Resources

Talking About Race

• NPR: How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race

• PBS: Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism

• PBS: How to Talk Honestly With Children About Racism

• The Myth of Race Debunked in 3 Minutes

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N-Word Specific

• Straight Talk about the N Word (by Dr. Neal A. Lester/Teaching Tolerance)

• Articles by Dr. Neal A. Lester/Teaching Tolerance

• Why It's So Hard to Talk About the N Word by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor/Ted Talk

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Affinity Groups

• Affinity Space by Design, a plan for developing (sustaining) impactful and influential parent affinity spaces for our children, our networks, and our schools. 

• Affinity Group Resource Page For Independent Schools Interested in Starting Affinity Groups. This includes links to a NAIS affinity group presentation, information about white affinity group spaces, links to Liza Talusan's affinity group curriculum and more. 

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Supporting Black Men

• Men Thrive: A digital platform dedicated to helping Black men of all ages show up whole, operate with joy, and live with power. 

• Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America

• Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders

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White Nationalists Targeting Teens Online

• Connecting the Dots: Protecting Students from White Nationalist Influence during COVID-19  (Full Lecture & Video series posted on Medium)

• Building Resilience & Confronting Risk in the COVID-19 Era: A Parents & Caregivers Guide to Online Radicalization (Southern Poverty Law Center)

• Racists Are Recruiting. Watch Your White Sons (NY Times Opinion)

• Rabbit Hole Podcast (New York Times)

• Swastikas in the Bathroom: Connecting the Dots between White Supremacy, White Nationalism, the AltRight, and the Alt-Light, by Shelly Tochluk and Christine Saxman (Medium)

• My Day with the Far Right, by Shelly Tochluk

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Supporting Children With Challenges

• www.gozen.com (easing anxiety for children) 

• Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience, by Renee Jain and Dr. Shefali Tsabary

• The Conscious Parent, by Dr. Shefali Tsabary

• The Motherhood Evolution (How Thriving Mothers Raise Thriving Children), by Suzi Lula

• Support Groups for Parents with Special Needs Children:

  • Facebook: MNO SoCal-Caregivers of SN Children

  • For Moms, specifically: www.wearebravetogether.com

  • Tilt Parenting by Debbie Reber - https://tiltparenting.com/

• Social Skills / Social Thinking Resources: The Social Foundations LA at www.socialfoundationsla.org (small group, virtual & mobile social groups)

• Enrichment Classes / After School (Virtual): The Help Group “Kids Like Me” - https://www.kidslikemela.org/afterschool-programs-schedule/ (mostly for more impacted children)

• Apps/Websites/Recommendations

• Social, Emotional Learning (SEL):

  • Free Virtual Classes

  • Brain Breaks via GoNoodle

• Organization Help

  • Google Keep--Digital task manager

  • Google Calendar/Learning Works for Kids (virtual schedule, insert zoom links, reminders, due dates)

• Note-Taking Help​

  • IMindMap Kids Ap

  • Notability/Evernote App

• Attentional Assistive Technology: Forest App (popular with Middle/High School students) to help focus

• 7 Top Tips for Self-Care as a Special Needs Parent by Susanna Peace Lovell

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School Search Resources

• College -- Fastweb is a National Scholarship Database designed to simplify the scholarship search by helping students find millions of scholarships, grants, internships, and financial aid opportunities.

• College -- How to build a college list & Expectations for Success Checklist - Grades 9 -12

• College -- The Guided Pathway Support Program (GPS) is a FREE program designed to help college-bound African American high school juniors and seniors navigate the admissions process by directing them to the most comprehensive and reliable resources available including access to GPS College Advisors, weekly college and scholarship advising webinars, college scholarships, essay reviews, scholarship application assistance, and more. Registrations are free and accepted year-round. Learn more here. 

• Los Angeles Independent Schools -- LAIS – Los Angeles Independent Schools – is a consortium of 59 Los Angeles-area independent schools serving children from preschool to 12th grade that share a common mission: assisting families in their exploration of independent school education.

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