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How Parents Can Help Their Children During the Pandemic

 What parents can do is educate their children on COVID-19, such as the importance of social distancing (standing 6 feet apart) as well as to provide proper equipment such as masks, hand sanitizer and gloves. Parent's can also educate their children on the importance of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. As well as help their children stay physically active and ensure they are getting proper nutrition. Additionally, if children have symptoms of COVID-19, it is best to get them tested for COVID-19. If living in Ontario, to find which COVID-19 center is near you, go to the website:  https://covid-19.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations At this website you can find the assessment center locations near you and book an appointment with them to get tested.  Additionally, it is important that children know the appropriate mental health call centers to contact. Call Centers for Mental Health include: Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free) or text  CONNECT to ...
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How Highschool Students Can Cope During COVID-19 (infographic)

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Social Isolation Impacting High School Students

School interactions are incredibly important for adolescents and for certain young people as it acts as a coping mechanism to deal with mental health issues. The lifestyle changes on young people due to COVID-19, such as fear of infection, being away from friends and teachers, boredom, lack of personal space at home, and losses for the family financially can act as a burden and negatively impact their mental health (Kılınçel, Ş, et al., 2020). Interventions that one could do to help, is by providing high school students with education on how to deal with their mental struggles as well as to communicate with them to find what would be effective for them. One method is that we can explore the idea of loneliness and how it is framed. The feeling of loneliness is actually something that may be more of a biological adaptation. Research has shown that in the past, people used to travel in pacts and hunt in groups, if you got lost, or separated from the group, you were more likely to die, thu...
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What is COVID-19?

The actual name of the current virus, is under the name SARS-CoV-2, which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2. Since this is a new virus, this means that no one (unless you previously had it), has antibodies (the bodies defense system, which recognize and attack viruses and bacteria) against it, meaning that everyone who has not had it before is at risk of catching and spreading the virus. Exposure to the virus SARS-CoV-2, is what causes the disease known as COVID-19. COVID-19 is a severe respiratory illness, which means it affects the airways, lungs and blood vessels that help in breathing. COVID-19 can spread mainly through contact (from touching) and droplet ( during exhalation e.g., breathing, speaking, singing, coughing, sneezing) . These droplets can be taken in by the nose, mouth or eyes. It can spread by touch from exposure to contaminated surfaces.  Recent research shows that it can sometimes be spread through airborne transmission in special cases, such as in: ...
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