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50 Years of ERIC
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Wallack, Cory; Servaty-Seib, Heather L.; Taub, Deborah J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
Gatekeeper training is one of the most commonly employed methods for identifying and intervening with at-risk students (Davidson and Locke, 2010). Within the context of campus suicide prevention, a gatekeeper is broadly defined as any individual who has the potential to come into contact with at-risk students (Davidson and Locke, 2010). Although…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Prevention, Suicide, Strategic Planning
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Taub, Deborah J.; Thompson, Jalonda – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students, and it is estimated that 1,088 college students die by suicide each year (National Mental Health Association and the Jed Foundation, 2002). This chapter presents the context of college student mental health within which the problem of college student suicide is situated. Because…
Descriptors: Identification, Help Seeking, Prevention, Substance Abuse
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Johnson, R. Bradley; Oxendine, Symphony; Taub, Deborah J.; Robertson, Jason – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
Extensive media coverage of the suicide deaths of several gay and lesbian youth has highlighted lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth as a population at-risk for suicide. In addition, it has caused colleges and universities to address mental health and suicide behavior among this very diverse college population. One issue that…
Descriptors: Prevention, At Risk Persons, College Students, Homosexuality
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Servaty-Seib, Heather L.; Taub, Deborah J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Scholarship about campus responses to death-related events emphasizes the need for members of the campus community to be open to discussing grief-related issues. Faculty members and resident assistants (RAs) are ideally situated to observe and respond to bereaved students. Faculty--tenure-track, adjunct, and teaching assistants--have regular…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Grief, Teaching Assistants, Coping
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Taub, Deborah J.; Servaty-Seib, Heather L. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Because bereavement is a common experience among college students, institutions of higher education must understand how students respond to death loss to take actions to assist them appropriately. How students cope with the death of someone close to them is tied to their unique developmental status, the climate of the campus, and their personal…
Descriptors: College Students, Crisis Intervention, Context Effect, Grief
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Taub, Deborah J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
This article explores the impact of parental involvement on student psychosocial development. High levels of parental involvement in the lives of today's college students and increased contact and communication between today's college students and their parents has caused concern for some in higher education. Among the concerns is the potential…
Descriptors: College Students, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Student Development
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Taub, Deborah J.; Forney, Deanna S. – New Directions for Student Services, 2004
Ways to use films, television programs, popular music, and popular books to teach counseling skills are described.
Descriptors: Music, Mass Media Effects, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
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Cawthon, Tony W.; Forney, Deanna S.; Bramhall, Ron; Dagley, John C.; Davis, Tracy L.; Dunn, Merrily S.; Hinton, Kandace G.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F.; McMahon, Timothy R.; Paisley, Pamela O.; Taub, Deborah J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2004
This chapter offers tips and additional books, films, television shows, Web sites, and other media resources for teaching and training.
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Films, Books, Television