{"id":15609,"date":"2020-11-17T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timelycareprod.wpengine.com\/?p=15609"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:33:58","slug":"how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"How Student Development Professionals Can Care for Student Health and Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#normalize-the-mental-health-conversation\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Normalize the Mental Health Conversation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#offer-health-screenings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Offer Health Screenings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#introduce-campus-wide-initiatives\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Introduce Campus-Wide Initiatives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#talk-about-it\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Talk About It<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#empower-students\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Empower Students<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/blog\/how-student-development-professionals-can-care-for-student-health-and-wellness\/#provide-stress-management-resources\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Provide Stress Management Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15609\" class=\"elementor elementor-15609\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d09530d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"d09530d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c670b2 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"0c670b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54750b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54750b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019re a student development professional, you know firsthand that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/2009\/12\/10\/the-millennials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">today\u2019s students<\/a> are the most racially diverse group in the nation\u2019s history. Tweeting and texting are an everyday part of their social lives; they are the least religiously observant; they are socially conscious; and they are fiercely individualistic.<\/p><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous\/dp\/0767900464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Fourth Turning<\/a><\/em>, an insightful book by Strauss and Howe that examines the cyclical nature of history, confirms the experience of many student development professionals working with this generation of college students. The authors highlight the fact that these students grew up believing \u201cthat they are, collectively, vital to the nation and to their parents\u2019 sense of purpose.\u201d In the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood-ebook\/dp\/B01N6ACK3B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">iGen<\/a>, Dr. Jean Twenge\u2019s research does the same when she writes that this generation is made up of \u201csuper-connected kids growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy \u2014 and completely unprepared for adulthood.\u201d<\/p><p>No matter how you characterize them, the next generation of students has arrived on campus and is changing the campus community in substantive ways. With their arrival, higher education has an opportunity to improve how we help students deal with fear and anxiety during COVID-19, as well as how we address their physical and mental health.<\/p><p>By reading, watching and listening to others in our industry, our collective response to this generation\u2019s physical and mental health needs becomes increasingly clear. While each college will appeal to students in different ways, we can all integrate these principles into our plans to support student health and wellness.<\/p><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"normalize-the-mental-health-conversation\"><\/span>Normalize the Mental Health Conversation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Colleges provide orientation\u00a0sessions on drug and alcohol use, sexual violence prevention and other student health and lifestyle topics, so why not address mental health directly during new student orientation? Consider sharing mental health information with students during face-to-face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/colleges-add-mental-health-awareness-to-crowded-orientation-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">orientation sessions<\/a> to address the importance of mental well-being. Initiating this important conversation on day-one helps to create a compassionate culture that addresses and helps remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3248273\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">stigma<\/a> associated with mental illness.<\/p><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"offer-health-screenings\"><\/span>Offer Health Screenings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Another way to counter the stigma around mental health is to encourage students to monitor their mental health the same way they monitor their physical health. To that end, some universities are normalizing mental health checkups by offering free, readily accessible screenings for students. Drexel University\u2019s Recreation Center, for example, has a mental health kiosk where students can \u201cget a checkup from the neck up.\u201d UCLA offers a more formalized screening option &#8212; part of an interdisciplinary research project to solve <a href=\"https:\/\/grandchallenges.org\/#\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">major global health problems<\/a>. This four-year study called the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandchallenges.ucla.edu\/depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">UCLA Grand Challenge<\/a> features a 15-minute online assessment during which participants learn if they might have mild to severe anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts, and then can opt-in to mental health treatment in an interactive online program called <a href=\"https:\/\/thiswayup.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">This Way Up<\/a>.<\/p><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"introduce-campus-wide-initiatives\"><\/span>Introduce Campus-Wide Initiatives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Colleges are addressing the perceived decline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/suzanne-lucas\/why-you-should-be-terrified-of-the-rising-millennial-and-gen-y-workforce.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">student resilience<\/a> in a variety of ways. Florida State University (FSU), for instance, launched an online trauma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/life\/wellness\/2018\/08\/13\/fsu-launches-student-resilience-project\/976967002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">resilience training tool<\/a> developed through the Institute of Family Violence Studies and its College of Social Work. The university requires all incoming students to participate in the training that nurtures student strengths and provides coping strategies. Other examples take a more preventive approach to mental health by promoting student resilience throughout the school year, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/elspap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Stanford\u2019s Early Life Stress and Resilience Program<\/a> that features personal storytelling as well as academic skills coaching.