First Five Weeks - Week 4: When Mental Health Interferes with Deadlines

This session will provide concrete tools to respond to students who communicate mental health reasons for missing a deadline, requesting an extension, or other advocating for other exceptions to expectations. Faculty will leave with specific strategies for responding to these requests, supporting students, and navigating the balance between compassion and maintaining expectations.

Presenter: Conner Burry, Mental Health Therapist, Counseling and Psychological Services

About the "First Five Weeks" Series
The challenges and stressors that impact faculty throughout a term are most often rooted in the First Five Weeks of a course. In this new series sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, we will investigate some of the most common issues in our classrooms today. The series will be delivered in a unique format: 15 minute presentations followed by 30 minutes of discussion and questions. If you only attend the first 15 minutes, you will still walk away with immediately implementable strategies!

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