Don't cancel class – call The COAST

Counseling Services is offering the “Don’t Cancel Class” program during the Fall 2015 semester. If you need to cancel a class, you or your administrative specialist may call Chris Donevant-Haines at The COAST (Counseling Outreach Advocacy Student Team) at 843-349-5022 to check availability of coverage for your class. When possible, Counseling Services staff or SHORE Peer Educators will cover your class by providing psycho-educational programming in your absence.

For requests made on the day of the class, Haines is normally at her desk by 8:30 a.m. and will be able to notify administrative specialists of counseling staff availability to cover a class session.

If you know in advance that you will be missing a class, it is preferred that you call in advance and schedule a psycho-educational presentation on the topic of your choice. This will help all of our students to take advantage of every possible educational moment to develop not only intellectually, but emotionally and behaviorally as well.

This semester we will be highlighting the following topics in our programs:

• Dealing With Conflict – This interactive session will address the many ways students experience conflict and effective techniques to manage conflict in interpersonal relationships.

• Step Up! Bystander Intervention with a focus on:
       • Depression/Suicide
       • Dating/Domestic Violence
       • Sexual Violence

• OMG! I’m Losing It – This is an interactive program designed to help students recognize the signs of stress and provide strategies and techniques to help manage stress levels.

When scheduling a “Don’t Cancel Class” program, please don’t mention to your students that you won’t be in class that day since this often leads to students skipping class that day. We will be happy to take attendance during the class.

We appreciate your participation in this important program. If you have any questions, feel free to call either me in Counseling Services at 843-349-2305 or Chris at The COAST at 843-349-5022. You may also stop in The COAST in the Room A108 of the Lib Jackson Student Union to schedule a presentation.

Jennie M. Cassidy, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling Services
Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054
Phone: (843) 349-2305
Fax: (843) 349-2898