A discussion with Rebecca Caldwell, Director of Residential Well-Being at Virginia Tech AND a Panel of Students about supporting your student's well-being during Winter Break. Topics include:
Setting expectations for time spent together and rules like curfew.
Talking with your students whose academic performance wasn’t stellar.
Share some prompts for resiliency-based reflections.
Talking about friendships on campus and how home friendships change.
Timely Care is available over break.
Prompting your student to revisit roommate agreements in January.
Coaching your student to advocate for themselves.
Re-visit the value of campus involvement and using campus resources.

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