The power of peer educators to help your students practice We worked hard to become experts in our fields. We faculty work hard to plan and teach our classes. And now a pandemic has us working hard to continue and refine the shift to remote teaching. As professionals in teaching within higher education during trying…Continue Reading Practicing What You Teach
This post is an entry for Part III of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. While no one would ever wish a trauma experience on a student, the reality is that trauma experiences are common and often unavoidable. The question becomes how we…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: The most common trauma experiences
This post is an entry for Part III of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. The bad news: data suggests that colleges and counseling centers are finding increasing needs for mental health services in ways that stretch capacity and create concern about a…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: The most common mental health issues
This post is an entry for Part II of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. So you want to know more? Good. Developing an understanding of mental health may help you not only confront and address acute mental health concerns that students (or…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Education and training opportunities
This post is an entry for Part II of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. Just how flexible should we be in classrooms and in our academic work for students seem to be struggling with mental health concerns? This type of question came…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Setting boundaries – balancing challenge and support