NTID Counseling and Academic Advising Services: Up Close and Personal NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services  RIT Academic Advisors’ Council May 13, 2008 NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services  RIT Academic Advisors’ Council May 13, 2008

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Student & Academic Services  Counseling & Academic Advising  Career Exploration Studies  First Year Experiences  Mental Health Services  NTID Learning Consortium  S.A.I.S.D.  Student Financial Services  Student Life Team  Outreach & Transition  Intercollegiate Athletic Support  Counseling & Academic Advising  Career Exploration Studies  First Year Experiences  Mental Health Services  NTID Learning Consortium  S.A.I.S.D.  Student Financial Services  Student Life Team  Outreach & Transition  Intercollegiate Athletic Support National Technical Institute for the Deaf

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Student & Academic Services COLLEGE ENTRY  First Year Experiences  Summer Vestibule Program  Academic Assessment  Career Exploration  Parent Program  Career Exploration Studies  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making  Counseling/Academic Advising COLLEGE ENTRY  First Year Experiences  Summer Vestibule Program  Academic Assessment  Career Exploration  Parent Program  Career Exploration Studies  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making  Counseling/Academic Advising

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Student & Academic Services COLLEGE SUCCESS  Counseling/Academic Advising Academic Advising Personal/Career Counseling Mental Health  Student Life Team/S.A.I.S.D.  NTID Learning Consortium  Liaison relationships with:  Residence Life  Judicial Affairs  Disability Office  Others COLLEGE SUCCESS  Counseling/Academic Advising Academic Advising Personal/Career Counseling Mental Health  Student Life Team/S.A.I.S.D.  NTID Learning Consortium  Liaison relationships with:  Residence Life  Judicial Affairs  Disability Office  Others

Organization of NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services Associate Degree Programs College of NTID Bachelor Degree Programs Other Colleges of RIT Associate Degree Programs College of NTID Bachelor Degree Programs Other Colleges of RIT

Organization of NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services Associate Degree Programs  Academic Advising (majority of time)  Personal Counseling  Career Counseling  Consultation  Teaching  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making Associate Degree Programs  Academic Advising (majority of time)  Personal Counseling  Career Counseling  Consultation  Teaching  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making

Counseling Services for NTID Supported Associate Degree Students  Counselor assigned to students in specific major(s)  Counselor is part of academic department faculty/staff  Counselor provides:  Academic advising  Personal counseling  Career counseling/assessment  Direct instruction (Freshman Seminar, Career Decision Making)  Counselor consults with the instructors, support staff, parents, vocational rehabilitation counselors and others.  Counselor assigned to students in specific major(s)  Counselor is part of academic department faculty/staff  Counselor provides:  Academic advising  Personal counseling  Career counseling/assessment  Direct instruction (Freshman Seminar, Career Decision Making)  Counselor consults with the instructors, support staff, parents, vocational rehabilitation counselors and others.

Organization of NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services Bachelor Degree Programs  Personal Counseling (majority of time)  Career Counseling  Consultation  Teaching  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making Bachelor Degree Programs  Personal Counseling (majority of time)  Career Counseling  Consultation  Teaching  Freshman Seminar  Career Decision Making

Counseling Services for NTID Supported Bachelor Degree Students  Counselor assigned to students in specific college/major  Counselor is part of Support Department Team  Support services within each college:  Coordinator  Advisors/tutors for specific majors/courses  Access coordinators (interpreting, notetaking, C-Print)  Counselor  Counselor provides:  Personal counseling  Career counseling (Career testing)  Direct instruction (Freshman Seminar, Career Decision Making)  Counselor consults with instructors/staff, parents, vocational rehabilitation counselors and others  Counselor assigned to students in specific college/major  Counselor is part of Support Department Team  Support services within each college:  Coordinator  Advisors/tutors for specific majors/courses  Access coordinators (interpreting, notetaking, C-Print)  Counselor  Counselor provides:  Personal counseling  Career counseling (Career testing)  Direct instruction (Freshman Seminar, Career Decision Making)  Counselor consults with instructors/staff, parents, vocational rehabilitation counselors and others

