Lunch Included (Arrive at 12 for Lunch)Strategies for Dealing with Distressed, Disruptive or Dangerous Students
David Onestak, Ph.D., Laura Sobik, Ph.D., & Colleen Slipka, M.D.
Counseling & Student Development Center
James Madison University
Description
How Does Student Development Impact Your Classroom? Can you recognize students who are emotionally distressed and potentially dangerous? Do you know how to approach students who are emotionally distressed and successfully refer them to the campus resources available to assist them? How confident are you that you can address disruptive student behavior in the classroom in a safe, effective, legally-sound manner? Can you identify potentially dangerous students and employ strategies to both prevent violence and respond in those cases when prevention efforts fail? These questions will be the focus of an interactive workshop designed to help faculty respond to forms of student behavior that commonly cause uncertainty, concern, and/or alarm.
Details
Date: Tuesday
Time: 1:00 - 3:30
Location: Taylor 306
Facilitators
David Onestak is director of the JMU Counseling and Student Development Center. Previously he directed the Counseling Center at Eastern Illinois University for seven years and was a staff psychologist at Georgia Southern and the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the JMU staff in spring 2004. He is a psychology graduate of Penn State and earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of South Carolina.
Laura Sobik is a Resident in Psychology at the JMU Counseling and Student Development. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed her internship at Texas Women's University. She joined the CSDC staff in August 2007.
Colleen Slipka is the psychiatrist of the JMU Counseling and Student Development Center. She received her M.D. at The Ohio State University. She completed her general psychiatric training at University of Virginia and served as chief resident during her final year. She joined the staff at the CSDC in July 2007.