Teaching Strategies for Supporting Students' Mental Health

This session will address multiple teaching strategies for supporting students' mental health, including:

• A brief introduction to androgogies that support student mental health and wellness
• Support in the curriculum, including policies and syllabus items
• Teaching strategies, including weekly practices and opportunistic interventions
• Governance strategies, including ways to supportively engage in classroom management
• Auxiliary practices, including advising and office hours
• and Resources and Referral Strategies

Presenters will facilitate dialogue around these topics and attendees will feel empowered with practical strategies to implement in their classrooms.

Presenters: Dr. Tiffany Nielson, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling and Social Work, and Dr. Timothy Hakenewerth, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Social Work