Clinicians in the Mosaic Outpatient Program provide a range of services to our school sites, students, and their families by utilizing a three-tier model of intervention that includes trainings, workshops, and other support for the broader school community. Working together, we can significantly increase the opportunities for each student to make progress, advance academically, and meet their potential. Our clinicians are regularly asked by our school partners to conduct classroom and staff presentations. These topics include self-care and wellness strategies, as well as understanding mental health diagnoses such as anxiety and depression.
Over the past few years, Amber Keil, one of our Hayward High clinicians, has partnered with one of the school’s science teachers to provide a 50-minute workshop to 9th grade students on the topic of “Understanding Stress, Anxiety, and Procrastination.” Together, they have co-created this presentation to maximize student voice in sharing their experiences managing stress and anxiety. The presentation also allows opportunities to practice coping strategies, including a grounding mindfulness exercise, create a self-care plan, and feel comfortable talking to each other about their stress levels. They discuss time management strategies such as setting timers, taking breaks while completing homework, eliminating notifications for social media apps on their phones, and writing down their homework assignments in their agendas.
Students have expressed that the psychoeducation piece on how stress connects to procrastination was very helpful. This portion of the presentation is filled with visuals on the projector to help students understand the procrastination cycle. Students have shared that they didn’t realize that procrastination was a stress response. They also found it normalizing and validating to hear so many of their classmates feeling the same way, especially after returning to in-person instruction following distance learning.
Students have expressed that the psychoeducation piece on how stress connects to procrastination was very helpful. This portion of the presentation is filled with visuals on the projector to help students understand the procrastination cycle. Students have shared that they didn’t realize that procrastination was a stress response. They also found it normalizing and validating to hear so many of their classmates feeling the same way, especially after returning to in-person instruction following distance learning.
The presentation wraps up with a reflection time where students identify two time-management practices and one self-care activity they would like to engage in that week. Students complete an exit ticket with feedback on ways to make the presentation more effective, as well as ideas on how they want to continue this conversation within their class moving forward. What an amazing opportunity for students to learn about how procrastination and stress are connected, and identify strategies to support them with managing these experiences!
This is just one example of the many ways clinicians get to provide Tier 1 interventions in our school communities while also strengthening their relationships with school staff they work with. We are so grateful for the collaboration with our teachers and the invitation to discuss mental health and wellness topics with students throughout the year!
This is just one example of the many ways clinicians get to provide Tier 1 interventions in our school communities while also strengthening their relationships with school staff they work with. We are so grateful for the collaboration with our teachers and the invitation to discuss mental health and wellness topics with students throughout the year!
Blog Post Written By: Mosaic Outpatient Team
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