentation for the parents of SSSE students presented on Jan 30, 2022. Note: Zoom recording started late, opening prayer and land acknowledgment omitted from the video.

RESOURCES

We used questions submitted by you, to formulate the key points of the presentation. Please find listed below, resources that were reviewed during the presentation and some resources pertaining to other questions we received, which were not dealt with during the presentation due to time.

Dr. Badri Narayan:

KELTY MENTAL HEALTH
Essential reading for parents on mental health in children – great resources on stress, anxiety, depression, how to use technology and other topics
https://keltymentalhealth.ca

MY HEARTS MAP
a way for youth to self-screen for mental health resources and a list of cross Canada mental health resources for parents
https://trekk.ca/pages/55-myheartsmap

Dr. Avi Ramsaroop:

What do we really know about kids and screens? – American Psychological Association (contains in-text references to studies)
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/04/cover-kids-screens

Develop a Family Media Plan – tool created by the American Academy of Pediatrics
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx

Screen Time and Digital Media: Advice for parents of school-aged children and teens – Canadian Pediatric Society
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/screen-time-and-digital-media

8 Tips to Help Your Child Focus and Stay Engaged During Distance Learning – Johns Hopkins (School of Education)
https://education.jhu.edu/2020/04/8tipsforfocus/

Three Ways to Help Your Kids Succeed at Distance Learning – UC Berkley
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/three_ways_to_help_your_kids_succeed_at_distance_learning

Swami’s discourse on focusing on Divinity (2002 Dasara day 5)
https://saispeaks.sathyasai.org/discourse/purify-mind-and-focus-it-divinity

Swami’s discourse on talking unnecessarily (1977 Summer Course)
https://saispeaks.sathyasai.org/discourse/talking-too-much-harms-ones-memory-and-ones-strength

Additional information, related to other questions we received:

Keeping Children Safe Online – Government of Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/resources-keep-children-safe-online.html

How to Talk to Kids about Getting Vaccinated -City of Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/94ff-Tips-Sheet-5-11-Talking-to-Kids-about-Getting-VaccinatedOct-19-2021.pdf

Answers to common questions about COVID-19 vaccine for children and youth -Canadian Pediatric Society
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/immunization/covid-19-vaccine-for-children

Parenting during COVID-19 – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
https://camh.echoontario.ca/COVID-Resources/parenting-during-covid/

Bullying- What Parents Need to Know – PREVNet Queen’s University
https://www.prevnet.ca/bullying/parents