I am writing this important blog post to provide resources/support to help you as parents and to help our children throughout this continued difficult time. The horrific death of George Floyd along with the long standing issue of race in our country, is I'm sure on the forefront of many people's minds right now. Not only as an elementary school psychologist, but as a mom of a four year old asking questions, I want to help provide some developmentally friendly resources so that we can do our part in making the world a better place.
1. Here is a great social story that Mrs. Ryan (one of our district BCBAs) shared with me, this social story helps to explain things with kid friendly language and pictures
2. The Medfield Superintendent Dr. Marsden shared this article with several great pointers about talking to kids about race and racism
3. This website provides a list of 37 books that address race and discrimination
4. This website provides a list of helpful books according to age range for those of you who have kids spanning various ages.
5. Lastly, CNN is pairing up with Sesame Street to conduct a 'town hall' Saturday morning 6/6. I know our kids at Wheelock are older than Sesame Street's target audience but reading the description of the event it seems like it would be a worthwhile resource. They're having a panel of experts help to answer questions submitted by kids/families.
I hope you all find these resources helpful, thank you for your time.
