The Resident Assistant: Applications and Strategies for Working with College Students in Residence Halls

ISBN-13: 9781524974626 / Angielski

Gregory Blimling; Denise Baumann

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• About the Authors
• Part I The History and Foundations of Residence Halls
• CHAPTER 1 The History of Residence Halls
• Roots in the British Collegiate System
• Origins in the United States
• Nineteenth-Century Disregard for Student Housing
• Early Twentieth-Century American Residence Halls
• Residence Halls After World War I
• Residence Halls in the 1930s
• Residence Halls During and After World War II
• Residence Halls in the 1950s
• Residence Halls in the 1960s
• Residence Halls in the 1970s
• Residence Halls in the 1980s
• The Twenty-First Century
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• How It Was Then—How It Is Now
• CHAPTER 2 The Roles and Responsibilities of the Resident Assistant
• RA Educational Skills
• The Roles of the RA
• The RA as Student
• The RA as Role Model
• The RA as a Problem-Solver
• The RA as a Conflict Mediator
• The RA as a Campus Resource
• The RA as a Trained Observer
• The RA as a Community Builder
• The RA as a Group Facilitator
• The RA as Counselor
• The RA as Administrator
• Establishing Yourself With Your Residents
• Interpersonal Relationships and the RA
• What Is It Really Like?
• Burnout
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Hall Soccer
• What We Value
• An Unlikely Match
• Fourth Down and Long
• CHAPTER 3 Resident Assistant Good Practices
• Success Strategies
• Good Practices Approach
• Commitments of Good Practice for RAs
• Conclusion
• RA Self-Assessment
• Case Studies and Applications
• Sylvia and Irene Take a Break
• CHAPTER 4 The Influence of Residence Halls on Students
• Comparison Between Students Who Live in Residence Halls and Those Who Do Not
• The Influence of Residence Hall Design
• Ways That Residence Halls Influence Students
• Methods of Advancing the Growth and Development of Students Living in Residence Halls
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• The Commuter and the Resident
• Friends
• CHAPTER 5 The Philosophy and Educational Mission of Residence Halls
• Need for Good Money Management
• Philosophies for Working With Students in Residence Halls
• Goals for Residence Hall Programs
• Learning Objectives
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• How Is He Doing?
• CHAPTER 6 Living–Learning Programs
• History of Living–Learning Programs
• Types of Living–Learning Programs
• Interest in Living–Learning Programs
• The Influence of Living–Learning Programs on Social Climate
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Peace Versus Power
• PART II Understanding and Working with Students in Residence Halls
• CHAPTER 7 The Social Dynamics of College Residence Halls
• Person–Environment Interaction
• Social Networks
• Climate
• Students
• Staff
• Program
• Design
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• The Cornfields of the Midwest
• CHAPTER 8 The Growth and Development of College Students
• Biological Development
• Psychological Development During the College Years
• Chickering's Theory of Psychosocial Development in College Students
• Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
• Moral Development in the College Years
• Carol Gilligan's Theory of Moral Development in Women
• Cognitive Development
• Perry's Theory of Cognitive Development in College Students
• Baxter Magolda's Theory of Self-Authorship
• Social Development in the College Years
• Review
• Section A: Chickering's Seven Vectors
• Section B: Developmental Issues
• Case Studies and Applications
• Lucy
• Right Meets Left
• CHAPTER 9 Adjustment Issues in College
• The First Year
• Forces of Attrition in the First Year
• The Second and Third Years
• The Fourth or Fifth Year
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Crimes of the Heart
• Student Problems: Old and New
• CHAPTER 10 Race, Culture, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
• Psychosocial Development and the Influence of Gender and Race
• Prejudice
• Establish an Accepting Peer Relationship
• Gender and Sexism
• Sexual Orientation
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Cross-Cultural Miscommunication
• Harassment
• Close Friends
• The Case of the Gay Roommates
• PART III Resident Assistant Skills
• CHAPTER 11 Peer Counseling
• Complaints About Counseling
• An Overview of Helping Skills
• Counseling Model
• Helping a Student Seek Professional Counseling
• Related Counseling Issues
• Advising
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Understanding Yourself
• The Social Outsider
• CHAPTER 12 Student Behavior Problems, Confrontation, and Discipline
• Types of University Policies
• Disciplinary Counseling Model
• Goals of Disciplinary Counseling
• Confrontation Skills
• How to Confront an Intoxicated Person
• Tips on Disciplinary Counseling
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• The Viking
• Catch Me If You Can
• CHAPTER 13 Mediation
• Defining Conflict Situations
• Management Model for Roommate Conflicts
• Analyzing Conflict Situations
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
• Why Me?
• CHAPTER 14 Educational Programming
• Goals of Programming
• Traditional Programming Model
• Wellness Programming Model
• Engagement Programming Model
• Residential Curriculum
• How to Program
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Trying to Get by in Programming
• Program Problem Solver 2
• CHAPTER 15 Community Development
• Elements of a Community
• Types of Communities
• How to Establish a Community
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Altogether
• The War Between the Corridors
• CHAPTER 16 Time Management
• Overplanning
• Time
• Other-Imposed Time
• Conclusion
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Hurry, Scurry
• Happenstance
• CHAPTER 17 Study Skills
• Preparing to Study
• Basic Skills for Acquiring Information
• The Studying Process
• Test Taking
• Academic Honesty and Dishonesty
• Review
• Rationalizations
• Case Studies and Applications
• Elroy
• A Two-Week Vacation
• PART IV Contemporary Issues in Working With College Students
• CHAPTER 18 Mental Health Issues and Suicide Intervention
• Mental Health Issues
• Causes of Suicide
• Suicide Myths
• Interviewing Potentially Suicidal Students
• Making a Referral
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• All Alone
• Quiet Desperation
• CHAPTER 19 Sexual Misconduct and Other Crimes
• Relationship or Partner Violence
• Sexual Misconduct
• Theft
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Loving and Fighting
• Without Permission
• CHAPTER 20 Alcohol Misuse
• Short-Term Effects of Alcohol
• Influence of Alcohol on Behavior
• Problems Associated With Alcohol Abuse
• Causes of Alcohol Abuse in College
• Identifying the Problem Drinker
• Addressing Alcohol Problems
• Low-Risk Drinking
• Alcohol Education Programming
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Let the Good Times Roll
• CHAPTER 21 Drug Abuse
• Drug Enforcement
• Reference Section on Drugs
• Educational Institutions and Drug Use
• Enforcement
• Drug Overdoses
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• Winning Through Fear and Intimidation
• CHAPTER 22 Food Abuse
• Bulimia
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• You Can Never Be Too Thin
• CHAPTER 23 Sexuality
• Contraceptives
• Which Condoms Work Best?
• Pregnancy
• HIV and AIDS
• Other STDs
• Healthy Relationships
• Review
• Case Studies and Applications
• The Most Difficult Decision of Their Lives
• Sexual Responsibility
• Index