The ability to anticipate means you expect, or even predict, that something will happen before it does. None of us could predict the current COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact it has had on our daily lives. Moreover, there remains uncertainty of when we will return completely to normal or whether we ever will.

I will be adapting a model created by Johns Hopkins University for our work with young children. The crux of this approach and other versions of PFA is to identify children who are distressed and intervene to reduce initial stress and move the child toward functioning and coping. The RAPID-PFA model consists of…