Outreach
We are committed to making science immediately accessible to our community.
Check out a sample of Dr. Zelechoski and the lab’s community-focused projects below.
Pandemic Parenting began as a collaboration between Dr. Amanda Zelechoski and Dr. Lindsay Malloy: two psychologists, scholars, and moms who are committed to sharing their expertise and research with families.
Today, Pandemic Parenting is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing free and accessible science-based resources to parents and caregivers.
Pandemic Parenting creates timely resources to address the questions of parents and caregivers navigating the pandemic.
From “snack break” videos with quick tips and advice to in-depth conversations on its podcast, families can access information from leading experts in the fields of mental health, child development, trauma, and more.
Pandemic Parenting Resources Featuring Lab Alumni:
To School or Not to School: Making Decisions in the Time of COVID-19 (Webinar moderated by Dr. Ruth Speidel)
Mom Guilt & “Good Enough” Pandemic Parenting (Webinar moderated by Agata Freedle)
Building Resilience: Understanding Patterns of Stress to Design Effective Doses of Meaningful Support (Webinar moderated by Rose Luehrs)
Roadmap to Resilience guides the listener through specific, trauma-informed approaches to supporting children and their families. Created by a task force of international child trauma experts, the collection of free resources provides practical, accessible, and timely digital content for all who care for kids.
Hosts Dr. Julian Ford and Dr. Amanda Zelechoski bring decades of experience as psychologists and researchers. They’re joined by 16 diverse practitioners and scholars with expertise in the fields of child stress and trauma who share their insight, research, and strategies throughout the 16-episode audio series and 40+ short videos.
Whether you’re a mental health provider, medical or nursing professional, parent, lawyer, social worker, or just a caring member of the community, you can use these tools to advocate for and support the children around you.
Public Speaking Events
Dr. Amanda Zelechoski speaks at virtual and in-person engagements at businesses, organizations, PTO, and more.
Some of the topics she speaks on include:
Parenting during the pandemic
The impact of trauma on children and families
Children’s development
The mental health impact of COVID-19 on employees
And more