Facilitate student wellbeing with an 8-step interactive wellness pie

Audience Level: 
All
Institutional Level: 
Higher Ed
Abstract: 

Being on the front lines of student services, how do we respond when students feel stuck, or like something is just generally stopping them from bringing forth their best consistent work? What do we do when they cannot articulate the underlying reasons? We don’t have to be licensed counselors to help students learn to discover, articulate, and actively decrease holistic wellness learning barriers. 

This session takes participants on a guided self-reflection to first develop their own wellness awareness, and then action steps for the 8 dimensions of wellness. Once participants have experienced the activity themselves, they are equipped to share the interactive exercise with others. The simple-to-implement tools and questions can be applied to help students (or others in general) identify wellness imbalances, articulate need, prioritize, and then autonomously take action steps toward the overall wellbeing that supports the ability to learn and show up in more intentional ways. 

 

 
Extended Abstract: 

Being on the front lines of student services, how do we respond when students feel stuck, or like something is just generally stopping them from bringing forth their best consistent work? What do we do when they cannot articulate the underlying reasons? Even when students respond with a surface reaction like “the professor just doesn’t understand me,” there is often a much deeper underlying frustration source. We don’t have to be licensed counselors to help students learn to discover, articulate, and actively decrease holistic wellness learning barriers. 

“Facilitate student wellbeing with an 8-step interactive wellness pie,” takes participants on a guided self-reflection to first develop their own wellness awareness, and then action steps for the 8 dimensions of wellness. Once participants have experienced the activity themselves, they are equipped to share the interactive exercise with others. The simple-to-implement tools and questions can be applied to help students (or others in general) identify wellness imbalances, articulate need, prioritize, and then autonomously take action steps toward the overall wellbeing that supports the ability to learn and show up in more intentional ways. 

Note: students are also invited to attend this session for a first-hand wellness pie experience.

Conference Track: 
Student Support and Success
Session Type: 
Education Session
Intended Audience: 
Administrators
Faculty
Instructional Support
Students