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Mental Health

Finding Your Calm in the Child Care Classroom
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Finding Your Calm in the Child Care Classroom
May 17, 2023
If you are a child care professional, you definitely know how hard it can be to maintain composure both inside and outside of the classroom. To help you find your calm, we hope you’ve heard about SPARK Learning Lab’s partnership with the Calm App. By filling out a short form, you can get access to […]
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Early Childhood Mental Health

Early Childhood Mental Health
September 1, 2022
Coping with Infant Loss
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Coping with Infant Loss
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Finding Your Calm in the Child Care Classroom
If you are a child care professional, you definitely know how hard it can be to maintain composure both inside and outside of the classroom. To help you find your calm, we hope you’ve heard about SPARK Learning Lab’s partnership with the Calm App. By filling out a short form, you can get access to […]
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Early Childhood Mental Health
Your guide to early childhood mental health resources in Hamilton County, Indiana Here at Child Care Answers, in partnership with A Healthier Hamilton County: Systems of Care, we work to ensure all families and child care professionals in central Indiana have the necessary resources to access and navigate behavioral and mental health services. Included in […]
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Coping with Infant Loss
by Jamie Le Sesne Spears, Family Engagement Specialist Ever since I can remember, I have known two things about myself – I was going to be a teacher and I was going to have a family of my own. One of those dreams came quite naturally, and I have had the privilege to love and […]
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Self-Care and Wellness for Child Care Professionals
A child care professional’s guide to self-care A career in the early care and education field can be rewarding, but it can be busy and challenging, too! You’re often putting in long hours with little pay. Some days it may feel like you can barely go to the bathroom for a minute, let alone take […]
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Helping Your Child Develop Empathy
Nurture empathy in your child Empathy is the ability to imagine how someone else is feeling in a particular situation and respond with care. This is a very complex skill for young children (and even adults!) to develop. Being able to empathize with another person means that a child: Understands that they are a separate […]
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Self-Care & Wellness for Parents
A Parent’s Guide to Self-Care Parenthood can be busy and challenging. Parents manage a lot for their families, and some days it may feel like you don’t get a minute to yourself. We have resources to help you shift the narrative and prioritize self-care to ensure your whole family thrives. Making time for yourself is […]
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Understanding Behaviors and Emotions
The Science Behind Your Child’s Behaviors Your child is upset–throwing a full blown tantrum in the middle of the grocery store. You ask yourself “Why are they acting like this?! Can’t we have a peaceful trip to the store?” Understanding what your child is going through and why they act the way they act will […]
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Help for "Quarantine Fatigue"
by Kristin Cofield, Family Engagement Specialist After two months of social distance and stay-at-home orders, many people may experience physical and emotional drain. As our awareness about COVID-19 heightened, we went into crisis mode. There was a lot of anxiety, panic, fear, and a need to make quick decisions for the best interest of our […]
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Parents Need Love Too: A Guide to Self-Care
by Kristin Cofield, Family Engagement Specialist Being a parent has never been easy, but we all know in this age of social distancing and COVID-19, it’s only gotten harder. Many of us are experiencing the current events personally. You may have loved ones suffering from the coronavirus. You may have lost a job or financial […]
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How to Combat Provider Stress and Burnout
by Vicki Lehman, Community Engagement Specialist Life can be stressful! The life of an early childhood teacher can be even more stressful. We are in a profession of caregivers, so it is easy to forget to take care of ourselves. I know how hard and stressful your job can be – I was a preschool teacher […]
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Become a Children's Mental Health Advocate
by Shannon Ford, former Professional Development Coordinator I am one of the millions of Americans diagnosed with a mental health condition. In fact, one in five of us are!1 Anxiety disorder is something that causes me to worry a bit too much. At times, I can be restless and wound-up. Other times, I can be […]
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Feeling stressed?
Another mentor (thanks Amy!) forwarded me the following story over a year ago and I’ve held on to it knowing I just might need to reflect on it from time to time: A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d […]
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