Campus resources

1. Campus resources Ben Medeiros Assistant Director, Living-learning Communities

2. Learning Outcomes • Peer Helping Skills • Advice vs. Communication • Having Effective Conversations • Making Resource Referrals • Identifying Resources • Campus Resource Guidebook Project

3. YOU!

5. Advice vs communication • Collaborative vs. Authoritarian • Exploration vs. Solution • Facts vs. Opinion • Self Authorship – we each are the expert of our own experience.

6. hELPING… • The helping relationship is MEANINGFUL. • The helping relationship involves FEELINGS. • The helping relationship demonstrates RESPECT for individual self-worth. • The helping relationship takes place by MUTUAL CONSENT. • The helping relationship involved COMMUNICATION and INTERACTION. • The helping relationship shows a clear STRUCTURE. • The helping relationship is a COLLABORATIVE effort. • The helping relationship is designed to produce CHANGE. • The individual seeks UNDERSTANDING and INVOLVEMENT. • The peer educator is APPROACHABLE and SECURE.

8. Tips • Own your messages by saying “I” and “my.” • Make your messages complete and specific. • Make your verbal and non-verbal messages congruent. • Use redundancy. • Ask for feedback. • Make the message appropriate to the receiver’s frame of reference. • Describe your feelings by name, action, or figure of speech. • Describe behavior without evaluating or interpreting.

9. When to refer • Know Your Limits • Your Personal Values • Your Personal Problems • Complex Issues

11. Resource Guidebook • Small Sections – split into small groups of 2-3 • 3 Campus Resources • 1 Community Resource • Compiled into a “Guidebook” • Due: May 22