Wellness Mini-Sessions
Need a quick break? Join a 20-minute Wellness Mini-Session to learn about and practice a wellness strategy designed for education settings. These monthly sessions will feature wellness experts from throughout California sharing a variety of ideas that you can use and share to promote stress management. Sessions will occur on the second Wednesday of each month. Recordings will be posted to the Resources page.
Register for a Fall 2026 Wellness Mini-Session
October Session
Topic: Pause, Reflect, & Build Resilience
October 14, 2026, 2:00-2:20 PM
What if supporting resilience could fit into the moments already built into your day? In this interactive mini-session, we’ll explore the brain-body connection and discover how simple practices can help when stress shows up. Together, we’ll try several micro-practices designed to help us pause, reset, and reconnect in the moment. Discover how these small, repeatable practices can be woven into everyday life to strengthen well-being in ways that feel realistic and sustainable.
Facilitators:
- Jen Baker M.A., M.A.Ed., LMFT (she/her), is a behavioral health consultant and trainer with extensive experience in school-based mental health, trauma-informed practices, resilience, and suicide prevention. As a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider, Jen designs and delivers engaging, interactive learning experiences for educators, mental health clinicians, Certified Wellness Coaches, and other school-based professionals. Her trainings focus on translating research and complex concepts into practical strategies that can be applied in both professional and everyday life.
Need to find a strategy now? Check out the BeWell website to find quick and easy practices to chill out, refocus, or maintain well-being.
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Related Resources
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- Building Safer Schools Through Connection, Support and Belonging Brief
- WestEd’s Justice and Prevention Research Center
- Understanding School Climate: An Overview of School Climate Domains
- Making Data Meaningful in Educator-to-Family Communication
- Participatory Systems Change for Equity: An Inquiry Guide
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