SCCC Mental Health Awareness Day-Extra Credit

This is a series of workshops and activities scheduled for October 3, 2018 which provides students with a wide range of information concerning mental health, wellness and skills to support academic/personal success.  The event runs from 9:30 am through 1:30 pm primarily in the Babylon Student Center with workshops/activities available at 9:30 am, 11 am, and 12:30 pm. 

For those classes that already have extra credit opportunities, you can substitute this one for one of the 2 already offered. For honors classes, you can earn up to 5 points extra credit on the Midterm for completing this assignment.

 

The extra credit assignment is to either attend one of the lectures or obtain information on a topic from the represented agencies and complete a 2-3 page paper on the topic, including specifying what you learned on Mental health Awareness Day. You must obtain 2 other sources and the paper must be completed in APA style.

 

Due Date: October 25th, 2018

Workshops on a variety of issues will be offered, such as:

•                      Introduction to Kundalini Science

•                      Unum Heart Meditation Station

•                      Suicide awareness and prevention

•                      The benefits of journaling for emotional and mental wellness

•                      Stress management through creative arts therapy

•                      The elements of wellness – the role it plays in mental health and academic achievement

•                      The Biology of Addiction

•                      Rape Aggression Defense – self-defense for women

•                      Veterans and mental wellness

 

Mental health & Wellness agencies which will have information and resources available include, such as:

 

•                      Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD)

•                      THRIVE, Recovery Community and Outreach Center

•                      Response Hotline (Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention)

•                      Mather Hospital Eating Disorders Program

•                      Community Growth Center

•                      The Suffolk County Crime Victims Center

•                      Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk – domestic violence and sexual assault  (VIBS)

•                      SCCC Mental Health Services

•                      Joseph Dwyer Veterans’ Peer Support Project & SCCC Veterans Services

 

 

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