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Help! Student Health and Human Services Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity

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Welcome! • What is something that you consider yourself to be very good at?

Explore help seeking and help giving behaviors Reflect on your own ideas about asking for help Objectives Learn best practices for asking for help Discuss how to be a helper

• Helping others may boost • Mood • Self-Esteem • Sense of Belonging People are hard-wired to be helpful

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Reflection Share about the last time you helped someone.

Asking for help: not human nature People are hardwired to want to do things on their own – to be independent minded. There are many reasons why asking for help makes people feel uneasy I get embarrassed. I don’t want to be judged They might say "no"

Reflection Do you ever ask for help?

USE ALL YOUR STRENGTH

Reflection Why do you think the speaker continued to say "use all your strength? "

NORMALIZING ASKING FOR HELP

• In person (34% more likely to get a "Yes") Best ways to ask for help • Be specific • Be direct • Be positive • Be understanding

Reflection What is something you could ask for help with?

Check out If you could be an expert at something, what would you want to be an expert at?

Human Relations, Diversity & Equity Location Name E-mail Address Beaudry Judy Chiasson, Ph. D (She/Her) Judy. chiasson@lausd. net Beaudry Janise Escobar, LCSW(She/Her) Janise. escobar@lausd. net Beaudry Jules Gomez, LCSW(She/Her) Julie. gomez@lausd. net LD Northeast Cristina Hudson, LCSW(She/Her) Cristina. hudson@lausd. net LD Northwest Frances Marion, LCSW(She/Her) Frances. marion@lausd. net LD West Samantha Torres, LCSW(She/Her) Samantha. torres@lausd. net LD East Tina Southern, LCSW(They/She) Kristina. southern@lausd. net LD South Susanna Zoeckler, LCSW (She/Her) Susanna. l. zoeckler@lausd. net LD Center Talia Guppy, LCSW (She/Her) Talia. guppy@lausd. net