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Recommendations from the Field: Creating an LGBTQ Learning Community
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Jaekel, Kathryn S. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
This article details the creation of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) learning community. Created because of research that indicates chilly campus climates (Rankin, 2005), as well as particular needs of LGBTQ students in the classroom, this learning community focused upon LGBTQ topics in and out of the classroom. While…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Communities of Practice, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Sexual Identity
Ignite Leadership Influence Change-Unleashing the Power of Student Affairs
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Roper, Larry D. – Journal of College and Character, 2011
As a result of environmental turbulence created by economic turmoil and shifting social policies, the world of higher education is experiencing widespread change. Student affairs professionals are well-positioned to influence the future direction of higher education and the impact education has for students and society. The NASPA 2012 conference…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
Exercises in Communication.
Saunders, Danny – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1991
Presents three exercises that deal with issues in communication: (1) icebreaking techniques for seminar groups, including individual, pair, and small group formats; (2) a workshop that stresses cooperative groupwork, including competitive teams; and (3) a workshop that encourages assertiveness in learning situations and discusses submissiveness,…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competition, Cooperation
Family Theme Group: Networking Skills, the Family and Beyond.
Reynolds, John N.; And Others – 1980
This paper describes the family-theme group, a group approach to working with schizophrenics based on the assumptions that: (1) family dynamics are important variables in the development and maintenance of schizophrenia; (2) schizophrenic families have numerous maladaptive qualities not present in normal families; and (3) hospitalization of…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Disturbances, Family Problems
The Use of Stress-Management Training for Obese Women.
Sternberg, Daniel; Del Porto, Delbert – 1978
Stress management training contributes to weight loss, maintenance of weight loss and improved social and occupational functioning in obese women. Data from the Beck Depression Inventory and the Assertiveness Questionnaire indicate that obese persons have poor self-concepts which result in depression which is inversely related to assertiveness.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Employment Problems
Cultural Adaptation of the Skills Training Model: Assertion Training with American Indians.
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LaFromboise, Teresa D.; Rowe, Wayne – 1981
A skills training approach provides a conceptual framework from which human services can be provided for the personal and emotional needs of Indian people without the subtle, culturally erosive effect of traditional psychotherapy. Some 30 tribal groups and agencies participated in a cultural adaptation of an assertive coping-skills training…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns