Wellness Videos & Tips

If this is an emergency, call 911.

Information on this site is for educational purposes and not intended as medical advice.

Wellness Videos

School counselor Mr. Autenrieth has recorded some mindfulness, wellness, and peak performance videos that you can check out below. These videos can help with stress, wellness, and peak performance on tests and other activities.

1. Click here for the guided Brief Breathing Pause Video (3 mins). Please click here for the MP3 audio only.

2. Click here for the Stress and Peak Performance Tips Video (7 mins).

3. Click here for the guided Peak Performance Pause Video (6.5 mins). Do this before a big test, speech, or performance to be at your best!

4. Click here for the Mindful Mondays Video with a breathing exercise and guided stress visualization (18 mins).

5. Click here for Stress & Wellness Advocacy Video Lesson (17 mins). Learn some stress management tips and techniques!

Ms. Montes our previous school social worker has also created a Calming Techniques video (8 mins) that you can check out by clicking here. In her video Ms. Montes will go over the five senses activity along with a very relaxing body scan.

School Counseling Team & Resources

If you want to let the Franklin High School counseling team know about specific student or friend you are worried about you can tell your counselor or teacher directly or complete an iCare Form (available in the Student Services office or most classrooms) and drop it off in the blue box behind the student services building during regular school hours.

Online Reporting: You can also submit an online (anonymous) incident report by clicking here, and if it is an emergency please tell an adult and call 911 right away. Counselors are only available during normal school hours when school is in session.

EGUSD has partnered with CareSolace.com. Care Solace is an online resource with a live 24-7 concierge line to assist individuals in finding local mental health related programs and counseling services. To use Care Solace, individuals answer ten basic questions in order to receive an extensive list of referrals to applicable care providers. Care Solace takes into account all types of private insurance including Medi-Cal, Medicaid, and Medicare and those that have no insurance. EGUSD’s partnership with Care Solace provides access to services for our students, staff, and families at no cost by visiting www.caresolace.com/site/egusdfamilies.

If it is an immediate emergency, please call 911.

Wellness Tips

High school is a time for teens to develop lifelong strategies and healthy habits to care for themselves plus gain independence. A valuable way is to practice self-advocacy and self-care habits that they will use their whole lives while still having the safety net that parents/guardians provide. It may seem counter-intuitive, but giving your child space can be motivating for them.

Self-advocacy skills that your teen may work on this year include:

1. Speak up for yourself when faced with challenges with both peers and adults. Unhappy about a grade, then talk to the teacher. Having a problem with a peer, then try to talk it out first. Teens should speak for themselves first and only need parents to step in when they can’t resolve the issue on their own.

2. Try to resolve issues by seeing both sides of the problem and compromising when appropriate.

3. Try new things things that push you out of your comfort zone. Take healthy risks! When successful, you will gain confidence. When you’re not, you can work on improving coping skills.

4. Volunteer! It can help you to learn interpersonal skills that are beneficial in the school and the workplace.

Self-care strategies that your teen could use include:

1. Studies show teens need 8-10 hours of sleep each night. Many teens are sleep deprived due to using electronics well past bedtime. Recommendation to keep electronics out of the bedroom in order to increase sleep and improve sleep quality.

2. Teens need downtime. Not every minute of the day should not be filled with activities or school work.

3. Get regular physical activity. If you are not currently in PE or a sport, then it’s up to you to make sure you get at least 60 minutes of exercise five or more days a week.

4. Eat regular, well balanced meals. Some teens skip meals and/or eat candy and chips for lunch. Good nutrition helps students stay alert and learn in the classroom, in addition to the physical health benefits provided.

5. Limit screen time to no more than 2 hours per day. Parents may limit your teen’s tech usage via their device, cell provider, and many easy to use apps. Go to “Settings” and look for “Screen Time”. You can personalize the amount of usage for each child and see how much time they have been on their phone and at what times. It would be great to limit cell phone usage during the school day so that students can only place calls or texts in the event of an emergency.

6. Try mindful minute(s) of meditation or yoga to help relax and manage stress.

Check out this article on the NAMI website “Self-Help Techniques for Coping with Mental Illness.” Strategies may be used by teens and adults to improve mental health.

If this is an emergency, call 911.

Information on this site is for educational purposes and not intended as medical advice.