Return to School Roadmap for Families
This Return to School Roadmap for families from the U.S. Department of Education has links to many ideas and resources for supporting your child’s health and well-being as they return to school. “As you...
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This Return to School Roadmap for families from the U.S. Department of Education has links to many ideas and resources for supporting your child’s health and well-being as they return to school. “As you...
Child Well-being / Communication with Schools / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Learning at Home / Remote Learning for Fams / Transitions
The Dear Highlights podcast addresses the issues around being a kid today and offers parents expert advice to help raise their children to be their best selves. The goal is to elevate the voices...
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The Family Resource Network of Ohio (FRNO) provides training for parents/caregivers, groups, schools, and agencies/providers on the Charting the LifeCourse Tools. Fill out this form to request LifeCourse training. Their website also offers listings...
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A whole child approach broadens Ohio’s schools’ focus beyond academics to include meeting students social-emotional, physical and safety needs. Ohio’s Whole Child Framework acknowledges that to support a “whole child” it takes schools, families...
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These guides and short useful tools are produced by experts from Nationwide Children’s Hospital. They are designed to provide education and action-oriented strategies and tools to start conversations and boost mental wellness in children....
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Families are the providers of healthy meals for their kids. This looks different for every family! The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a searchable map of free meal locations in Ohio and beyond. Children...
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The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center’s GrandUnderstandings project is designed to provide resources to assist grandfamilies and the educators who support them. Our resource hub contains an infographic for families, a research brief for...
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Let’s be honest: parenting young children can sometimes be hard. That’s why we asked OSU early childhood experts to weigh in on the most common topics that families ask about in this Real Talk webinar series. Whether you are a father, mother, uncle, grandparent,...
“Learn how to use everyday moments to build a strong foundation of literacy skills by incorporating fun, simple and engaging brain building activities.” This video from the Summit County Educational Service Center and State...
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This guide by the Ohio Department of Education can help parents and caregivers understand your rights and your child’s rights according to Federal law (I.D.E.A.) and the Ohio Operating Standards regarding special education supports...
Beginning on Friday 1/13/23, you will notice a new look and format for our website! All of the same resources will still be available, just organized slightly differently. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that this causes. We will do our best to make sure the transition to the new format goes as smoothly as possible. Note: The website will be down for 1 or more hours on Friday morning.