Mrs. Sonia Bartosek

Onelove is a website and resource devoted to defining healthy vs. unhealthy relationships

King County SB-SBIRT story from King 5 in June 2022 regarding student mental health 

https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/teens-mental-behavioral-health-crisis/281-6f8bbdd5-ebc4-42a4-93e1-0f1eb7901595 

Teen Health Hub - WA Department of Health 

I am available by email, phone voicemail message, or Zoom appointment between 8:00am and 4:00pm Monday - Friday. Please understand that I may not be able to check messages more than 2 times each day. 

My office is a safe space for you to express your emotions and feelings. My office is also used to discuss and address academic progress, college & career readiness skills, behavioral concerns that are effecting your school work, and benchmark & testing results. I am here to support you as you grow through your educational life and develop skills for your success in school and in life. 

While confidentiality is always the goal, in a remote setting, I am unable to control what others may see or hear on others' computers. In addition, as always, there are limits to confidentiality, particularly when there are reports or suspicion of harm to self, harm to others, or when others are hurting you. I am required by law to report those incidents. 

Mindfulness / Mindful Moments

You will hear a lot about "Mindfulness" and "Mindful Moments", but what are they?

Merriam-Webster defines Midfulness as: "the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis.” 

Cambridge Dictionary defines mindfulness as: "the practice of being aware of your body, mind, and feelings in the present moment, thought to create a feeling of calm.” 

MIndful Moments invite people to become self-aware of their present through the principles of Grounding, Strength, Listening, Stillness, and Community to help one have greater control over their life through developing focus and concentration skills. 

According to Yoga Calm: 

• Grounding helps us be physically present in the body and develop a sense of competence and physical safety 

• Strength (physical, emotional, and mental) help develop capability, confidence, and self-esteem

• Listening is developing a sense of sel-regulation, imagingation, and self-understanding and involves the heart, mind, and body

• Stillness is to become self-aware, sensitive, develop self-control ad self-regulation by quieting the mind and body

• Community is developing compassion and communication skills along with the ability to both give and receive support. 

What is SEL: Social Emotional Learning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikehX9o1JbI 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqNn9qWoO1M 

TeenToks is a FREE App on the Apple APp Store. It is a mental health app for teens and tweens  with videos, meditations, & challenges that are updated weekly. This app was created by GoZen! It will be available for Android, so keep checking .....

Our School Scholastic Choices Magazine code is: MSHSchoice22

Child Mind Institute - YouTube 

Best Starts for Kids, School-Based SBIRT Check-Yourself Screener Information

Because our school is part of King County, we have the distinct pleasure of getting to work with the Best Start For Kids program. Part of that program is a mental health screener that is provided to middle and high school students at participating schools to assist with not only our students' health and well-being, but research for these age groups through Seattle Children's Hospital. A letter will be sent home yearly along with an opt out form. Students are identified through a numeric code only on the survey and any information sent to Seattle Children's is compiled with all students in King County as a whole. The screener does have a question on it asking if the student would like to speak to a counselor at school. If the child answers yes, that information is "flagged" for view. The other information that might "flag" for review will be if a student answers high on the anxiety or depression questions or responds they are thinking about hurting themselves or someone else. These flags have been built into the system as a safety measure, so I will get a notification to check on the student. 

The questions and information on the screener are prescriptive, meaning that what questions a student receives is based upon how they answer questions or if they ask for further information about a topic. A copy for you to preview can be accessed through through this link: Check Yourself School Based (tickitforhealth.com)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. 

King County Virtual Education Programs

 https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/ 

https://www.jfklibrary.org/