Resources for Providers Who Work with Kids

Science-based Insight for Professionals Supporting Children & Families

We’ve curated resources for mental health providers, social workers, educators, and other professionals to help you best support the children and families you work with. All of our resources are created by child psychology researchers often with additional insight and advice from guest experts who specialize in fields including child development, mental health, and public policy.

Watch brief videos, hear in-depth discussions, and read shorter blog posts for tips, advice, and science-based insight for providers who work with children.

The Latest for Providers Who Work with Kids

Creating Consistency for a Child Experiencing Stress

3 Steps for Managing Children's Behavior

Don’t Teach Children to Be Colorblind About Race

How to Create Structure Out of Chaos

Featured Discussions for Providers Working with Kids

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Losing Seasons: Coping with Canceled Youth Sports & Activities

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How will we continue to keep our youth active and healthy during the pandemic? Many sports have had to take a time-out due to COVID-19. Indoor activities have been cancelled, and, pandemic or not, weather doesn't always permit us to enjoy being physically active outdoors. Hear our guest experts discuss how to help our children cope physically and mentally so that everybody “wins.”

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Building Resilience

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We were joined by Dr. Bruce Perry, child psychiatrist and trauma expert, for our webinar Building Resilience: Understanding Patterns of Stress to Design Effective Doses of Meaningful Support. We discussed how to help your children—and yourself—navigate these challenging times when aspects of life may feel amplified.

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Best of Pandemic Parenting: Looking Back & Moving Forward

In our final episode of the Pandemic Parenting Podcast, Dr. Amanda Zelechoski and Dr. Lindsay Malloy revisit some of the best advice, stories, and research findings our guest experts have shared over the past two years.

While these “best moments” are from conversations centered around the pandemic experience, these insights will be ones we carry with us as we enter new challenges in parenting our children through every stage of their lives.

A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Research

We’re back! This season, we’re diving into the newly published research about the impacts of COVID-19 on children, parents, and families. Along the way, we’ll talk with the researchers who conducted these studies and identify key insights we can incorporate into our lives right now.

But before we review the research, we want to set the stage. How do we, as parents, understand the science behind articles, videos, and social media posts where we find this information?

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Helping Your Child with Vaccine Fear & Anxiety with Dr. Christine Chambers

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At a time when vaccines are on the minds of so many parents, clinical psychologist and child pain management expert, Dr. Christine Chambers, joins Dr. Lindsay Malloy to discuss how we can help manage needle pain and fear our children may experience. (Pro Tip: Many of these strategies work for adults, too!)

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Talking with Kids About Past Events with Dr. Angela Evans & Dr. Zoe Klemfuss

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How we talk with children about past events matters. Whether the event was negative, emotional, or even mundane, how we approach these conversations influences the way children process and remember the event.

Dr. Angela Evans and Dr. Zoe Klemfuss joined Dr. Lindsay Malloy to dig into the “why” and the “how.” Why is it important to talk with kids about the past? And how do we have these conversations?

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