What is Self-Care?

Practicing self-care ensures we honor our needs, while simultaneously taking steps to reduce, prevent, and improve behaviors that are harmful to self and others.

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A deliberate and conscious practice of taking care of one's physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Self- Care Community Resources

• Restorative Approaches Self-Care Starter Pack

(All grade levels)

• Mindfulness Rooms or Calming Corners Starter Kit (All grade levels)
• Getting to Know You and Your Senses (ES lesson)
• Introduction to Self-Care (ES lesson)
• Body Scan (MS/HS lesson)
• Breath Awareness (MS/HS lesson)
• Mindfulness Activity Cards (All grade levels)
• Zones of Regulation Google Folder

Students Self- Care Video Resources

Mindful Minute in School Playlist

1 minute SEL videos for students

(scenario based videos; can be facilitated individually, as a group or class)

Staff Self- Care Video Resources

Where Joy Hides and How to Find It-Ted Talk

Gratitude Experiment

If I Knew Then: A Letter to Me on My First Day Teaching

Watch this video.

Then write a letter to your self here

Staff Wellness Resources

Mindful Minute in School Playlist

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Staff/Team Lessons

• Going Deeper with Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care
• Wellness-Intellectual and Physical (Courtesy

2020 Teachers of the Year

on practicing self care

Sunday Scaries: Mini Meditation

Professional Reading

• Mindfulness in Schools: When Meditation Replaces Detention

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• How to Maslow Before Bloom, All Day Long

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• 12 Choices to Help You Step Back from Burnout

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Professional Study

The Science of Mindfulness

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