A specialized collaboration is a collaboration between Personal Counseling and a specialized Skyline College program that has been identified as either having a higher demand for emotional support for their student participants and/or having program goals that include a wellness component. I developed three specialized collaborations with the following programs:
Women’s Mentorship and Leadership Academy
International Students Program
Middle College
I also began outreach efforts with the program Brother’s Achieving Milestones (BAM) during the 2022-2023 school year and will continue these efforts in the coming academic year.
The specialized collaborations include four main components:
- Point-person/liaison for referrals including crisis management referrals.
- Tailored Outreach services
- Regular faculty and staff consultations
- Coordination for participation in a variety of events hosted by each program.
2022-2023 Highlights:
Women’s Mentorship and Leadership Academy (WMLA)
- Presentation provided on Healthy Relationships/Healthy Boundaries
- Presentation on Personal Counseling services and how to get connected
- Regular participation in their weekly meeting for onsite counseling support
- Faculty and staff consultations provided throughout the school year
- Coordination for personal counselor’s participation in their year-end retreat held in April in Half Moon Bay.
- Regular program meetings to discuss specific needs of the WMLA members.
- Clinical supervision to Golda Margate who works as coordinator for the WMLA program and served as a liaison with Personal Counseling
International Student’s Program
- International Students Program Welcome Event
- Counseling 101 mental health support presentation coordinated for two Saturday classes.
- Coordinated with personal counseling staff to provide tailored presentations on stress management, wellness, How to Succeed in an American College
- Direct liaison with Personal Counseling department for mental health referrals
- Case management to a number of students to connect with ongoing mental health care both on and off campus
- Connected to a variety of on and off campus resources
- Faculty and Staff consultations and presentations on Personal Counseling services and how to readily and easily connect students
- Regular program meetings with International Students Program Coordinator, Retention Specialist and academic counselor(s) to discuss specific needs of International students.
- Clinical supervision and consultation to Tessa Kwan who assists with specialized collaboration
Middle College Program
- Presentation on general Personal Counseling services
- Presentation on Stress Management entitled “Home for the Holidays”
- Presentation on Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships from a Friendship Lens workshop
- Collaboration to streamline referrals, crisis management and faculty and staff support
- Participated in graduation ceremony
- Regular check-ins with Middle College Coordinator for program coordination and needs assessment for student participants
- Clinical supervision to Bryan Martinez who assists with specialized collaboration.
Brothers Achieving Milestones (BAM)
- Partnered with BAM to provide a two-part workshop on identifying the signs of a Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship. The workshop included a film screening which portrays an emotionally abusive relationship.
- General Personal Counseling services presentation
This workshop series was so well-received that we will be exploring future presentations on similar topics and other topics of interest for the 2023-2024 academic year. Due to the success of the collaboration we were also able to help students in need get connected to ongoing counseling support.