TESL Ontario Webinar

Have you ever encountered students struggling with mental health issues in your classroom? Would you like to know more about mental health barriers EAP students encounter to access supports? In this webinar, we will share how an EAP program is innovating to support students with mental health struggles.

It is not unusual to encounter students struggling with mental health issues in EAP classrooms. Impacts may vary from poor academic performance to risks to their health, well-being, and, ultimately, their survival. We will share how Fanshawe's EAP program is addressing mental health issues and our research project investigating students’ awareness of, dispositions, and attitudes toward mental health.

During this webinar you will learn about:

• the mental health struggles of EAP students,
• mental health barriers EAP students face to access mental health supports,
• how Fanshawe’s EAP program is innovating to support students with mental health struggles, and.
• a research project investigating students’ awareness of, dispositions, and attitudes toward mental health in an EAP program.

WEBINAR TYPE - Health & Wellness

CATEGORIES - Health/Mental Health, Listening, Speaking

TEACHING SECTORS - All sectors

PARTICIPANT LEVEL - No previous knowledge required

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Corinne Marshall has been teaching EAP for most of her career. She has been with Fanshawe College since 2004, coordinating its EAP program from 2009 to 2018.

Dr. Danielle Freitas is the Associate Dean of the English Language Institute at Fanshawe College. She is currently doing her post-doctoral program in Leadership and Organization Strategy at Walden University.

Dr. Tanaz Javan is a faculty member at the School of Language and Liberal Studies at Fanshawe College, where she teaches psychology and wellness courses. She has a PhD in Health Information Science.