In-Class Presentations/Workshop Requests
Counsellors can provide workshops in the classroom for your students. Given the time constraints and breadth of the topics, these workshops would be introductory. However, they may encourage students who need additional assistance to meet with a counsellor individually for more in-depth help. To accommodate requests, we ask for sufficient notice for scheduling these presentations.
Counsellors offer the following topics, and in some cases, they can also be tailored for your program:
Stress Management provides an understanding of what stress is and some techniques for managing stress and achieving a better balance in life.
Conflict Management provides insight into the dynamics that create conflict and an awareness of differing styles of dealing with conflict. An application to group work in the classroom can be a component.
Relaxation Techniques offers the benefits of learning and using methods to achieve a deeper relaxation with some in-class application.
Test Anxiety helps students to recognize the signs of test anxiety and offers some approaches to managing this.
Public Speaking Anxiety teaches the nature of anxiety and its effects when giving presentations; it also offers some techniques to manage anxiety and strategies for public speaking.
Suicide Alertness/ Prevention teaches skills to recognize risks of persons having thoughts of suicide and how to connect them to college/community resources.
Cultural Diversity provides an opportunity to discuss increasing diversity in Canadian society as well as in our classrooms and/or respective fields. Possible themes which can be addressed include the impact of culture shock and a model for understanding culture shock, tips for intercultural communication, and helpful resources (websites and handouts).
Healthy Relationships offers students information about communication styles, strategies and techniques for use in enhancing and maximizing self-respect, understanding and effective dialogue in the classroom and personal relationships with family friends, and partners.
Self Care Workshop is geared toward students who are studying to become helping professionals. Its purpose is to prevent burnout and promote balance and well-being in the lives of developing helping professionals.
Assertive Communication - communication is a vital ingredient to well-functioning workplaces, communities and personal relationships. The assertive communication workshop is designed to help participants communicate with clarity and respect, without falling into the traps of passivity and aggression.
To discuss or request these workshops, please contact:
Doon - Lynn Robbins White, 519-748-5220 Ext. 3644, or lrobbins@conestogac.on.ca
Waterloo - Shawna Bernard 519-748-5220 Ext. 3236, or sbernard@conestogac.on.ca
Guelph - Keith Martin 519-824-9390 Ext.6136, or kmartin@conestogac.on.ca
Cambridge - Marshall Chanda 519-748-5220 Ext.2208, or mchanda@conestogac.on.ca
** Please note that workshops are not available to classes where the workshop content is part of the direct course curriculum **