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• Positive supports during COVID-19-parenting- you are enough
• How to explain COVID-19 in plain language
• Child Mind Institute:
  
  • https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/#autism
  • https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1917784/1800565/
    
  • https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/
    
• General resources
  
• Daily Email Tips
  
• Facebook Live Videos
  
• General Mental Health Resources:
  
• Supporting People with Autism
  
• Updated COVID-19 FAQs and Resources April 24, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Toolkit for DSPs
  
• Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety – Virus Anxiety
  
  • Crisis text line - text 741741 to talk with a crisis counselor. Available 24/7
• SAMHSA Resources and Information
  
  • The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990.    24/7, 365-day-a-year
  • Text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
    
• American Psychological Association (APA) Covid-19 resource page
  
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  
• Mental Health America
  
• National Advocacy Campaign
  
• PsychHub - COVID-19 Mental Health Resource Hub
  
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Covid-19 Coping with Stress
  
• National Council for Behavioral Health - Resources and tools for addressing Covid-19
  
• National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities - Covid-19 Resources
  
• Maryland COVID-19 Crisis Support Program: Free Mental Health for Direct Support Professionals and other Frontline Workers​