Wellness 101
How do you get support from Wellness?
1. You can come down to Wellness in person and ask one of us if you can talk to someone.
2. Ask your Advisor or staff person you trust to put a Wellness referral in for you.
3. Fill out the Wellness Interest Form at: http://bit.ly/idabwellnessinterest
What is the first thing you need to have for a safe sexual experience?
CONSENT! You and your partner must willingly, enthusiastically and verbally agree to engage in specific sexual conduct/acts.
What are some ways to support your mental health and wellbeing? Name at least 3.
Talk to someone you trust, write in a journal or diary, make or listen to music, take a walk or do exercise that you like, cry, laugh, hang out with friends, eat or make food that you like, stretch, take deep breathes, meditate, take space for yourself and many more!
What are two of the Wellness Agreements that people need to respect to use the space?
You need a pass from your teacher to come during class
15 minute limit during class time
Respect yourself, others and the space
Positive talk and behavior in the lounge
No eating or drinking inside
Which method of birth control can protect against STI's AND pregnancy?
Condoms
True or False: Everyone has mental health.
TRUE: Mental health is just a state of being, everyone has it, just like physical health. Mental health is defined as the way your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect your life.
How do you define confidentiality and what are the limits?
Confidentiality means that everything you share with us in Wellness is private UNLESS you share that
Someone is hurting you
You are going to hurt someone else
You are going to hurt yourself
You give us permission to share
Bonus: You are under the influence of drugs or alcohol at school and it's potentially harmful/dangerous
True or False: Wellness can connect you to a teen clinic to get sexual and reproductive health care confidentially.
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Name at least one of the teen clinics in San Francisco
TRUE: Wellness can help you make an appointment at a clinic for birth control, pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy options counseling, general sexual health questions, and more. You can even go during the school day if you bring back a doctors note.
Teen clinics: Cole St Clinic, New Generation, 3rd St Youth Clinic, Mission Neighborhood Teen Clinic, Larkin St. Teen Clinic, Planned Parenthood, Kaiser Teen Clinic
Name as many groups that you can that Wellness offers to students.
Black Student Union (BSU), QGroup (for LGBTQQ students), Grief & Loss Group and Life Skills Group (drivers ed and employment support), Latinx Group, Girls Empowerment Group