Joshua Hendrickson, PhD, LCSW, Field Education Coordinator, presented at the 2021 Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE) Conference “Resourcing, Reconnection, and Reemergence: Centering Contemplative Practices in our Work and in our Healing”, on November 5-7.
Dr. Hendrickson coordinates and supervises social work students within the Collaborative for Student Success and Academic Wellness at Stony Brook University.
The Collaborative for Student Success and Academic Wellness
Abstract
The Collaborative for Student Success and Academic Wellness (CSSAW) at Stony Brook University is an integrative mental health approach and an emerging model to support whole student development within higher education settings. The CSSAW utilizes social work student interns and social work field instruction as an approach for student success through a lens of academic well-being. Social work interns are trained in a 8-week program situated within their campus-based field placement that integrates the development of mind-body skills and contemplative practices as the foundation for academic wellness, self-care and collective care. A shared supervisory model is then utilized through the academic year as students assume the roles of academic success coaches, instructors, academic advisors, group and individual counselors, student outreach workers, researchers, and community organizers.
Presenters:
Joshua Hendrickson, Phd, LCSW
Over the past decade Dr. Hendrickson, who holds a doctorate in Mind-Body Medicine, has developed and trained over 5,000 educators in areas of mindfulness, compassion, trauma informed care, school climate, social emotional learning, and many other areas of mental health and educational practice. In recent years, Dr. Hendrickson has also co-developed and facilitated the integration of mindfulness-based pedagogy into first year seminar curriculum and student-leadership training at Stony Brook University. Dr. Hendrickson coordinates and supervises social work students within the Collaborative for Student Success and Academic Wellness at Stony Brook University.
Olga Navia, M.A., E-RYT500, SWI
Olga Navia is currently pursuing her MSW at Stony Brook University. She is also an adjunct instructor at New York Institute of Technology specializing in communications and writing. She is a 500-hour certified yoga instructor with additional certifications in prenatal/postnatal yoga and children's yoga. Additionally, she is a bereavement facilitator with the LI Young Widows and Widowers Network, leading 8-week support groups.
