Hope, Help and Strength in Palo Alto Schools

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1 Hope, Help and Strength in Palo Alto Schools Sources of Strength in Our Community Welcome to our Paly & Gunn communities, and thank you for gathering together tonight under one roof!

2 Welcome: Paly and Gunn Sources Peer Leaders We are a group of diverse students and adults from many different corners and cultures of our school and community. We believe that life has ups and downs, that all of us will go through good times and tough times. Our mission is to ensure that during the rough times no one gets so overwhelmed or hopeless that they want to give up.

3 Welcome: Paly and Gunn Sources Peer Leaders Our mission is to spread Hope, Help, and Strength into every corner of our community. Our mission is to help students and staff turn to their strengths and their supports that are all around. We are Connectors to Help and Strength. Our mission recognizes that our voice has great power. and we use it to break the silence when someone is struggling, and to connect them to the help they need and deserve.

4 Welcome: Paly and Gunn Sources Peer Leaders We spread hope by focusing on stories of strength, rather than on stories of trauma. We know our most powerful impact comes from our personal actions, conversations, and messages that use our music, our art, our writing, our activities, our social media, our culture, and our voice. This gives life to our efforts. We are Sources of Strength!

5 We re Excited and Grateful You re Here! Please introduce yourself to someone you don t know. What are your greatest concerns for our kids & community? What are your greatest hopes for our kids & community? Paul Dunlap - Gunn HS ROCK Teacher Advisor Josh Bloom - Palo Alto HS Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) TOSA

6 What is Sources of Strength? Evidence-based mental health and wellness program Utilizing the power of peer-to-peer social networking To change unhealthy norms and cultures To prevent downstream outcomes such as bullying, substance abuse, violence, and suicide By creating an upstream culture of connectedness, resiliency, and strength

7 Upstream and Downstream Prevention Sources of Strength YES ACS QPR Crisis Response Team

8 (1 min) Silently on your own Reflecting on Your Own Life... What are the things that help you get through challenges or stressful times in life? (2 min) With the people you met earlier please share The activities, people, all the things that help strengthen you when you feel weak/challenges/or when you needed it in your life Daisy Renazco - Gunn HS School Climate TOSA

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10 The Science of Sources of Strength Dr. Shashank Joshi, PhD Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Stanford University Joanne Michels - Gunn HS Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator Jonathan Frecceri - Palo Alto HS Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator

11 Why is Sources a Peer-Led Program?

12 What are the Expected Outcomes of Sources?...and how do we know that it works?

13 How Does Sources Fit In...?...to a comprehensive suicide prevention framework for Palo Alto s High Schools? PREVENTION Promotion Education Intervention Postvention

14 The Student Experience Alper Karakas - Gunn HS Jamie Har - Palo Alto HS

15 Sources on Campus - What does it look like? Palo Alto HS Naming and Thanking Trusted Adults Gratitude Sources of Strength Training 9th grade Advisory - Mental Health Awareness Lesson Gunn HS I am Stronger Appreciation Grams Titan 101 session on 10/16/15 Changing the Narrative -- The Oracle Trusted Adult Display & Lesson -- Not In Our Schools week Sources of Strength Training -- 5 years Take a Seat. Make a Friend -- NIOS ball pit activity

16 The Student Experience Meghna Singh - Gunn HS Sylvia Targ - Palo Alto HS

17 Reflecting Upon the Wheel For you What segment(s) of the wheel are strongest? What segment(s) of the wheel would you most like to make stronger? For a child or teen in your life...

18 As One Community... We are a group of diverse students and adults from many different corners and cultures of our school and community. We believe that life has ups and downs, that all of us will go through good times and tough times. Our mission is to ensure that during the rough times no one gets so overwhelmed or hopeless that they want to give up.

19 As One Community... Our mission is to spread Hope, Health, and Strength into every corner of our community. Our mission is to help students and staff turn to the strengths and supports that are all around. We are Connectors to Help and Strength. Our mission recognizes that our voice has great power. We use it to break the silence when someone is struggling, and to connect them to the help they need and deserve.

20 As One Community... We spread hope by focusing on stories of strength, rather than on stories of trauma. We know our most powerful impact comes from our personal actions and conversations, and messages that use our music, our art, our writing, our activities, our social media, our culture, and our voice. This gives life to our efforts. We are Sources of Strength!

21 Sources Contacts at Each Site Gunn High School Paul Dunlap - pdunlap@ ROCK Club Teacher Advisor Joanne Michels - jmichels@ Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator Palo Alto High School (@pausd.org) Josh Bloom - jbloom@ Social-Emotional Learning TOSA Jonathan Frecceri - jfrecceri@ Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator Daisy Renazco - drenazco@ School Climate TOSA Todd Summers - tsummers@ School Climate TOSA

22 Resources for You and Your Students If you have concerns about your child, please contact the Guidance Counselor at the school site for a referral. Adolescent Counseling Services (General Info): (650) / acs-teens.org KARA Grief Counseling Services: (650) / kara-grief.org Stanford LPCH Psychiatry Intake Office: (650) / med.stanford. edu/childpsychiatry.html Heard Alliance (Adolescent Depression):