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Reflections, Trends and Visions forthe Future of College Wellness
A Working Workshop
NECHA/NYSCHA 2017 Combined Annual MeetingBurlington, VT
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Learning Objectives
1. The participant should be able to review the evolution and emergence of the concept of Wellness in College Health.
2. The participant should be able to identify the limitations and resistance to campus-wide wellness programs.
3. The participant should be able to describe strategies for advancing integrated wellness programs and initiatives on campuses.
Why this workshop?
‘Epidemic of Wellness’
‘What is it?’
‘Who owns it?’
‘Where does College Health fit in?’
WELLNESS is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy
and fulfilling life.
Research on WellnessBen Wood, PhD 2017
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%
PublicUniversities
PrivateUniversities(Non Liberal
Arts)
Private LiberalArts
CommunityColleges
Ag/Tech HeathSciences
40%
25.50%22.20%
6.20% 4.40%1.80%
275 Colleges/UniversitiesOver 3 million students
School size range: 192 – 66,425 (11,497)
How is ‘Wellness’ defined?
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10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
Mind & Body Physical Health Holistic none servingcommunity needs
45%
32.20%
17.10%
3.30% 1.50%
Where is ‘Wellness located? (housed or administered)
0.00%5.00%
10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00% 30.50%
19.60%15.30% 13.80%
7.60% 5.50% 5.10%2.50%
Results
• a definition is emerging
• there are many stakeholders and many pathways toward Wellness
• there are a variety of administrative structures that manage Wellness within the Mission of Higher Education
Where does College Health fit in?
Reflections, Trends and Visions for the Future of College Wellness: A Working Workshop
Workshop PresentersRyan M. Travia, MEd
Associate Dean of Students for WellnessBabson College
Gerri Taylor, MS, ANP-BC, Fellow, ACHA
Associate Dean, Health, Counseling and WellnessDirector, Health Center
Bentley University
Joleen M. Nevers, MAEd, CHES, CSE, CSESAssociate Director, Wellness and Prevention Services
University of Connecticut
John Miner, MD, Fellow, ACHA
Faculty, BMC – U Mass Psychiatry ResidencyWilliams College Health Services (retired)
Consultant
M. Gerard Fromm, PhDFaculty, Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center
International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations
Consultant
Plan for the morning
• Professional journeys to wellness• Coffee talk• Q&A• Stages of Change• Small group discussion• Large group process• Break• Histories of the Future• Closing discussion
My Journey to Wellness
Ryan M. Travia, M.Ed.Associate Dean of Students for Wellness
Babson CollegeRegion I Consultant, BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA
Past President, New England College Health Association@DeanRyanTravia
Professional Journey
Repositioning Wellness
Leadership Style• Know yourself
- Know what you know. - Know what you don’t know. - Know what you need to know.
• Lead by consensus• Convener• Community organizer• A passion and a vocation• Collaborative health models in student affairs• Stay out of the way
My Journey to Wellness
Joleen M. Nevers, MAEd, CHES, CSE, CSESAssociate Director, Wellness and Prevention ServicesUniversity of Connecticut@UConnWellness
Professional Journey
Wellness Philosophy
Leadership Style• Team building• Mentor• Passion for work• Collaborator• Direct/To the Point
My Journey to Wellness
Gerri Taylor, MS, ANP-BC, Fellow, ACHAAssociate Dean, Health, Counseling and Wellness
Director, Health CenterBentley University
Wellness Philosophy
“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless and intelligence cannot be applied” (Herophilus, 335 BC)
Health, Counseling and Wellness
Leadership Style• Strengths-Based Philosophy
• Achiever• Learner• Individualization• Self-Assurance• Responsibility
• Inclusive• Listener • Collaborative• Honesty – Say what you mean and mean what you say!
My Journey to Wellness
John Miner, MD, Fellow ACHA
Williams College (retired)
Limbic SystemIntegration of Mind & Body (‘Limbic Harmony’)
1) Fight or Flight2) Stress Response / Trauma3) Memory / Cognition4) Emotion Regulation5) Autonomic Nervous System6) Hormonal Regulation7) Immune Reactions/Responses8) Reward System / Motivation
Values TeamworkInterdisciplinary
Med School ICU Rotation(an integrative moment)
Fork in the Road
“soma” (Family Practice) “psyche” (Psychiatry/Psychoanalysis)
Another Fork in the Road(widening scope of psychoanalysis)
Intensive therapy Activities Department
Integration within Health ServicesToward Multidisciplinary Treatment &Training:Successes, Challenges & Solutions - 2014
Join the Mission‘Learn, Discover, Heal, Create ---And Make the World Ever Better’
U. of Rochester, 2009
Integration across the institutionMultiple Roles and Multiple Conversations:Challenges for College Mental Health – 2009
Leadership StyleSupport staff in their professional development
Model learning and teaching
Authorize staff to fully embrace their roles and tasks
Highlight how all roles and tasks join the mission
Develop integrated policies and structures so as to promote mission
Coffee Talk
When Thinking About Integration Where Are You With It? Consider This Model
Transtheroretical Behavior Change Model
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992)
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992)
Histories of the Future