Resilience Coffee Notes August 3, 2016

Attendees: Anne Hughes, Melanie Villaneuva, Nicole Miller, Jennifer Symons, Margaret Alexander, Susie Greenfelder, Cathy Fialon

Next Coffee: Wednesday, September 7, 2016, 7:30 am

• Suzy discussed her work as a campus coach
  • Margaret shared how the GT Pie Company has an endowment for the MSU FAME program
  • NMC developed the first campus coach program in Michigan
  • Financial Aid office used to be a barrier, but training of the staff has made all of the difference according to Suzy
  • Question: How do students find Suzy?
    • She works with foster care kids currently in the system
    • Private agency foster care workers and DHHS workers
    • School counselors refer students to her
    • She provides training about her work for CASA volunteers
    • She provides training about her work for newly adopted parents
    • She goes to a lot of IEP’s
  • Nicole discussed the Surrogate Parent program
    • Nicole can do this training
    • There are also Webinars at michiganalliance.org
  • TBA has a nurse practitioner and all students are asked to complete a risk assessment online
    • It is confidential
    • Students participate at good numbers because it is given on a computer
  • Discussed the state task force on trauma- led by Mary Meuller
  • Discussed MOOC, college courses online, free, but no credit
    • Stanford has
    • Yale has
    • Harvard has