SUPPORT GROUPS AND PROGRAMMES • Risk Reduction • Conflict Resolution • Conflict Reduction Techniques • Consultations and Referrals • Bereavement Counselling • Focus on Healthy Lifestyles • Coping Skills • Holistic Counselling • Counselling Seminars • Individual and Group Therapy OTHER PROGRAMMES Peer Counsellors’ Training (LINX) LINX – “Reaching Out, Connecting”. This program trains students to counsel their peers. Training is facilitated through lectures, discussions, exercises, and role plays. General counselling techniques are stressed, through special presentations on assertiveness, decision-making, referrals, crisis intervention, and substance abuse issues, among other activities. FIRST YEAR EXPERI ENCE The First Year Experience Programme (FYE), aims to help first year students adjust responsibly to the challenges of university life, and maximize their potential for academic success. Opening Hours The Counselling Unit is open Monday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Clients are encouraged to make appointments in order to enable the smooth flow of operations. However, emergencies and walk-ins are accommodated based on need and consideration. Contact Us The Counselling Unit is located upstairs the Medical Centre. Telephone: 876-970-5029, Extensions: 2028, 2460 I NTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ OFF ICE The University has an International Students’ Office (ISO) which is specifically equipped to support our international students by facilitating their recruitment, registration, accommodation and sponsorship. To facilitate their adjustment to the new environment, the ISO organizes a number of functions for international students. A City Tour is organized in August to familiarize students with places they need to know in Kingston and St. Andrew and the immediate environs of the UTech, Ja. campus. In September, the ISO hosts a reception to formally welcome students to the UTech, Ja. family and in April the Registrar hosts a dinner for all final-year international students. Due to the evolving COVID 19 pandemic, “EXC E L L E NC E THROUGH KNOWL E DG E ” DI V I S I ON OF ST UD E NT SE R V I C E S AND RE G I S T RY 51
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