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Summer/Fall 2008: Course ID5
Title:
Dealing with Difficult Students
Dates: 12/1/08-12/19/08
Cost: $130
Instructor:
Patricia E. Martin, Ph.D. Dean of Student Success, Mt. Hood Community College
Description:
Boisterous and recalcitrant students have always been involved in campus conduct systems. Many problems face today's students, including overmedication, post traumatic stress, addictions, periapetic lifestyles, disabilities, and the criminal justice system. In many situations, students express no remorse, are violent or vengeful, and have little or no respect for the conduct system, faculty or administration.
Understanding the issues affecting some of today's students, coupled with effective comprehensive conduct processes and related supportive systems, will assist practitioners in working with a difficult yet rewarding clientele.
Course Outline:
Psychological, sociological and environmental factors impacting today's college students
Understanding the different systems: criminal justice, addiction, family patterns, military services, and support services
Gathering all the pieces together
Understanding the law
The fear factor: making judgments about students who are a threat
Using assessment and other resources
The conduct process with these students: dealing with anger, denial, threats, both physical and legal
Keeping yourself safe
Working with key constituencies inside and outside of the college
Decisions and sanctions: best practices-counseling, groups, restorative justice, work programs, behavior contracts
Trying it out: case studies
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand many of the behavior patterns of today's students and the complex backgrounds that they bring to the conduct process
- Understand various laws such as HIPPA, ADA, Criminal Justice, military discharge, involuntary withdrawal and due process
- Draw on a range of resources and keep good case notes
- Use intuition, threat assessment and analysis to make judgments about true threats to student's self or other
- Use the code of conduct to adjudicate cases involving students with these backgrounds effectively
Participant Expectations:
Participants should plan to spend approximately 3 to 4 hours per week in this course. This will include time to read materials, complete on-line exercises and surveys and participate in asynchronous on-line discussions. Participants will need to log on for course content that will be posted weekly. In addition participants will need to respond to questions posted on the discussion board each week. As the discussion board is asynchronous, students may check in and post at their convenience. This learning tool will be an important part of participant's learning experience.
Instructor Bio:
Dr. Patricia E. Martin has served as Dean of Student Success at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, OR for almost seven years. Besides overseeing a wide variety of student affairs functions, she is the sole hearing officer at a commuter college of 27,000 students who range in age from 13 to 80. Dr. Martin also oversees the threat assessment task force and the student of concern hotline.
Dr. Martin has a BA in English from Wagner College (NY), a Master in Education from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut.
She has worked in higher education for over 30 years in such areas as residential life, student activities, admissions, records, financial aid, women's center, and career counseling at private and public colleges and universities, and at community colleges. She is currently a member of NASPA and ASJA and participates with the former's Spiritual Issues Interest Group. She is also an evaluator and an evaluator trainer with the Northwest accreditation body. Her professional interests include college student spirituality and assessment.
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