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Self-Care in Advising

Lucyna M. Lach, MSW, PhDAssociate Dean, Faculty of Arts

Self Care is a ESSENTIAL!

Do What You Know You Should Do

Being Regular exercise Diet Sleep Mindfulness and relaxation

Belonging Family Community

Becoming Sense of Future Purpose

Case Study 1

Sandra is a U0 student who completed her high school education in Alberta. She comes to see you and as you begin your conversation with her, you notice that something is not quite right. Her gestures seem slightly off; she soon discloses, very frankly, that she has a mental illness. After explaining the process for registering for courses and Freshman requirements, she proceeds to ask you complete the process for her.

Questions for the Audience

1. How would describe this student? A. Helpless B. Manipulative C. Vulnerable D. Immature E. Informed

2. On a scale of 1 to 10, what role does mental illness play in her question where 1 means not at all and 10 means a great deal?

Context of the Advising Role

University as a transition program

Emerging adulthood

Key Message

Self-care has as much to do with treating yourself well as it does with your beliefs and values about others and about yourself

Beliefs about yourself Self-expectations Responsibility Empowerment

Key Message

Beliefs about other(s)- Change is inevitable- No problem happens all of the time- Individuals have the resources to change- There are many ways to look at a situation,

none more correct than others- Students define their goals as they see fit

for them at that time- Only a small change is necessary

Key Principles

Go slow

Increase options

Co-develop directions

Identify with student’s strengths and resources

Never fight

Think incrementally

Case Study 2

Roger received a notice indicating that he had to see me for alleged plagiarism. Roger had participated in a group assignment. There were 2 components, a group presentation and an individual paper. The paper contained elements from the group presentation. Question regarding ownership of content of individual paper.

Link to Self-Care

Beliefs about self and other are linked to self-care

Obligations and duties as educators of this next generation

Self-expectations, responsibility and empowerment

Views of other in a more beneficent manner