From Masai tribe: (Kenya 🇰🇪 Tanzania 🇹🇿)
“Kasserian Ingera,” one says to another. It means, “How are the children?” It is still the traditional greeting among the Masai, acknowledging the high value placed on children’s well-being, and community.
Peace2u
When I first heard Dan Harris, he was on podcast with Sam Harris and I thought, “he stole my idea. “ I have used percentages and scale of 1-10 as a therapist since I lived in Tokyo, Japan. I said “8 % happier… “What percent is on you? (ownership question). “On a scale of 1-10, how angry are you?” and things like that for years.
Here was Dan Harris, the f’n host of Good Morning America Weekend Edition (fcol), using the title “10% Happier.” Oh hell no, he’s taking my idea. No wait, we haven’t met…. or had we? (suspicious face hmmmmm)?. I started going over a list of my famous friends (that was quick), the famous people I’ve seen as a therapist (that was quicker), then the parties at the US Embassy, Canadian Consulate, and other high falootin’ places I’ve been over the years. Nope. Nada. We never met. So I concluded, “great minds think alike.” Oh wait, except, the approaches I use in therapy I’ve mostly learned from children and teenagers in schools, patients at Kaiser, rehab, and from my private practice, and um, they don’t actually include meditation. Go figure.
とにかく izureni shitemo (in any case), check out this video by Dan Harris, learn how to meditate in 5 minutes.
www.dropbox.com/s/yf375ywj6rf0ieb/School Based Mental Health Guide Book SBMH.pdf
Recently released School Based Mental Health (SBMH) Guidebook. Authors across disciplines (School Social Work, School Psychology, and School Counseling PPSC) collaborated to develop this manual.
Title IX Consent Cards; distributed at High School Wellness Centers, and interactive workshops such as “Green Dot,” designed to prevent sexual assault and harassment.
VOLUNTARY
Not pressured or rushed
Can be withdrawn at any time
VERBAL
expressed clearly
CLEAR
No confusion
NO always means NO.
Only YES means YES
ONGOING
Consent before and during sexual encounter
REPEATED
Discussed more than once. Confirmed at each level of sexual activity
Confirmed again on different days
AWARENESS
All parties are fully informed. Not impaired by alcohol or drugs. Not pressured or rushed
REQUIRED
Consent is not assumed from clothing, social media, dancing, or body language
Sex without consent is a felony (rape).
UNDERSTOOD
Talking openly with each other about consent and sexuality is healthy.
Mutual consent increases intimacy.
It’s okay to be unsure, or change your mind.
Sometimes talking about consent leads teenagers to delay having sex.
Amid rapidly changing technology and the ever-changing new normal, Title IX, equity, and civil rights call out. Kids know youth culture what it’s like to be a teenager rn. We learn the most from the young people we serve.
Photo credit: Image posted for public to see at Alameda County Office of Education. Srry, I don’t (yet) know the artist’s name.
James Wogan LCSW 