CME:1.5 CNE:1.5 CHES:1.5 MCHES:1.5 PsyCE:1.5 NBCC:1.5 NASW:1.5 CPEU:1.5
Campus Collaboration, Student Involvement, Collaborative Care, Social Justice
After this session, attendees should be able to:
- Describe effective and collaborative best practices for student veteran transition to campus.
- Describe challenges to student veteran wellness.
- Describe unique wellness strategies for veteran/military students within the Social Ecological Framework.
- Discuss how to create a veteran/military wellness task force to begin building a campus/community support network.
Program Abstract:
Utilizing the Social Ecological Framework, this session introduces a collaborative approach to supporting student veteran wellness on campus. Student services, classroom interventions, campus wellness services, and a behavioral health community clinic comprise a tightly woven network of care for student veterans at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Attendees will gain a unique and evidence-based perspective for developing system of wellness support mechanisms for veterans in their communities, and leave with an action plan.