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COVID-19: How Parents and Children Can Cope

Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician

26-Mar-20 16:00

COVID-19: How Parents and Children Can Cope

With so much anxiety and uncertainty over the COVID-19 outbreak, how can parents talk to their kids – including children with special needs – about what’s going on? And how do parents manage these four weeks at home with their children, with the Movement Control Order being imposed on schools? We check in with consultant developmental paediatrician Dr Rajini Sarvananthan to find out more. 

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Tags:  COVID-19,  parenting,  movement control order,  home schooling,  special needs,  disabilities,  quarantine,  anxiety, 


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