Student & Community Wellness
Sonal Patel, Ed.D
Assistant Superintendent
Joint Sessions Council
4.25.22 San Leandro Unified School District
What is
Wellness?
Share one word that you feel describes what
wellness means to you.
Which
Kehinde Wiley
piece
resonates with
you most
today?
Or represents
how you feel?
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Our Approach to
Student Wellness
Learn and Improve
Whole Child Lens
Commit to Equity
Build Capacity
Partner with
Families/Communities
Student Wellness
Whole Child Lens
Student Wellness
Whole Child Lens
Student Wellness
Whole Child Lens
—Audre Lorde
“Caring for myself is not an indulgence it
is an act of self preservation and that is
an act of political warfare. ”
Student Wellness
Commit to Equity
● Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
● Toolbox SEL Curriculum Elementary Wide
● Morning Meeting (Responsive Classroom Routines)
● Mindfulness Programs (Inner Explorer)
● Second Steps
● Peer Advocates and Support/Learning Groups
● Intervention Counselors (6-12)
● Intervention Specialists (TK-5)
● Parent Facilitators (TK-12)
● Behavioral Counseling
● Coordination of Services Team to respond to
student, parent, staff referrals for mental,
behavioral supports
PK-12th grade Supports
Student Wellness
Build Capacity
Family Learning Series
With District Staff & Blaze Consulting
Student Wellness
Partner with Families
Special Family Learning Series Strands
Single/Co-Parenting
Families Raising Black/African American
Children
Families Raising Students with Special
Needs
Student Wellness
Partner with Families
Community-Sourced Mental, Emotional,
Physical, and Academic Health Services
Student Wellness
Partner with Communities
Wellness Together,
East Bay Agency for
Children and MORE!
Mental Health
Counselors
CARE Solace for
Mental Health &
Substance Abuse
Supports
African American
Regional
Educational
Alliances Tutors
Native American
Health @ Barbara
Lee Center for
Family Resource Health & Wellness
Center (ACOE) @
Barbara Lee Center
for Health &
Wellness
Sports for Learning,
Soul Shoppe SiteBased Coaches
Staff Wellness
Employee
Wellness
Policy
Employee
Assistance
Program
Employee
Wellness
Newsletter
Recognitions &
Celebrations
Student Wellness
Partnering with Staff
Joy &
Justice
Committee
How are we of service to the
students who need us the most?
Student Wellness
Learn and Improve
www.slusd.us
Come join our next family
learning series session
tomorrow!
Thank you and be
well!