Resources
Resource Page
Healthy Diet Options:
Healthy Eating Plate (Harvard recommendations) MyPlate (lots of resources from the USDA, includes an app option and state specific resources) Weight Watchers (the only diet program that we can get behind)
7 Minute Workout (fast, research based home weights program that doesn't require equipment)
Easy Everyday Fitness Ideas 11 Free Workouts You Can Stream Kid Specific (also see healthy activities above):
PE with the Trailblazers Kids Daily Exercise (youtube daily exercise videos)
Action for Healthy Kids (Includes literally hundreds of activities in their Game On Library and lots of Healthy Activities to Do at Home)
Help for those who speak spanish only (asistencia para quienes solo hablan español, incluida la aplicacion para OHP):
Request free condoms mailed out: onecondoms.com
Information about the COVID-19 virus:
Oregon Health Authority COVID-19
Stress Reduction and Mental Health:
Manage stress for health(ways to promote resilience during COVID, including huge playbook)
Loving kindness meditation (a two-minute guided meditation to combat stress)
Practice good self care(healthy choices and coping mechanisms by L. Bingham, FNP)
Emotional Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Outbreak (from suicide prevention hotline)
Cultivating a trauma informed presence during COVID-19 (from local MSW, Julia Jakubowski)
Healthy sleep habits (good sleep is vital to mental health)
Mindfulness: This deserves its's own section as it can be so helpful during stress!
Mindfulness for healthy living (USC resources, including videos to help learn mindfulness)
Mindful: healthy mind, healthy life (Lots of resources and daily tips for mindfulness)
A variety of youtube videos practicing mindfulness
Apps that can help with mindfulness:
Insight Timer (free app with lots of free meditations and mindfulness practices)
Calm app (some free content but most content requires membership - free during COVID-19)
Headspace (some free content but most content requires membership)
If you are experiencing a MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, there are crisis lines available 24 hours/day:
• YouthLine: (877) 968-8491 or Text teen2teen to 839863 (No problem is too big or too
small to text or chat about!)
• Yamhill County Crisis line: (844) 842-8200
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-TALK (8255) or text “CONNECT” TO 741741
• The Trevor Project (866) 488-7386 (LGBTQIA+)
• Friends for Survival, Inc.- (916) 392-0664 - National support for survivors of suicide
Find a counselor:
Psychology Today (find a therapist by insurance, background, specialty, and many other filters)
Support for parents & kids:
Caring for preschoolers at home (Usable knowledge to help get through the day)
Helping Children Cope with Change(from American Association of School Psychologists)
Social and emotional development (Confident parents, confident kids)
ChildTrends (Resources for supporting children's wellbeing during COVID-19)
Connecting with your kids and teens
Special needs:
Social Thinking (For children struggling with sensory or social needs or on the spectrum)
Reach Out Oregon (a way to call or chat online about your child who experiences emotional, behavioral, or physical health, intellectual or developmental disabilities, or educational issues. Parent "warmline" is available at 833-REACH-OR (833-732-2467).