A Wellness Room is a space in a school that may be accessible to all students throughout the day. We recommend at least 3 staff to monitor in the room, with at least 2 mental health professionals available to give counseling when needed.
This space may be an otherwise empty classroom, part of the counselors' office, or anywhere else that is accessible and able to offer some privacy.

When making these spaces, we have found three categories of things that go into them:

1. Large one-time purchase items (furniture, mini-trampoline, yoga mat, stationary bike, book cases, table, chairs etc.)
2. Manipulatives that need to be replaced yearly (pop-its, play-doh, fidgets etc..)
3. Items that may last several years (puzzles, board games, card games, breathing exercised laminated, Buddha-board, grounding exercises, laminated, jenga, breathing ball, etc...)

For using these spaces, here is our recommended procedure:

1. A student goes to Counseling to visit the Wellness Room.
2. A counselor or supervising staff member takes student to the Wellness Room.
3. The student signs in with student ID, how they feel on a scale from 1-10, date, and time.
4. The staff member sets timer for 5 minutes and invites student to practice any coping strategy in the room.
5. When the timer goes off, the staff member checks in with student. Ask what number they are on the scale of 1-10. Record number on sign out sheet and records favorite coping strategy.
6. A counselor provides counseling if needed or if the supervising staff member is not a mental health professional, they ask the student if they would like to speak to a counselor or are they ready to return to class.

(98% of the time students are ready to return to class)

Email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to share what we can about putting together one of these spaces.