Community Settings

Health profession student teams teach elementary and middle school students with an asthma diagnosis the basics of the disease including:

 

• asthma control

• environment triggers

• signs/symptoms

• practices for self-management

Health profession student teams provide social emotional learning education sessions to elementary and middle school students in an after school setting. Social emotional learning teaches children to:

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• understand & manage emotion 

• set & achieve positive goals 

• feel & show empathy for others 

• establish & maintain positive relationships

• make responsible decisions

Health profession student teams provide LifeSkills Training in substance use prevention to elementary and middle school students in an after school setting. 

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LifeSkills targets preventing the use of gateway substances and violence. LifeSkills provides students with training in:

 

• personal self-management 

• social skills

• drug use resistance skills

Multidisciplinary health profession students participate in a 2-week clinical shadowing program in rural northwestern Connecticut where they experience the benefits and rewards of rural practice.

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• rotate at a variety of medical facilities

• gain exposure to clinicians in primary care & specialty areas

• participate in social experiences