[Gsc-hca-family] [Gsc-hca-all] Meeting Recap

[GSC Housing and Community Affairs]

Hi HCA!

 

Thank you to all of you who came out for the elections last night. We had a
great turnout, with four different candidates who ran for the positions.
Congratulations to Nicholas Triantafillou and Malvika Verma who were elected
co-chairs for next year. 

 

I also wanted to pass along information to you about At-Risk for Students,
the online mental health training that I mentioned at the end of last
night's meeting. The office of Community Development and Substance Abuse
Programs is considering providing this as an optional training for graduate
students and would like feedback from graduate students on whether such a
training would be useful. Here is some information about the program:

 

Kognito's mental health education program, At-Risk for College Students, is
a 30-minute, interactive, online-program integrating innovations and
research in neuroscience, learning theory, and game technology to provide an
effective and highly engaging learning experience. Through interactions and
role-play experiences with virtual humans, students learn to:

*	Understand the normal ups and downs and signs of psychological
distress
*	Identify common signs of distress, including verbal, behavioral, and
situational clues
*	Approach, effectively and empathetically, fellow students about whom
they are concerned
*	Use Motivational Interviewing skills, such as open-ended questions
and reflective listening, to manage conversations and connect fellow
students to assistance, as appropriate
*	Learn about mental health resources on or off campus
*	Avoid common conversation pitfalls, such as attempting to diagnose
the problem or giving unwarranted advice

 

Here is a link <https://www.kognitocampus.com/login>  to the training. You
will be asked to enter an "enrollment key". This is "mit16".  If you have a
chance to sit down and work through the training and email me your feedback,
I can pass it along to the appropriate people. I found the training to be
very engaging and am interested to hear your opinions on it. 

 

Best,

 

Sarah Shapiro

HCA Co-Chair

 

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