The Value of an OnSite Clinic: a Principals Perspective

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The Value of an On-Site Clinica Principals
Perspective

• Presented by
• Patricia James Gray, Principal
• Balboa High School

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FACTS

• 25 of Balboa students are from single family
  homes or live in group homes
• 24 are English Language Learners (ELL)
• 47 Free Reduced Lunch
• The ethnic break down is
• 24 Asian, 17 AA, 21 LA, 13 PI, 19 F
• 31 of students have 2 or more Fs
• 29 of AA and 32 LA do not read at grade level

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BENEFITS

• Provides School Based Services
• Safe Space
• Collaboration and Consultation
• Participation in Enrollment Process
• Parent Education
• Teacher Professional Development
• Assists in Emergencies
• Partnerships with the School Community
• Expansion of Students Experiences
• Continually Redefining its Role

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Safe Space

• Provides a place for students of documented and
  undocumented guardians to receive assistance
• Confidential Needs Assistance
• Pregnancy Scares
• Court Ordered Counseling

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Collaboration and Consultation

• Meet with students, parents and teachers
• Counseling

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Participation in the Enrollment Process

• Ensuring Current Immunizations
• Ensuring Documentation of Students Medical Needs

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Parent Education

• What teenagers need to know
• What teenagers feel about growing up
• How to best counsel their teenage child to
  prevent drug abuse or teenage pregnancies

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Teacher Professional Development

• Tobacco Awareness
• Drug Awareness
• How to read the signs of depression
• Nutritional Health

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Assists in Emergencies

• Counseling both Teachers and Students
• Crisis Response Team Assistance

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Partnerships with the School Community

• Clinic in the Classroom
• Reconnecting Youth Program
• Support Groups
• Bicycle Club
• Resources for Health Classes
• Student Assistance Program
• Drug Alcohol Support
• SF Probation Dept.

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Expansion of Students Experiences

• The clinic is a win-win experience for students
• Builds trust and rapport
• Establishes strong relationships
• Real therapeutic work leading to great change

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Continually Redefining Its Role

• Willing to pilot programs
• Has an increasing presence in the school and
  community

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In Conclusion

• Participation in Enrollment Process
• Provides School Based Services
• Collaboration and Consultation
• Parent Education
• Teacher Professional Development
• Assists in Emergency
• Safe Space
• Partnerships with the School Community
• Expansion of Students Experiences
• Continually Redefining its Role