As positive COVID test results and being considered a close contact of someone with COVID becomes more commonplace in Thailand, it’s important to have conversations with children about what’s happening and how this impacts them, their family, and friends, The ES counseling team has put together some talking points and possible video resources to support teachers and families as we talk to kids about COVID.
We hope you find the resource below helpful!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen
michaela@isb.ac.th
We have been living with COVID now for two years – masks, hand washing, social distancing, etc. Sometimes our classmates may be away or our class may close because someone has tested positive. Someone may be absent because a member of their family has tested positive. Someone may be absent because they have come in close contact with someone who tested positive.
It’s important to remember:
Testing positive can happen to anyone – a teacher, a student, an assistant, a parent, a friend, etc.
You can still test positive for COVID even if you are doing all the right things – getting vaccinated, wearing a mask, washing your hands, etc.
- Vaccines help protect us, like an invisible wall, but they are not 100% protection.
- Any vaccine is better protection than no vaccine.
- Before anyone returns to school, they have been tested and cleared by the ISB nurse and health unit.
- Treating others differently because of COVID is unkind and hurtful.
How can we show care for others when they test positive and then return to school? How can we show care for ourselves if we test positive and then return to school?
Possible videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdyKKhRpOLQ (importance of being kind after a Covid Diagnosis, better for older children, G3-5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lJQ123_4e8 (kid-friendly general Covid info)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SproXmRUkI (all about vaccines–general)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8bsn8iJrRY (Covid 19 vaccines)