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Course ID: SA1002
Title: Counseling Basics for Student Affairs Professionals Operating in a Virtual Environment
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Facilitator: Dr. Aaron W. Hughey
Price: $50

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OVERVIEW
This webinar is designed to give participants a greater appreciation for the complementary nature of student affairs and the counseling professions within a virtual environment.

When interacting with students remotely, through platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, counseling skills are still integral to the ongoing process of developing students to their maximum potential. But it does require additional insight and effort to implement effectively, efficiently, and especially empathetically.

Even though student affairs professionals are not always responsible for direct counseling services, they should have a working knowledge of basic counseling concepts. These can help enhance communication, foster consensus, and augment conflict resolution. These can assist student affairs professionals recognize the warning signs of unhealthy emotional states, make more effective referrals, and consult more productively with mental health professionals and other administrators.

OUTLINE

• Student Affairs Professionals and Counselors: On the Same Team
• Basic Counseling Skills All Student Affairs Professionals Need
• Microcounseling: The Key to Effective Interventions
• Symptomology: Knowing When to Intervene Directly and When to Refer
• Effective Referrals: How to Motivate Students to Get the Help They Need
• Consultation: How to Speak the Language of Professional Counselors
• Virtual Environments: How to Adapt When Interactions are Remote

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. The basic counseling skills necessary to be more effective as student affairs professionals.
2. To use a variety of microcounseling skills to be as responsive as possible to student needs.
3. How to recognize the basic symptomology associated with emotional problems.
4. How to make effective referrals to appropriate mental health professionals.
5. How to effectively consult with mental health professionals and other administrators.
6. How to adapt these skills to a virtual environment, while retaining all the traditional advantages associated with face-to-face interactions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This webinar would be of benefit to student affairs professionals at all levels, especially those on the front lines who are in direct contact with students on a daily basis.

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Dr. Aaron W. Hughey is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs at Western Kentucky University, where he oversees the graduate degree program in Student Affairs in Higher Education. Before joining the faculty in 1991, he spent 10 years in progressive administrative positions, including five years as the Associate Director of University Housing at WKU. He was also head of the department of Counseling and Student Affairs for five years before returning to the faculty full-time in 2008.

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