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Students can speak with a Wellness and Counseling Team Member by filling out this form. Our staff will respond as soon as possible. Requests submitted outside of school hours will not be checked until the next school day. We are also available by email and Schoology on regularly scheduled school days Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3:30pm.

Note: If you are concerned about the immediate health and safety of yourself and someone else, please call 911.

Please use one of the following crisis resources if you need immediate help:

• Call 911 and request a C.I.T. (crisis intervention team) trained officer to assist you.
• Crisis Text Line: text "home" to 741-741.
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255.
• Bill Wilson Youth Hotline (24-hour Suicide & Crisis Line): 408-850-6125.
• Trevor Lifeline LGBTQQ+ Crisis Support: 1-866-488-7386.

Santa Clara County Residents: 

• Alum Rock Counseling Center: (408) 294-0579.
• Uplift Family Services Mobile Crisis Line: (408)-379-9085.

San Mateo County Residents:

• StarVista (650) 579-0350 for 24/7 phone crisis consultation for next steps.

The Wellness Center is a free and confidential service to address issues such as:

• Stress
• Depression & Suicide
• Sexual Orientation/Gender Questions
• Sexual Harassment Issues
• Family Issues
• Chronic Illness
• Peer Relationships
• Anxiety
• Cultural Adjustment & Identity Issues
• Offsite Resources

Students, parents, or staff can email Wellness Center staff at gunnwellnessteam@pausd.org to get more information about referrals. Note: If you are concerned about a student's immediate safety, please call 911. 

Note: If you are concerned about a student's immediate safety, please call 911. 

Email the Gunn Wellness Team at:

gunnwellnessteam@pausd.org

The following document is a reference guide  you may use when you feel like your child may be facing a potential mental health emergency. Below are some safety risk indicators, modified for the distance learning environment, that may lead to major warning signs. 

As you use this tool, please look for patterns and an accumulation of symptoms and/or behaviors, in order to figure out best next steps for your child and family. If you believe that your child is an imminent threat to themselves or others, please call 911 immediately or go to the nearest emergency room.

The Parent's Guide to Risk Assessment and Safety

Supporting a friend through crisis and other distress can be challenging and overwhelming when you don't know what to do, who to reach out, or what to say. The Student Safety Guide will hopefully help you and your friends and peers support each other in difficult situations!

Click here to be taken to the Student Safety Guide!

Our district has worked hard to compile a list of active resources for students and families to reference for support with mental health and wellness. 

You can visit the site by clicking here!

You can also click HERE to be taken to a helpful handbook created by the Wellness Team to support your student in a mental health emergency. 

Gunn's CalSCHLS Survey Results

CalSCHLS is the oldest (since 1999), largest, most comprehensive state effort in the nation to provide local school-communities with their own data on School Climate, social-emotional and mental Health, and Learning supports and engagement through a Survey system sponsored by the California Department of Education. Henry M. Gunn's Summary Reports:

• California Healthy Kids Survey
• California School Parent Survey
• California School Staff Survey