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FAB: Managing the emotions of online students (wk 3)
Hi All
For those of you who might be new (I had a posted discussions for the last two weeks), my name is Mike Considine and I will be facilitating the discussion in this thread which is being sponsored by the Faculty Advisory Board (FAB). This discussion is presented as a part of the Faculty Training Culture Initiative.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This would be the third of the four week series that discusses emotional challenges of online students. The last two weeks were more structured. For this week, I wanted to have more of an open discussion.
Since this is a discussion, we will assume that no one is right or wrong. What I would like for you to do is review the article and one minute (see link) and talk about the role of mental health in college students. When you have suspected a mental health issue, how have you managed this? What are your thoughts about this article?
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Mike Considine
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/mental-health-problems-rising-among-college-students-n777286
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Hi All
I have said this in previous posts but it bears repeating. There seems to be a pattern of thoughts for students who are experiencing certain emotions that could inhibit their academics.
Depression: Student communication likely includes thoughts about his or her past
Anxiety: Student communication likely includes thoughts about his or her academic future
Anger/Frustration: Student communication likely includes thoughts that are blaming towards others
Unless there is a student accommodation plan (which I have seen for students with anxiety), you would expect to have students adhere to the same deadlines as their classmates. As such, any student correspondence that includes thoughts about the past, future, and external blame should be responded with a present focus, internal plan of accountability.
Once students know that they can manage their emotions, as opposed to becoming their emotions, they will feel much more empowered.
Best
Mike Considine
Hi all
In the attached article, there are two quotes by the same person
"At my high points I was working several jobs and internships — I could take on the world,”
" I screwed up in school and at work"
Although I am sure these are the honest thoughts of the student, I am willing to bet neither one are completely true.
We tend to think without thinking. In other words, we have automatic thoughts. In many cases, the automatic thoughts are not true but they are believed by the person. In other words, she cannot take on the world and her perceived "screw up" contributed to her suicidal ideations.
So, when notcing the sublties of language, we definitley want to "ground" the student.
If a student gets overconfident, we want to encourage and not discourage
I could take on the world,: It's great to hear your confidence and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing how you bring that energy to studying. I am also looking forward to seeing your paper when it is submitted this week
" I screwed up in school : I can see that this wasn't your best week. However, we are still early enough in the semester where you can more than make up for the week. Please continue to reach out to me.
How might you respond to the two quotes?
Best
Mike Considine