Back-to-school support guide
Going back to school can be exciting for kids and parents. It can also be full of stress and uncertainty. This guide can help you navigate everything from school anxiety and back-to-school routines to IEPs and 504 plans.
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- How to calm first-day-of-school nerves in different grades
- Download: Back-to-school introduction letters
- Back-to-school: A 4-week plan for a great start
- 2-minute tutorial: How to organize your child’s locker
- Printable: Get to know your students with a 3×3 card
- Back-to-school worksheet to start the year strong
- 2-minute tutorial: How to color-code your child’s school supplies
- Printable: Back-to-school update to learn from families
- Back-to-school anxiety in kids: What to watch out for
- 6 back-to-school challenges for impulsive kids
- Back-to-school stress: Why I believe self-advocacy can help
- Topics to talk with teachers about early in the school year
- Delaying kindergarten: Experts weigh in
- 6 steps to prepare your child for changes to routine in middle school
- 5 tips for calming first-day jitters in high school
- 8 steps to kicking off your child’s IEP the right way
- Back-to-school making you and your child anxious? These strategies can help
- School refusal: How to help kids cope
- Back-to-school concerns about your child: How to act on them
- Download: Back-to-school update for families to give to teachers
- How to get your child ready for fourth grade
- 9 ways to get your child ready for kindergarten
- 10 steps for creating a smooth transition to high school
- 5 tips for calming first-day jitters in middle school
- 5 great back-to-school books for kids in grades 1–4
- 8 great books for kids who are starting preschool and kindergarten
- Distance learning: Back-to-school resources for families and educators
- Printable back-to-school downloads
- 5 things not to say to your child about going back to school
- Experts weigh in: “How can I get my young child less anxious about starting school?”
- Questionnaires for connecting with students and families
- The best way to ease the back-to-school transition
- 7 tips for jump-starting the second half of the school year
- Dear families and educators: Why parent-teacher communication is more important than ever
- Do kids with an IEP have to go back to in-person school this fall?
- School health and safety challenges for kids who learn and think differently
- 6 worries families have about this year’s back-to-school
- How to find out if kids really had an academic slide
- Teacher tip: The most fun way to build reading skills for back to school
- Why you shouldn’t stress out about the “summer slide”
- 5 steps to kick-start school-year routines for kids with ADHD