In addition to providing services to students who come to the SUNY Fredonia Counseling Center for help, the SFCC also reaches out to the campus community through its educational programs. SFCC outreach programs are geared towards promoting personal growth and educating students who may be concerned with a variety of social, emotional, and academic difficulties.
The Counseling Center's outreach theme for the 2009-2010 academic year is entitled The Friendship Experiment. Presentations will focus on learning the skills necessary to develop and maintain relationships based on goodness. Small group activities will allow participants to learn to navigate the challenges of friendship that promote intra/interpersonal satisfaction, social responsibility, leadership development, appreciation of diversity, collaboration, and civic engagement. For more information on the curriculum visit Learning Friendship: The "Indispensable Basis of a Good Society" (pdf) by Frank Shushok, Jr. published online in Wiley InterScience and in the July-August 2008 edition of About Campus.
Faculty --Don't Cancel That Class!
There's no need to cancel your class if you have a conference, business trip, or other obligation. The SUNY Fredonia Counseling Center (SFCC), by way of the Don't Cancel That Class program, can cover your class by presenting any one of our workshops designed to promote critical thinking, intellectual growth, and healthy living.
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Students, faculty, and staff encouraged to make a request for a workshop.To schedule a workshop and/or request a special workshop topic, Click here. To ensure the success of your program, please be sure to give us as much advance notice as possible (minimum 2 weeks).
Preparing your class for a DCTC presentation:
- Please let us know if you would like attendance taken.
- We ask that you inform the class of the presentation in advance. In our experience it helps us if they expect our appearance.
The SFCC staff possesses specialized knowledge and skills in areas including, but not limited to:
- academic wellness
- interpersonal communication
- group dynamics
- diversity and multicultural concerns
- college student development
- crisis intervention
- community development and intervention
The Counseling Center staff is able to share their knowledge and skills by providing consultation and education to students, student organizations, staff, and faculty. All SFCC workshops are open to the campus community, free of charge.
SFCC outreach workshops focus on helping students explore their personal process of identity development and its impact on their college experience. The goal of these workshops is to help students identify their signature strengths and to provide exercises that promote overall well-being.