How to get work done during the lockdown?
Many of us have had little experience of working from home. Our usual work entails face to face human interaction, commute and then coming back home to relax and rest. A lot of us don’t even look at our home as a place where we usually work, perhaps a little left-over work or extended work but not full time. Moreover, we have added responsibilities at home that most likely we were assisted in by someone else earlier. Therefore, this sudden change has made our work schedule disoriented and motivation towards responsibilities weaker as compared to before. Although this is completely ...
Interpersonal Conflict in the face of a Crisis
(An understanding of the effective ways to manage conflict within the home during the course of the COVID- 19 breakout) During the current scenario, a majority of us are spending most, if not all of our time at home. The options of ‘escape’ as a way to avoid conflicts, that were accessible earlier are now out of reach. In addition, there are very low levels of predictability of the future circumstances. To top it all, there is a conglomeration of people living in limited spaces. Now more than ever, it becomes crucial to build a system through which arguments, disagreements ...
Diving deeper inward to deal with the chaos outward
Introspection of psychological and emotional well being in the time of crisis, the impact on our mental health and possible interventions. We are facing a global mental health crisis that has affected most of us and challenged our capacity to cope. The health care and the financial systems are struggling to cope with the overwhelming situation. There is a state of lock down in most parts of the world that has hampered the normal functioning and has affected our thinking, feelings and behavior. We are all adjusting with the way technology and online work and interaction is the sole form ...
9 Ways to Self Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Human civilization is going through a difficult time. And let’s be honest - it’s not easy to cope with a change of this magnitude. This global emergency resulting due to the COVID 19 outbreak has impacted every aspect of our lives – physical, social, economic, psychological and emotional. It has drastically changed the regular lives of people that were fairly independent and less restricted. Additionally, we are surrounded by negative news of death and illness almost all waking day. These restrictions of the daily routines along with the anxiety related to death and illness has the potential of having a ...
ACADEMIC CONCERNS AND INTERVENTIONS (Part 2)
In our last post, we talked about academic concerns focusing on reading difficulties and interventions that help develop or refine a child's reading skills. Here, we talk in depth about various concerns with Writing and Concept understanding for special needs kids. Also discussed are games, intervention strategies and practice exercises that can help. Before going on, we'd suggest you have a quick glance at the section where we distinguish Academic CONCERNS from Academic BEHAVIOR in the Part 1 of this post. WRITING A child as young as 2 years old, typically, learns to hold the pencil or crayon between the ...
