Parent letters about illness
- Find parent letters in multiple languages to inform families and staff about potential exposure to different communicable diseases.
- Download from DOH: When to keep your child home from school.
- When is your child too sick for school? quick reference flyer for families.
New Mental Health Resource Guide
TPCHD is excited to share Hope on the Horizon, a youth mental health guide designed to support parents and caregivers. This guide includes:
- Information on trauma and child development.
- Signs and symptoms of mental health struggles and suicidality.
- Practical, home-based prevention strategies.
- Population-specific resources.
- A large list of local mental health and healing supports.
Supporting students with asthma
Asthma-focused Back-to-School Checklist helps parents support their child by sharing with the school their child’s asthma plan, providing needed medications, and letting staff know if their child carries their own inhaler. School staff can help by following clear asthma plans and knowing how to respond during an asthma emergency.
Playground safety updates
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently revised its Public Playground Safety Handbook. Updates highlighted by TPCHD:
- List of playground standards with new/revised standards since 2010, including playground injury data.
- Equipment guidelines refer to technical specifications and testing.
- Recommendations on merry-go-rounds and other spinning equipment.
- New surfacing guidelines and standards, with clarification for loose-fill surfacing that addresses chemical hazards.
- Recommendations for fencing and gates, signage and labeling, and supervision, along with additional insights on strangulation hazards.
- Figures and editorial changes make the handbook easier to understand and use.
