Back to School Resources

General Information for Families

Pre-Screening Tool for Families Pre Screening Maine DOE

Guide for Families and Educators: Return to School Guidance for the School Community

The DOE parent/guardian letter for 21-22 around the new school vaccine law. Translated versions can be found here.

Return to Sport/Activities

Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation History Form: https://www.aap.org/en-us/Docu...

Youth Sports and COVID-19 - Understanding the Risks: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Youth-Sports-and-COVID-19-Understanding-the-Risks.aspx

Kids and Masks: Why Cloth Face Coverings are Needed in Youth Sports During COVID-19

Maine DECD Community Sports Guidance (not clinical guidance): https://www.maine.gov/decd/checklists/community-sports

Webinars hosted by the Maine Parent Federation - http://mpf.org/trainings.html includes a webinar by Dr. Laura Blaisdell, Maine AAP Vice President on Back to School

How Long to Quarantine if Exposed to COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru...

Face Masks and Kids: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Cloth-Face-Coverings-for-Children-During-COVID-19.aspx

For Teens and Masks: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/Young-Mitigation-recommendations-resources-toolkit.pdf

For Kids with special needs and Masks:

Social story: https://paautism.org/resource/wearing-mask-social-story/

·Mask Desensitization: https://www.thesummitcenter.org/app/uploads/2020/04/Desensitizing-to-Wearing-Face-Mask-Parent-Resource.pdf

Mask Desensitization techniques: https://paautism.org/resource/desensitization-mask-communication/#:~:text=Desensitize,by%20using%20a%20desensitization%20tool .

COVID-19 and Kids with Special Health Care Needs:

The Maine Parent Federation has resource s including listing different questions parents should be considering when speaking with their local school district and how the MDOE guidance addresses these questions.
http://mpf.org/documents/COVID-reopening.pdf

Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health: https://www.lpfch.org/cshcn/covid COVID-19 Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Home Care of patient with COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/care-for-someone.html