Healthy at Home for CPS:
Parents and Caregivers

The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) is providing a database of resources to support educators and families working towards Healthy CPS. We understand that there is an overwhelming amount of information available to educators, so we have carefully chosen a select number of tools to highlight in each area. To learn more about CLOCC’s work with CPS, please visit our Schools webpage and feel free to contact us if you have any questions: info@CLOCC.net.

This section, specific to parents and caregivers, contains a variety of tools for those interested in supporting their child’s virtual learning, maintaining their family’s mental and emotional health, and learning more about effective family engagement and role modeling.  This section also contains resources for educators looking to engage virtually with parents and caregivers. 

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• Care.com
  • How parents and caregivers can prepare for the school year 

• CDC: Parents for Healthy Schools
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resources for parents and caregivers (English and Spanish)

• Ohio/Hawaii Statewide: Family Engagement Center
  • Family engagement tips for educators, developed by Hawai’i Statewide Family Engagement Center

• The Learning Accelerator
  • Today’s One Thing for Teachers: Remote Family Engagement

• Culturally Responsive Education Hub
  • Guide for educators to help center equity and culturally responsive-sustaining education as teaching and learning moves online

• Teaching Tolerance
  • Rethinking Family Engagement During School Closures for educators

• Action for Healthy Kids: Talking Through Feelings
  • Family Conversation Starters for parents and caregivers

• American Institutes for Research
  • Building Positive Conditions for Learning at Home: Strategies and Resources for Families and Caregivers

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  • A Parent’s Guide to Virtual Learning: 4 Actions to Improve Your Child’s Experience With Online Learning

• Ready Rosie
  • English and Spanish resources for families working on virtual learning

• PBS Parents
  • Educational games and activities covering wide range of ages and topics for families