Explore Inspire's Supports
Managing at Home Family Toolkit– With the assistance of affected families, we have created a toolkit for families to protect their mental health during social isolation. Ideas to keep children busy, support their mental health, in addition to educational resources. Sign up here.
Youth COVID Kit –This is a document that includes links to videos that help explain COVID-19 to children and youth.
Teletherapy Manual- This document includes tips and tricks to help service providers (and others!) connect with children on video chat
Children’s Activities (under 5)- Here are a variety of activities that you can do to enrich your experience with hard to connect to youth. We have put a variety of sources and ideas that may work for you from all the places we could find.
Activities for Youth (at Home)– Here is a two week outline of daily activities you can do with your kids while at home, lots of crafts and activities with common household supplies
Youth Activities Resources – This is a guide intended to help you connect to your child, while participating in activities together.
Self Expression Activities for at Home –Activities you can participate with your child, and learn about and be curious of their self expression, and allow them the opportunity to express themselves openly.
Inspire Youth Worksheets– This is a bundle of worksheets your child can do that focuses on topics such as “you’re not alone”, “its okay to make mistakes”, and “practice makes perfect”
Learning to Become a Behaviour Detective– Supporting a child with autism or other sensitivity can be difficult during stressful times. This document was created with and for families that include complex kids, c=because they know best.
Challenging Behaviour Print Out – Learning to see behaviour in a new way, including figuring out the reason behind the behaviour and how to shift it to something that works better for you, your child and your family.
Supporting Sensitive Kids in Isolation – A video made with community direction, on how to support our kids during the COVID 19 isolation.
Supporting ourselves in Isolation – A video made with community direction, on how to support ourselves as caregivers during the COVID 19 isolation
Parents’ Top Questions – Inspire’s CEO Angela Taylor went live on Facebook to answer all the top questions Inspire has been receiving during COVID.
COVID-19 & Autism – this interactive talk was designed to increase understanding and our ability to help our children with autism be safe and happy through isolation including addressing top challenges.
Caroline Conquers Her Corona Fears by Camelford, K., Vaughn, K., & Dugan, E.
No School Today by Adam Schwartz and illustrated by Adam Kirk