What do our students tell us about their health and well-being?  We will share data from a National Database of student responses to the Independent School Health Check survey. The following issues will be presented for discussion:  sleep, academic honesty, safety at school, substance abuse, academic motivation and pressure, sexual behavior, parental engagement, help seeking behavior.

Round table discussion:   Participants will have the opportunity to share their own health education programs and are encouraged to bring copies of their curricula and descriptions of successful wellness programs ( eg.  peer advocacy programs, parent information sessions, other original protocols) to share with others.  We will talk about WHAT WORKS and the CHALLENGES we face.  Please bring any handouts that you would like to share.

CAIS Wellness Resource Directory:  At our last dinner meeting on Wellness we compiled this directory. We will review it, and update it with suggestions from the group.  All will receive a copy.

Facilitators:  Anne Cass, Head of Upper School, Wooster School and Rosemary Baggish, Director of  Mental Health in Independent School Communities,(MHISC), Institute of Living