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Study psychologist services at the university

Study psychologist services at the university. 3 .9.2013 Tiina Tuominen, Study Psychologist M.A. ( Psyc ), Psychotherapist Educational Development and Counselling Services. Agenda of the presentation. - Study psychologist service or s tudy counselling psychologist service

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Study psychologist services at the university

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  1. Studypsychologistservicesat the university 3.9.2013 Tiina Tuominen, StudyPsychologistM.A. (Psyc), Psychotherapist EducationalDevelopment and Counselling Services

  2. Agenda of the presentation • -Studypsychologistserviceorstudycounsellingpsychologistservice • Challengesof the UniversityStudies • Academicrequirements • Learning and motivation

  3. Studypsychologist • Ari Kaukiainen (45%) • Tiina Tuominen (60%) • Karri Kauppinen (trainee, until 31.Dec)

  4. How to contact? • Apply a form (in finnishhowever) in: • https://intranet.utu.fi/fi/Yksikko/opintopsykologitoiminta/Sivut/home.aspx • Tiina Tuominen: tituomi@utu.fi • Ari Kaukiainen: ari.kaukiainen@utu.fi • Karri Kauppinen (trainee) karri-pekka.kauppinen@utu.fi

  5. Intranet – Services (palveluhakemisto) – Students (opiskelijalle) – Wellbeing – StudyPsychologist (opintopsykologi) – contactform (yhteydenottolomake)

  6. Studypsychologistservices • Studycounsellingpsychology • Specialguidance and counselling in questionsrelated to learning, studying, life management, and wellbeing • Services for students with disabilities and for students with specialneeds • The sessions with the StudyPsychologistareconfidential and lastabout 45 minutes. • Thereareusually 1-5 sessions per student

  7. Studentcancontact for example in the followingmatters: • Studiesthathavecome to a standstill • Problems with progressing in studies • Study-relatedself-confidence • Motivationissues • Coping with stress and tension • Returning to studiesafter a long break

  8. Studentcancontact for example in the followingmatters (2): • Otherissuesrelated to learning, such as examorthesisanxiety, time management, learningdisabilities, problems with writingprocess • Movingabroad, new country, new social network, new culture • Stresfullphase of life

  9. Universitystudent as a client • Consultativework, clinicalpsychology (capability of studying, psychologicalwellbeing, assessing the need of therapy, supportive ”shorttherapy”, treatmentinterventions) • The groups: according to thesis, continuing the studies, those with tension aboutappearanceorgivenpresentation… • Training of students (tutors, peerstudents) • Introductionlectures, lecturesaboutstudytechniques

  10. Universitystaff as a client • Training (pedagogictraining) • Consultationaboutstudentcounsellingmatters • Develop and maintaingoodpractise in Universitycommunity

  11. Workingwith Interestgroupssuch as FSHS, FinnishStudentHealth Service (YTHS), The studentunion (Tyy) • Projects (reading & writingproblems, How to discussabout the difficultmatters?) • National studentpsychologistnetwork

  12. Studying at the university • Academicfreedom vs. academicresponsibility • Diminished supervision • Studyplanning in one´sown • Academicreasoning, criticalthinking • Lectures: how to makegooduse of that?

  13. The studyabilitymodelsource: Kristina Kunttu (2008). Suomen Lääkärilehti, 37, s. 3020. Personal resources Personality (emotionregulation, Self-concept) Identity, life management Life situation and conditions Social relations Physical and mentalhealth Studyskills Studyorientation Studytechniques Studymotivation Critical thinking Studystyles and habits Problem-solvingskills Social skills Studyplanformulation Time planning Metacognitiveskills Studyability Studyenvironment Physical, social and Psychologicalenvironment Educationalinstitutions Studentsowncommunities Teaching Teaching and guidance Pedagogicalcompetence Tutoring

  14. Studyability (”summary”) • Appropriatestudystrategies • Studyrhythm and study routine: A goodday to study. • Obvious: Remember to eat, sleep and exercise! • Motivationhas to bemaintained • Emotionregulation:frustrationtoleration • Realisticgoals(anxiety of beingtired)

  15. Academicrequirements • Goodstudyskills • Selfregulation (timeuse) • Maintainingmotivation • Interactionskills and social skills • Teamworkskills (collegues, workmates) • Writingskills (processwriting),Researchskills

  16. Goodstudyskills • Learning strategies • Problemsolvingskills • Critical thinking • Constructivelearning • Objectiveprocessing • Social skills • Time management

  17. Learning is a constructiveprocess • How to react in studysituations? • What is yourorientation to studies? • Whatyouthinkaboutlearning? Is it active or passive? • Own responsibility about learning: Have I learned? Is it right?

  18. Learn! Long-termmemory Activateschemas Motivation and metacognitiveskillscontrolls the action of the cycle Ownconstructionabout the learnedmatter Settinggoals Learning strategies Monitoryourunderstandingprocess!

  19. Selfregulation • Timetables, schedules • Workingdays – holidays • How to copeormanagestress? • Negative emotions • Developingpersistence • Turningpoints in life (movingabroad, maturation, responsibility) • Friends and social life

  20. Motivation • Has to bemaintained • Growyourinterest • Feelings of control and mastery • Feelings of failure • Why am I doingthis? Whatare my goals? • How to reach my goals? How to getthere?

  21. procrastination • Itwouldbefine to do the work in time BUT • Avoiddoing the work • Avoidunpleasantthings • Doingsomethingelse • Doingslowly, eventually in a hurry • Can´tdoit at all

  22. What to dootherthanprocrastinate? • Set reasonablegoals (cutthemsmaller) • Makeitpleasant • Growyourmotivation • Rest, recover • Growyourself-confidence • Trustyourself • Rewardyourself • Acknowledgeyourstudyenvironment

  23. 6 tips • Keepup the goodstate of study: study with regularity and taketime to recover • Makegooduse of social networks • Update yourstudytechniques • Learn to evaluatewhatyouhavelearned • Take the rough with the smooth, don´tgiveup • Analyzeyourpastweek, hasitgone the wayyouwanted, comparingwhatyouthinkhighly of?

  24. Thankyou! • Tiina Tuominen, PsM, Study Psychologist • Psychotherapist • E-mail: tituomi@utu.fi, tel. (02) 3338519 • EducationalDevelopment and Counselling Services, • University of Turku • PRACTICE: Publicum • Centre for Learning Research (room 426)

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