![]() "The social/emotional wellness of our students is a top priority, now more than ever. While districts aren't tracking formal attendance, teachers are still advised to keep a pulse on student's activities remotely.Ĭhapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools said if students are not engaged for two days online, teachers are expected to reach out to the family and the district is keeping a list of students who consistently hard to get ahold of. Joy said advocacy centers are sending pamphlets and coloring books with resources out to schools who are also delivering meals. What can we help you with? View our COVID-19 information and resources page here Joy called this big of a change in reporting 'scary,' especially considering abuse tends to increase with stress and the pandemic has brought stressors along with challenges to access to food and housing. She explained a similar decrease in reports usually occurs in the summer months, typically around 5-10% reduction. We're seeing a reduction in reports because children don't have safe adults that can report on their behalf," Joy said. "Obviously we don't believe that abuse has all of a sudden reduced by 40% due to the pandemic. Joy said since the pandemic began there has been a 40% decrease in child abuse reports across the state. And so, the concern for us is what are we missing with children and families by not being able to see them every day." "And currently they're not able to do that. "Where prior we had teachers that laid eyes on kids every day and could look for concerning things that were on children, whether that was marks or behavior or kids that were sleeping or kids that didn't have the food that they needed during the day," said Deana Joy, the executive director of Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina. RELATED: How to talk to your children and support them emotionally during the coronavirus pandemic
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