Getting through the holidays during COVID 19 is going to be difficult. With kids of any age, there will be a lot of saying no and changing plans and traditions.
Here to help us with this challenge is Dr. Arwa K. Nasir. She is a pediatrician in Omaha and is an Associate Professor, Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
She walks us through some tips for keeping kids resilient during the holidays, including maintaining routines, continuing to get exercise to stay busy through the school break, how to deal with seeing friends, and getting kids out of a winter rut (and their bedrooms).
COVID-19 And The Holiday Season
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Dr. Arwa Nasir
Dr. Arwa Nasir is an academic general pediatrician who received her medical degree from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine before completing her pediatric residency training, a degree in Medical Family Therapy, and Masters in Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Nasir currently practices pediatrics in an academic inpatient and ambulatory primary care setting, and also has extensive past experience in pediatric emergency medicine and urgent care.
She developed an interest in child behavioral health and the psychosocial aspects of child and family health early in her career when she realized that understanding the family was a key factor in improving children’s health. It was then that she pursued her training and obtained a post-doctoral degree in Medical Family Therapy.
Dr. Nasir’s training and interest in family science-focused her practice and research on this important and often neglected aspect of pediatric practice. Currently, her research focuses on the role of a family’s psychosocial well-being on child behavioral outcomes and on developing models of incorporating psychosocial and family science into everyday pediatric practice and residency training. She has also been active in research on cross-cultural aspects of childhood behavioral health.
Dr. Nasir spent the 2019/2020 academic year as a Fulbright scholar in Jordan teaching and researching cross-cultural aspects of pediatric behavioral health.