Student Mental Health Mini-Course
Evidenced-based mental health training for young adult travelers to make your study abroad experience safer, more meaningful and set you up for transformational growth.
Personalized Wellness Plan
Participants leave with a fully developed comprehensive plan for how they will prepare for their mental health and wellness abroad.
Accessible Anytime, Anywhere
Go back and reference the tools and lessons learned throughout travels on any device.
Certificate of Completion
Once fully completed, everyone leaves with an automatically generated certificate to share with their travel provider.
Benefits to students:
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Safer travel--less incidents and reduced programmatic withdrawal
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Improved resilience and flexibility
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Access to mental health regulation skills in-country
- Individualized wellness plan and resources for student to use in-country
- Less time consuming and costly on-the-ground counseling services needed
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Scaffolded learning so participants can take responsibility and manage their wellbeing
- Promotes a healthier program and improved group dynamics
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Prevents crisis and facilitates appropriate self-help measures
- Happier participants, satisfied parents, better institutional reputation
Benefits to families:
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Promotes safer travel--prevents crisis and facilitates appropriate self-help measures
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Reduces costly programmatic withdrawals
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Scaffolds new experience for students (and parents!) and teaches students how to take responsibility and manage their wellbeing through creation of a Wellness Travel Plan
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Less stress worrying about your child's wellbeing abroad knowing they have the right resources and information at their fingertips
- Shared language for parents and children about mental health and resilience
- Less pathologizing stress and difficulty--more flexibility and willingness to try new experiences, new foods, and meet new people
- Happier participants and satisfied parents
Evidence-based content to foster resilience
Licensed Mental Health Counselors created this course based in principles that foster psychological flexibility and resilience. Our team brings expertise in young adult mental health, educational counseling and training, program development, student and family treatment, and vast international experiences.
Mental Health Impacts Everyone
Everyone is a part of the solution when participants take our course: they learn to help themselves and each other, too.
