Compassionate-Focused Strategies for Teachers

Strategies to support educators with self-compassion during COVID-19.

The categories include:

• Positive mental health and self-care
• Strategies for the classroom
• Strategies for the (virtual) classroom

This resource was developed by the Centre for School Mental Health at Western University. The resource was developed to provide educators with a list of strategies to consider during the COVID-19 pandemic. These strategies have been shown to support resiliency both in practice and in the research literature.

Why we’re recommending this resource:

• Authority: author is identifiable and has related qualifications and/or credentials / affiliated with a reputable institution
• Objectivity: minimal to no biases or affiliations with a company selling products or promoting a questionable agenda.
• Currency: information that is recent or has been recently endorsed
• Canadian resource