Transcript Advisory Program: How Counselors are Used to Assist in a Variety

ADVISORY PROGRAM:
HOW COUNSELORS ARE USED TO ASSIST IN A
VARIETY OF AREAS
LTC Sarah Jones, Psy.D.
Virginia Military Institute
Director
Center for Cadet Counseling &
Office of Disabilities Services
Agenda
• About our Center
• Challenges
• Various Roles of Counseling
• Outreach / Training / Advising
• Consultation
• Fitness Review
• Committees and Program Development
• Teaching
• Health & Wellness Education
• Cadet Peer Educators
• Medical Leaves and Furlough
About our Center
• Staff
• Reporting Structure
• Finance, Administration, & Support
• IACS Accreditation
Challenges
• Perceptions / Expectations from Constituents
• Dual Roles
• Administrator and Psychologist
• Military Framework & Higher Education
• Ethical Challenges and Conflicts of Interest
Role of Counseling: Outreach / Training / Advising
• Advisors to Peer Education group
• Bystander Intervention Program
• Alcohol and Drug Education
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• Suicide Prevention
• Virginia Campus Consortium
• JED Foundation Campus Program
• Healthy Minds Study
• Liaison with Athletics
• Stress Management
• Biofeedback
Role of Counseling: Consultation
• Health Center
• Commandant Staff
• ROTC Programs
• Faculty/Staff
• Parents
• Community members
• Fitness Review
Role of Counseling: Committees / Program Development
• Violence Prevention
• Threat Assessment
• Institute Alcohol and Other Drug Committee
• NCAA Compliance & Oversight
• Institute Health and Wellness Committee
• Emergency Preparedness
• Human Subjects & Animal Use (IRB)
Role of Counseling: Teaching
• Adjunct Faculty in Psychology Department
• Adjunct Faculty in Physical Education
• Wellness Program focused on Peer Health Education
• Adjunct Faculty in Biology Department
Role of Counseling: Health and Wellness
• Wellness Fairs
• Faculty/Staff/Cadets
• HEADliners Cadet Newsletter
• Awareness Events
• Athlete wellness programs
• Tobacco Cessation program
• Focus Groups
• Assessment & Social Norms
Role of Counseling: Medical Leaves / Furloughs
• Medical leaves
• Furloughs
• Voluntary
• Involuntary
• Risk Assessment
• Community resources
Re-Enrollment from Medical Furloughs
• Documentation Review
• Consultation
• Recommendations
• Threat Assessment
• Readmissions Committee
• Outreach to returning Cadets
DISCUSSION