Check out the NEW Sayville STRIDES Students & Family Website which has a variety of videos and other resources to support our STRIDES Program at home! Please work alongside us each month as we review our STRIDES characteristics. The website can be found here:  STRIDES Students & Families

We encourage you to check out Child Mind Institute. This website publishes daily tips from experts to support families in addressing a number of challenges and topics. There are articles and videos that help parents and educators facilitate crucial conversations with their children and students.  

Crime Victim Hotlines: Information, resources and a listening ear around the clock - 24 hours a day. 

Click here for the state's most current domestic violence hotline, new text program and confidential online service to aid victims of abuse and provide potentially lifesaving help. 

You can schedule a video chat to get support and answers for today's concerns: talking to your child about Coronavirus, screen-time limits, at-home instruction expectations, calm-down techniques and much more! 

Please follow the link to the article, Ways to Promote Children's Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic for a fact sheet that discusses essential protective factors for our children during this time: 

Promoting Resilience in Children During COVID-19

The Director of Clinical Training at Hofstra University offers the above PDF which contains self-help oriented practical therapeutic advice to cope with the unique challenges created by  pandemic-related psychological distress. 

Click on this link for a variety of resources for you and your family while mangaing the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

This article contains useful and practical tips for how to speak with children about COVID-19/Coronavirus. 

Download and print this calendar for daily incentives to stay positive!