Empowering Kids for School Success
This podcast explains how parents can get kids ready for the new school year with confidence. Hear why it’s important for parents and kids to reflect on the previous year and learn ways to help kids manage challenges in the classroom.
Author: Julian Saavedra
Publication Date: August 2024
Publisher: Understood for All
Family Digital Safety Toolkit
In today’s fast-paced digital world, it can feel overwhelming to keep up with what your kids are doing on phones, tablets, apps, and games. This toolkit will help you feel more confident and connected as you guide your child’s digital life. It includes a step-by-step Digital Safety Checklist to protect your child online and guidance for setting up privacy, content, and parental controls.
Author: Ann-Louise Lockhart
Publication Date: June 2025
Publisher: American Society for the Positive Care of Children
Help Your Child Become a Great Reader
This article details things a parent can do to help your child become a great reader. Information is included for activities that support reading and understanding the importance of being part of the team of child, parent, and teacher.
Publisher: UD Cooperative Extension, University of Delaware
How Can I Help My Child Do Well in School?
This video explores tips on how to create good habits, discover the joy of learning, and find extra academic support for your child when they need it.
Publication Date: June 2024
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
How Parents Can Help Their Kids Be Successful in School
This article includes tips that parents can use to help their children be successful in school and a daily checklist to help parents keep the support going for their children’s learning every day.
Publisher: UD Cooperative Extension, University of Delaware
How to Help Your Child Get Motivated in School
Through this article and video, parents can learn why some children have trouble getting motivated and identify strategies to help their children try harder in school and work up to their potential.
Author: Danielle Cohen
Publication Date: Updated June 2025
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
Making The Best of The School Year
This article provides ways parents can help their children get the most from school by choosing appropriate expectations, expressing the value of education, playing critical thinking games, and engaging in activities to support improvement.
Author: Pat Tanner Nelson
Publisher: UD Cooperative Extension, University of Delaware
Supporting Children through School Transitions
This video offers tips for making school transitions a little smoother. Whether your child is struggling to get out the door in the morning, experiencing anxiety in the classroom or melting down when they get home, hear advice to ease the back-to-school transition.
Author: Deborah Farmer-Kris
Publication Date: September 2022
Publisher: The Center for Family Engagement, National PTA
Tools to Help Prepare You and Your Child for the New School Year
This video shares brief information on how parents and caregivers can help their children, and themselves, navigate going to back to school prepared to adjust to the new schedules, learning expectations, and social routines.
Publication Date: July 2025
Publisher: National Association of School Psychologists