Working as One: A Year of Mental Health

We hope students, staff, and faculty will join us for a series of workshops on mental health during 22-23 academic year called Working as One: A Year of Mental Health. Check this website for information on upcoming sessions.

A Year of Mental Health Series Objectives:

• Provide targeted training and conversations on mental health with the intention of bolstering awareness and collaboration between students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners.
• Share resources regarding mental health support.

Series topics:

April 29th, 2022 – Mental Health 101 – Celeste Sangster (SWTC) & Amy Machgan (WCTC)

Session Objectives: 

• Normalize mental health
• Provide student perspective on mental health challenges in college 
• Discuss building blocks of mental health literacy

Recording

Friday, August 19th, 2022 : Understanding Mental Health Diagnoses – (NAMI)

Session Objectives:

• Recognize terms used to describe mental illness
• Explore large categories of mental health diagnoses
• Understand signs of different mental health diagnoses and common misconceptions about various conditions.

Friday, September 16^th, 2022: How to Support Someone Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis

Session Objectives:

• Recognize warning signs of becoming unwell or in crisis
• Develop tools to begin a conversation with someone who is struggling
• Identify strategies to refer someone to resources

Friday, October 21^st , 2022: Setting Boundaries for Mental Health

Session Objectives:

• Learn about challenges and barriers in setting boundaries
• Appropriate boundaries in a college setting: Who gets to/needs to know about an individual’s diagnosis
• Explore techniques for asking for what you need and assertive communication
• Oops – I didn’t stick to a boundary or didn’t set one up initially, now what do I do?

Friday, November 18^th, 2022: Self-Care and Coping Tools

Session Objectives:

• Learn about empathy drain
• Examine the differences between normal and toxic stress
• Discover strategies for self-care and tools for coping
• Explore personal management principles and practices

Friday, January 20^th, 2023: Creating a Mental Health Informed Classroom

Series Objectives:

• Examine data on college student mental health needs and common barriers in the classroom
• Learn practices to create a positive classroom culture
• Review how to identify and refer students for support

Friday, February 17^th, 2023: TBD

Friday, April 21^st, 2023: TBD

Resources

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Feelings Wheel
• WTCS Voices Podcast: Supporting Student Mental Health