1. Learning, wellbeing and the SLSO
Lisa Baston
Learning and Wellbeing Officer (SEO1)
Maitland Office

2. What is the number 1 thing you can do for your wellness?

3. Breathe...

4. Acknowledgement of Country

5. Overview Student wellbeing Activities Case study Personal self-care
Self-care plan
Exercises and activities
Conclusion

7. Learning and Wellbeing Framework

8. Activity
Expert: in your group talk about examples where your school has supported students. Discuss ways that practice could be improved.
Group share: in your small groups share your wellbeing examples which describe ways to support students.
Identify the SLSO role in each area of the wellbeing framework by sorting the statements.

9. Case Study
Talk about the scenarios for supporting students. Some highlight effective practice for supporting students respectfully and some highlight less effective practice. Discuss ways that practice could be improved.
Working small groups refer to the scenarios that describe ways to support students.
Discuss each scenario and sort them into examples of supporting students respectfully and examples where more could be done to respect students.
For the scenarios that do not show respect or privacy for the student or there are safety issues, discuss what could be changed to address these.

10. How to flourish as an SLSO

11. What is self-care? Essential survival skill.
Regular activities and practices which reduce stress and maintain and enhance our short and long term health and wellbeing.
Honours emotional and spiritual needs.
Fosters and sustains relationships.
Achieves and equilibrium across personal and work lives.

12. Developing a self-care plan
Identify what you value and need as part of your day to day life. (Maintenance)
Strategies you can employ when or if you face a crisis along the way. (Emergency)
No "one-size-fits-all", however there is a common thread;
Making a commitment to attend to all the domains of your life, including; physical and psychological health, emotional and spiritual needs, and relationships.

13. How do you cope now? Think of your self care plan as a road map.
Assessment: Is your life causing you stress?
Are your current strategies good or not so good for you?
Decreasing at least one "negative" and employing more "positive" strategies could be a goal.

14. What do you do for self-care now?
Assessment: Self-Care Assessment.
Where are the imbalances?
What additional things can you do to help prevent stress or burnout?

15. Adding self-care practices and eliminating obstacles
Maintenance self-care worksheet.
Identify the activities you would like to add for each domain.
Also useful to identify possible barriers that may get in the way of implementing the activities. How can these be managed?

16. Emergency self-care: be prepared
Emergency Self-Care worksheet.
Be prepared for possible emergency situations; important to figure out your plan in advance.

17. Make a commitment to yourself
Make a personal commitment to your own self-care. YOU DESERVE IT!
If you are finding it difficult to commitment, take time to explore your challenges.
Do you tend to put the needs of others first?
Self-care is not only essential to your wellbeing, but necessary to your effectiveness in your professional and personal commitments.

18. Self-care exercises and activities
Healthy eating
Physical fitness and immunity
Reducing stress
Time management
Relaxation
Mindfulness
Avoiding compassion fatigue
Assertiveness
Be good to yourself

20. Take home messages...

21. Learning and Wellbeing Officer (SEO1)
Thank you!
Lisa Baston
Learning and Wellbeing Officer (SEO1)
Maitland