<\/p><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"talk-about-it\"><\/span>Talk About It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Despite all the resources, students aren\u2019t necessarily verbalizing their own mental health struggles, and many don\u2019t know how to help peers who are lonely, sad or distant. How do they learn to have appropriate conversations? Consider these opportunities:<\/p><ol><li>Over 400 colleges utilize an online simulation program called <a href=\"https:\/\/kognito.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Kognito<\/a> that helps students learn how to talk to friends about mental health. Upon entering Kognito\u2019s virtual campus, students learn about mental health from virtual peers and put that education to use when they talk with virtual students in distress within the simulation.<\/li><li>With more than 450 campus chapters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activeminds.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Active Minds<\/a> is a national organization dedicated to mental health advocacy. In a study by Active Minds, researchers surveyed 1,129 students at 12 universities in California three different times during the school year to assess their involvement with Active Minds and their resulting attitudes and knowledge about mental health. They found that students&#8217; familiarity with Active Minds was linked to a decrease in stigma about mental health issues over time, while involvement with the program was associated with an increase in helping behaviors. The study was published online by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/external_publications\/EP67634.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry<\/a>.<\/li><li>The Jed Foundation (JED), in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council, created <a href=\"https:\/\/seizetheawkward.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Seize the Awkward<\/a>. It helps students start conversations about mental health and offers guides, mental health tips and critical situation resources.<\/li><\/ol><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"empower-students\"><\/span>Empower Students<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Help students assess their strengths and resilience. By empowering students with increased self-knowledge, they can more adeptly identify problems early and access the appropriate resources. Encourage students to monitor their progress by creating an online portal where they can access tools to promote skill development in the areas of mindfulness, time management and career reflection. Using web-based interventions for students\u2019 self-efficacy has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/07448481.2019.1679818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">found to be effective<\/a>. As an example, FSU has an online portal called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/life\/wellness\/2018\/08\/13\/fsu-launches-student-resilience-project\/976967002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Student Resilience Project<\/a> that is worth exploring for student development professionals.<\/p><h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"provide-stress-management-resources\"><\/span>Provide Stress Management Resources<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4><p>Create processes and provide tools for students to improve their ability to manage stress. It\u2019s equally important that students are able to locate these support services where clear communication and helpful tools play a role. Resources may be coaches, advisers and counselors, or peer-to-peer education and skill-building groups. Virtual care and telemental services, like <a href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/for-schools\/\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener noreferrer\">TimelyCare<\/a>, are also critical for this digitally-savvy student population who want to access on-demand emotional support. The <a href=\"https:\/\/youatcollege.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">You at College<\/a> platform is another unique resource for student mental health. After its fall 2015 launch at CSU, 81% of surveyed first-year students said they felt that they were better able to manage their stress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7cb465 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"b7cb465\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec2d73c ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"ec2d73c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df94585 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"df94585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2951dfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"2951dfe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-050785a ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"050785a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7813890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7813890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">The\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 500;\">Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0recently\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/how-colleges-can-ease-students-fear-and-anxiety-in-quarantine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">published an article<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0full of creative ideas to help students deal with fear and anxiety during COVID &#8212; ideas you can use with your student body. And for even more creative ideas, explore\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatvaluecolleges.net\/rankings\/innovative-mental-wellness-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Great Value Colleges<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0to learn how 30 other U.S. colleges are redefining how students improve their physical and mental health. If you\u2019re not already offering telehealth services on your campus,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/koi-3qnmj3itjo.marketingautomation.services\/net\/m?md=8kT5zZRKfyCybmL3a%2FvQkc%2F7lZURQA%2FC\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">contact TimelyCare<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0to learn how telehealth can support the physical and mental health needs of your students.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a student development professional, you know firsthand that today\u2019s students are the most racially diverse group in the nation\u2019s history. 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