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GUIDANCE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING IN YOUTH AND STUDENT PROGRAMS <br />How can programs practice social distancing in an indoor <br />environment? <br />Maintain safe program spaces. <br />Modify classes where participants are likely to be in very close contact. <br />Bring in specialist staff (e.g., music, art, physical education) to individual classrooms versus <br />rotating all kids through a shared space that is not able to be cleaned with each new <br />participant introduction. <br />Whenever possible, hold physical education and music classes outside and encourage <br />participants to spread out. Consider using visual cues to demonstrate physical spacing. <br />Rearrange desks and common seating spaces to maximize the space between participants. <br />Turn desks to face in the same direction (rather than facing each other) to reduce <br />transmission caused from virus -containing droplets (e.g., from talking, coughing, sneezing). <br />Consider using visual aids (e.g., painter's tape, stickers) to illustrate traffic flow and <br />appropriate spacing to support social distancing. <br />Avoid community supplies when possible. <br />If shared supplies are necessary, consider using designated bins for clean and used <br />supplies. Community supplies are considered high -touch and should be cleaned frequently. <br />Do not share equipment between staff, volunteers, and participants when possible. <br />For example, consider designating paddles or tennis rackets to participants or asking <br />families to send them with participants whenever feasible. <br />Clean high touch surfaces between different groups. <br />Consider ways to accommodate the needs of children and families at risk for serious illness <br />from COVID-19. <br />Honor requests of parents who may have concerns about their children attending the <br />program due to underlying medical conditions of those in their home. <br />Staff who cannot be at work due to their own high -risk conditions should be offered <br />alternatives for working. <br />The CDC lists underlying medical conditions that may increase the risk of serious COVID-19 for <br />people of any age: Groups at Higher Risk for Severe Illness (www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- <br />ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-at-higher-risk.html). <br />Promote cloth face coverings <br />Follow cloth face covering guidance for schools and child care. <br />Staff members working in youth and participant programs are encouraged to wear cloth <br />face coverings during the work day as much as possible. <br />3 <br />