Toolkit for Storytellers

COVID-19

This page contains tip sheets, articles and videos & podcasts for storytellers seeking to portray how adolescents experience the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
 

Tip Sheets

 

COVID Tip Sheet and SEL

For storytellers considering how to incorporate our new reality, living in a COVID world, with sensitivity for preschoolers, school-aged children and teens. Read more.

 
 
 

Blog
‘In the Heights’ celebrates the resilience Washington Heights has used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
‘In the Heights’ celebrates the resilience Washington Heights has used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
How to Support Teens’ Mental Health During COVID and Beyond
How to Support Teens’ Mental Health During COVID and Beyond
How the media may be making the COVID-19 mental health epidemic worse
How the media may be making the COVID-19 mental health epidemic worse
Gaming and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gaming and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Supporting Science in an Age of Denial
Supporting Science in an Age of Denial
Mining 21st-Century Skills at Home with Technology
Mining 21st-Century Skills at Home with Technology
Supporting Parents with Children’s Distance Learning
Supporting Parents with Children’s Distance Learning
School Closures, Stay-At-Home Orders, and Screen Time
School Closures, Stay-At-Home Orders, and Screen Time
How the Pandemic Can Teach Kids About Compassion
How the Pandemic Can Teach Kids About Compassion
Kids and COVID-19: The New Coronavirus Lexicon
Kids and COVID-19: The New Coronavirus Lexicon

Gen Z & Gen Alpha Interviews

In the Winter of 2022, approaching the two year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, students enrolled in Psych 167 at UCLA conducted interviews with children and adolescents about their media habits and how they have shifted over time.

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