Recent Western News - COVID-19

Child studies carefully over book with pencil in hand

Special-ed students, families being tested

Two kids huddle over their homework looking to solve the problem with a pencil in hand

Ease up on e-learning expectations for kids

Illustration of books stacked in a hand

Graduate students ‘Zoom’ to their own defense

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Professor Daniel Ansari, Director of the Centre for the Science of Learning, said in an interview with Western News, parents can reduce stress on everyone by being gentle with themselves and with their children during online learning.

In an interview with Western News, the Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education, Jacqueline Specht, said students with exceptionalities are not alone in suffering the impacts of a prolonged absence from the classroom – the whole family needs to be considered.

In an interview as part of the FreshEd podcast series, professor Prachi Srivastava provided expertise on 'Educational Planning in the Time of the Coronavirus.'

In a London Free Press interview, Education professor emeritus and psychologist Alan Leschied says parents can reduce children’s anxiety over COVID-19 by telling them news about the pandemic in a measured way as well as stressing it will come to an end.

Recent Western News - Faculty of Education

Child studies carefully over book with pencil in hand

Special-ed students, families being tested

Face shields being manufactured in a plant

Advanced Manufacturing pivots to face shields

Concern child stares blankly into a bleak future

Reducing kids’ pandemic panic a ‘balancing act’