Date/Time Date(s) - 19/01/20249:30 am - 12:30 pm
Open to faculty & instructors (not TA’s or RA’s) who teach or supervise students as their primary role.
Faculty and instructors (educators) and those who interact with, support and supervise McMaster students in many other ways (navigators) on campus are integral to building mental health support for students. While you are not expected to be mental health experts or counselors, faculty and staff are often ideally situated to recognize and respond to stressed and distressed students, to start important conversations, and to limit unnecessary stress and distress. To do this you must feel prepared and comfortable to address student mental health needs in ways that are consistent with and appropriate to your roles and training. The Professor Hippo-on-Campus program has been designed and tested at McMaster to help accomplish these goals in an accessible, engaging and efficient format.
To benefit from this workshop, you will need to complete the Professor Hippo online program (8 modules) FIRST, which takes about 3 hours on A2L and is best done gradually over days to weeks. You will then be certified in Professor Hippo! This workshop builds on and applies that content, which will not be reviewed in depth in the workshop, to allow for more interaction and case discussion. You can register for the online program on Mosaic after completing a pre-survey. See instructions here: https://mentalhealth.mcmaster.ca/professor-hippo/
This in-person workshop is facilitated by Dr. Catharine Munn, Creator & Lead, Professor Hippo-on-Campus Program, and Advisor to the Provost (Special Projects, Mental Health).
For further information or questions, please contact profhipp@mcmaster.ca
Register here.