Challenges faced by ALL students  Identity issues  Communication issues  Becoming an active learner  Academic readiness  Social pressures  Developing a support system  Career concerns  Identity issues  Communication issues  Becoming an active learner  Academic readiness  Social pressures  Developing a support system  Career concerns

Identity  Identity issues: Who am I?  Deaf? Hard of hearing? Oral?  How do the hearing students view me?  Am I an individual or just another deaf student?  How do the other deaf students view me?  Do they accept me and/or my communication mode?  How does my instructor view me?  Equal expectations?  Identity issues: Who am I?  Deaf? Hard of hearing? Oral?  How do the hearing students view me?  Am I an individual or just another deaf student?  How do the other deaf students view me?  Do they accept me and/or my communication mode?  How does my instructor view me?  Equal expectations?

Communication Issues  Classroom:  Students sometimes feel segregated from hearing peers in the class.  Students would like to have mixed groups for group projects.  Interpreting:  Students frustrated with not having enough interpreters to cover all classes.  Students really need interpreters who know the subject matter well  Notetaking:  Students need good notes with specific vocabulary carefully recorded.  C-Print:  Some students prefer real-time print. Some do not want interpreting.  Classroom:  Students sometimes feel segregated from hearing peers in the class.  Students would like to have mixed groups for group projects.  Interpreting:  Students frustrated with not having enough interpreters to cover all classes.  Students really need interpreters who know the subject matter well  Notetaking:  Students need good notes with specific vocabulary carefully recorded.  C-Print:  Some students prefer real-time print. Some do not want interpreting.

Academic Readiness  Some students have had a great deal of support from home and their schools.  Many students arrive at college and expect that the same services will be available here.  Because this is college and students are expected to be more independent, many students have problems with:  Knowing how to study  Knowing how to prioritize and organize  Knowing how to manage their time.  Some students have had a great deal of support from home and their schools.  Many students arrive at college and expect that the same services will be available here.  Because this is college and students are expected to be more independent, many students have problems with:  Knowing how to study  Knowing how to prioritize and organize  Knowing how to manage their time.

Social life  Overwhelmed by a social life they have never experienced at home.  Difficulty balancing social opportunities with academic responsibilities.  Mainstreamed students face challenges dealing with deaf culture.  Feeling lonely and isolated even in a large group of deaf students.  May need some interpersonal skills training  May need to be involved in a club or activity  May need some one on one counseling  Overwhelmed by a social life they have never experienced at home.  Difficulty balancing social opportunities with academic responsibilities.  Mainstreamed students face challenges dealing with deaf culture.  Feeling lonely and isolated even in a large group of deaf students.  May need some interpersonal skills training  May need to be involved in a club or activity  May need some one on one counseling

Passive to active learners: developing a support system  Students must take responsibility for their learning:  Learn how to ask for help if not understanding what is going on in class  Learn how to access resources (i.e. stigma of tutoring)  How to use an interpreter effectively  How to approach and communicate with instructors.  How to problem solve…  Students must take responsibility for their learning:  Learn how to ask for help if not understanding what is going on in class  Learn how to access resources (i.e. stigma of tutoring)  How to use an interpreter effectively  How to approach and communicate with instructors.  How to problem solve…

Career concerns  Students can face the challenge of realizing that the major they thought they wanted is not what they really want.  Sometimes this is due to unrealistic and unsophisticated expectations of the major  Sometimes it is from a lack of preparation from their high school experiences.  Some students can feel concerned about their career choices and what will happen to them after they graduate.  Will they be able to find employment?  Will the hearing world welcome them into careers?  Students can face the challenge of realizing that the major they thought they wanted is not what they really want.  Sometimes this is due to unrealistic and unsophisticated expectations of the major  Sometimes it is from a lack of preparation from their high school experiences.  Some students can feel concerned about their career choices and what will happen to them after they graduate.  Will they be able to find employment?  Will the hearing world welcome them into careers?

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NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services Robb Adams, Ph.D. Chairperson LBJ NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services Robb Adams, Ph.D. Chairperson LBJ