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Advising out of a major Theresa Waters OSU Advisor Coffee Talks 27 January 2012 Objectives 2 List reasons why a major may not be a good fit Describe the 5 step DECAF method Describe at least 3 communication strategies ID: 534829

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Slide1

Helping students let go

Advising out of a major

Theresa Waters

OSU Advisor Coffee Talks

27 January 2012Slide2

Objectives

2

List reasons why a major may not be a good fit

Describe the 5 step “DECAF” method

Describe at least 3 communication strategies

Understand the Practical and the Developmental approach

Develop a list of personal strategiesSlide3

3Slide4

4

A tale of two conversationsSlide5

Reality check

Not

all students are pursuing their “best fit”

major/career

Advisors will probably have to direct these students out of their current

major

Round peg in a square hole? How did the student choose the major?

What are reasons a major may not be a good fit?

5

Courtesy of

“Reality Check: Advising Students out of a Major

Nicole Kent, 2009Slide6

Common advising out scenarios

Student not physically capable of the career they have selected

Student not academically prepared / interested / capable

Selective program admission

6Slide7

Bad news: defined

Any

information which adversely alters one’s expectations for the future

7

Medical Oncology Communication Chapter 2 – Giving Bad NewsSlide8

8

Different stylesSlide9

deliver the news

9

Think “DECAF”

And then move forwardSlide10

What

HowWhere

When

10

DECIDE…

DECAF model:

“Breaking Bad News”

Rodriguez and

Kolls

NACADA webcast 4/8/10 Slide11

DECIDE

Practical

Transcript review

Money talks

Statistics

Developmental

Prepare questions to guide conversation

Philosophical

If you could…

11Slide12

Where is the student?

12

Emotional Development

DECAF model:

“Breaking Bad News”

Rodriguez and

Kolls

NACADA webcast 4/8/10 Slide13

Emotional development

Practical

Give ‘permission’ to move on

Refer to career services

Set timeline or contract

Developmental

Value of ‘failure’

Ask ‘who are you pleasing’?

13Slide14

Real

PerceivedAlternate paths

14

CONNECTIONS

DECAF model:

“Breaking Bad News”

Rodriguez and

Kolls

NACADA webcast 4/8/10 Slide15

connections

Practical

Name / contact for new advisor, help make initial contact

Assign exploration

Set timeline or contract

Developmental

Encourage to think of all possible connections

Offer ideas on where to explore

15Slide16

Caution: grief ahead

16Slide17

Stages of grief

Anger

Denial

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

17Slide18

Engaged

High Self-monitoringAttention to non-verbal

Feedback

18

ACTIVE Listening

DECAF model:

“Breaking Bad News”

Rodriguez and

Kolls

NACADA webcast 4/8/10 Slide19

Active listening +

Additional communication techniques

19

Reflection of meaning / feeling

Supportive confrontationSlide20

Assignments?

Explorations?Check-ins?

20

FOLLOW Up…

DECAF model:

“Breaking Bad News”

Rodriguez and

Kolls

NACADA webcast 4/8/10 Slide21

Follow up

Practical

Assign exploration

Check-ins

Help students talk to their parents

Developmental

College To-Do or Lifetime “Wish List”

Check-ins

Role play how to approach family if a concern

21Slide22

22

Reasons why

a major may not be a good fit

5

step “DECAF” method

Communication strategies: active listening, reflected meaning, supportive confrontation

Practical

and the Developmental

approaches to advising out

Develop a list of personal strategies

Summing upSlide23

23

QuestionsSlide24

24

Images :

Depts.ttu.edu Essentialsofnutrition.com

Ugaadmissions.blogspot.com Kirktaylor.com

Beckstrombuzz.blogspot.com Orient.bowdoin.edu

Wetlandsinstitute.org Regiscareerservices.wordpress.com

References:

Batista, Ed. “David Bradford and Allan Cohen on Supportive Confrontation” 16 Oct 2006. Accessed 19 January 2011

http://www.edbatista.com/2006/10/david_bradford__1.html

Farell

, Monica. “When Students Get Bad News: How Understanding the Grieving Process Can Help Advisers Handle Difficult Situations.”

The Mentor

. August 6, 2001, by Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies.Kent, Nicole. “Reality Check: Advising Students Out of a Major” NACADA Pre-conference 2009. (powerpoint

)Rodriguez, Jose and Kolls, Susan. “Breaking Bad News: Delivery Techniques that Help Students Make Good Alternative Choices.”

NACADA Webinar Series

. 8 April 2010.