20 Student Affairs Strategic Plan 98. Train all full-time Student Affairs employees in trauma-informed care through Indiana University Bloomington.10 99. Working with community health services partners, bring back “Fight the Flu” and provide an annual vaccination clinic to students that is also open to the public. 100. Train two staff counselors in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to improve treatment options for students with depression, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, and substance use disorders. 101. Train one staff counselor in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to improve treatment options for students with anxiety and trauma experiences. 102. Partnering with Athletics, add additional wayfinding signage to the Barnett Center to help students find the Fitness Center.11 103. Select and promote free or low-cost mental health mobile applications for students.12 104. Administer the ACHA-National College Health Assessment (a nationally recognized research survey) to collect precise data on a wide range of health and wellness issues that impact Northern students and affect their academic performance. 105. Working with Faculty Senate, create a sample statement regarding wellness services available to students to add to the official sample syllabi. 106. Working with Finance and Administration, provide $1,000 per FTE equivalent in professional development funds for Counseling Services staff to support the costs of professional licensure as contractually required and to promote positive clinical outcomes for clients.13 107. Counseling Services will identify clinical best practices using five-year data on student presenting issues to develop a professional training plan that ensures clinical staff are equipped with skills to work effectively with current student mental health needs. 108. Working with Finance and Administration, provide institutional funding for 50% of the personnel costs associated with Prevention Services. Objective 9. FOSTER A CULTURE OF SAFETY: Students thrive and can focus on their academic and co-curricular interests in an environment that is safe, secure, and welcoming. 109. Create and implement an Inclement Weather Policy. 110. Conduct a review of the Threat Assessment Team utilizing the National Center for School Safety’s Fidelity Evaluation Tool for School Threat Assessment and make recommendations for improvements. 111. Implement a comprehensive threat assessment team training consistent with the research-based training topics from the National Center for School Safety. 112. Create and offer a faculty/staff threat assessment training for the Student Behavioral Education Series. 113. Launch a “See Something, Say Something” and Northern CARES marketing campaign aimed at students to promote a culture of care and bystander intervention. 114. Recognizing the link between access to firearms, prescription medications, and increased risks of suicide and addiction, we will host semesterly prescription drug take-back events that include the distribution of free gun locks. These events aim to prevent harm and raise awareness through community education and safe storage and disposal practices. Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. Dwight D. Eisenhower US President 10See https://rural.indiana.edu/focus/health/trauma-informed-care-certificate.html 11Formally known as the Bob Olson Strength and Conditioning Center. 12See https://www.hofstra.edu/student-counseling-services/apps.html 13Clinical staff are required to complete 40 hours of continuing education units (CEU) every two years by the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists.
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