Advice from Our Experts

Our medical professionals and support personnel give their advice about how to manage day to day life during this challenging time.

• Back to School Advice: Helping our Children Adjust to the New Normal & Tips for Back to School  A panel discussion with Aparajita "Tuma" Kuriyan, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Linda Alpert-Gillis, Ph.D., Director, UR Medicine Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness, Kenya Malcom, Ph.D., Director, Infant & Early Childhood Initiatives, Jason McDonald, Parent Representative
• Maintaining Pediatric Primary Care Visits During COVID-19 Social/physical distance rules shouldn't prevent your child from getting their important primary care. LJ Shipley, M.D., vice chair of population and behavioral health, discusses services that are still available, how operating rules have changed for children, and tips for managing life with your teenagers.
• Advocacy Centers & the Resources Available During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Sara White-Smith from Bivona Child Advocacy Center What to do if you suspect something dangerous is happening and a child needs help.
• Maintaining Normal and Positive Family Routines During COVID-19
  Tanishia Johnson and Jessica Lewis from ROC the Future offer some great advice for parents.
• Dr. Shaun Nelms, superintendent at East High School, offers advice for teens as they face numerous challenges.
  Many of them are missing their friends and teachers, seniors might be worried about graduation, and other children might be in unsafe situations at home.
  Spanish CC is available. See also - Resources for Teens
• How can parents of children with autism and developmental disabilities best cope with the challenges we face right now?
  We are featuring this video in honor of #WorldAutismDay — Dr. Susan Hyman offers some advice for families and gives tips for how to build a sustainable routine into your day.
• If You Don’t Have the Baby Formula You Need, Here’s What to Do
  Shoppers may have a hard time finding their usual necessities, like baby formula, in grocery stores now. Pediatrics' Bridget Young, Ph.D., offered some advice in this Parents Magazine article (March 17).
• Managing Poison and Overdose Risks During Covid-19 Isolation
  Reports of increased accidental poisonings of children under six from ingesting essential household items like hand sanitizer, and an increased number of intentional overdose incidents from both prescription and OTC drugs, illustrate the need for parents to safeguard these items.
  Elizabeth B. Murray, D.O., M.B.A. from the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Michael Scharf, M.D., Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, discuss these risks, offer prevention tips, and talk about additional behavioral health resources parents can utilize in this video. #PoisonPrevention.
  Spanish CC is available.
• Robin Lacagnina MLS, Liaison Librarian, Pediatrics & Golisano Children's Hospital
  During this extended time at home, how can parents get children engaged with reading? What activities can be done to make reading exciting and fun? How can parents access books during closures of schools and libraries? And how can reluctant readers be encouraged?