{"id":1013,"date":"2023-04-05T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/demo-dean-of-the-college\/?page_id=1013"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:30:57","slug":"struggling-academically","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wellness-resources-previous\/supporting-students\/student-encounters\/struggling-academically\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Encounter: Struggling Academically"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Initiate conversation<ul><li>Express gratitude for student showing up to this meeting (\u201cglad to see you\u201d), express understanding that it can be hard to uphold meetings (student has missed previous meetings), ask if there\u2019s anything going on that they want to talk about that\u2019s made it hard to come to meetings<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Describe observations, express feelings<\/li><li>Ask open questions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide empathy and validation<\/li><li>Normalize and reduce stigma<\/li><li>Ask what kind of support they would like (problem-solving, listening, referrals)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Want to make sure to submit SSN form<\/li><li>Suggest reaching out to Class Dean for overarching academic support<\/li><li>If need support in specific classes, suggest Academic Support &amp; Learning Resources (Writing Center and Quantitative Reasoning Center)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Explore cultural context<\/li><li>Family relationships\/expectations<\/li><li>Urgency of necessary academic connections<\/li><li>Look at busy academic times\u2014common to come up when exams start, NRO period, etc<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">.menu-item-974 { margin-top: 1em; }<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Initiate conversation Express gratitude for student showing up to this meeting (\u201cglad to see you\u201d), express understanding that it can be hard to uphold meetings (student has missed previous meetings), ask if there\u2019s anything going on that they want to talk about that\u2019s made it hard to come to meetings Describe observations, express feelings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":991,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1013","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1013\/revisions\/1146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}