Academic Services has organized a professional development opportunity for faculty and staff on managing difficult conversations with students. The webinar can be viewed at the Brighton campus and the Damon City campus on October 22, 2014 from 1:00 -.m. -2:30 p.m. If you are interested in attending the webinar, please let Kristen Love know by Friday, October 17, 2014. Please indicate your location (Brighton or DCC) as well. You will receive an outlook message with the location details a few days prior to the webinar. Space is limited.
We hope you can join us. Below are more details about the webinar.
How Faculty Can Manage Difficult Conversations with Students
Wednesday, October 22 at 1:00-2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Webinar Overview
In today's world of blurred lines of communication, students often approach faculty with difficult conversations that go beyond the content area of study. This is a challenging situation for both faculty and student. Conversations can fall into a wide range of topics and they often cause stress and unforeseen challenges for faculty struggling with balance and finding the appropriate response. A student may be having a mental health crisis, panic around grades, angry outbursts, or social problems that extend beyond the classroom door.
In this webinar, we will discuss several difficult conversations with students, including:
· Complaints about grades or unfair treatment within the classroom
· Requests for life advice, career choices, and academic goals
· Struggles with thoughts of hopelessness or suicide
· Problems with focus and keeping up with the volume of work at college
· Frustrations with being held accountable for their behavior in the classroom
Join Dr. Brian Van Brunt as he reviews how to approach these conversations with tact and grace. He will offer insights on how and when to set limits with students, key dos and don'ts, and how to leave the student in a better place than where they started.
Webinar Objectives
· Learn ways to stay calm, cool, and collected when responding to a crisis event
· Discuss referring at-risk students to additional services
· Realize the importance of attending to meta-communication and answering "the question behind the question"
· Learn how to get ahead of problem conversations through early communication and setting expectations
· Discover ways to set limits and avoid getting in "over your head"
Webinar Speaker(s)
Dr. Brian Van Brunt, past president of the American College Counseling Association, is Senior Vice President for Professional Development Programs at the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management He is the president-elect of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association, current president of the School and College Organization for Prevention Educators Over the past thirteen years Brian has taught counseling theory, ethics, program evaluation, statistics and sociology topics at both public and private schools for both graduate and undergraduate students at five different colleges and universities. Brian has served as the director of counseling at New England College and Western Kentucky University. He is the author of several books including: Ending Campus Violence: New Approaches in Prevention and A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior in the Classroom. Brian is an expert on campus violence and has been interviewed by the New York Times, National Public Radio, LA Times, USA Today and has appeared on Headline News and Anderson Cooper 360.
Kristen Love
Academic Services
10/15/2014 |