The Student Life welfare concept provides support for studies and helps in difficult life situations
The principle of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥â€™s Student Life concept is to offer help quickly and personally. In 2018, about 2,000 students participated in the Student Life activity.
A multiprofessional team of experts from health sciences, education, psychology and special education is available to help students. The aim is that students would seek help as early as possible with a low threshold. Therefore, the service model has the following three steps:
1 Everyone can learn skills for wellbeing
The University staff is here for the students and it is their responsibility to support students. In addition, there is a variety of tools at your disposal. Take a look at these, at least:
- Courses to develop academic study skills (link)
- Student compass. (link) An online programme for wellbeing, where you can do exercises independently and get help for stress management, anxiety or mood problems.
- Student skills map (link) provides you with information on your study skills as well as tools to develop them.
2 Supplementary guidance offers personal counselling
If you feel you need personal counselling, please
- contact a student wellbeing advisor, or
- apply for a student compass or skills map wellbeing training programme.
With student wellbeing advisors, also known as Goodies, you can talk about matters related to studies, your life or future – or whatever you want. If you feel distressed or worried, don’t remain pondering your situation alone but contact a student wellbeing advisor.
The advisors are trained for wellbeing coaching, and discussions with them are confidential. Often a discussion with a student wellbeing advisor is enough to help, and when needed the advisors can guide students to see other experts.
Click here to find your own student wellbeing advisor (link).
Training programmes: the student compass and the skills map
Twice a year students are offered a chance to use the student compass with the support of a welfare coach. The next period for applications starts in October 2019. The coaches for the compass are master’s students of psychology who have been trained for this work.
You can also get individual or group guidance for the student skills map to get support for your study skills. The support persons are students of special education who have been trained for this work. The next application period starts in October 2019.
In addition, you can use the study and wellbeing counselling services of our partners, such as the FSHS, the City of Jyväskylä social work, Kela, the Central Hospital, and the university chaplain. The counselling network: www.jyu.fi/studentlife/hyvinvointi/ohjausverkosto
3 Enhanced counselling helps in difficult life situations
Enhanced counselling is provided by experts from the Department of Psychology, specialised in supporting students’ wellbeing and capacity for studying. You can get help for motivation or career issues, identity considerations, social challenges, problems with academic studies, etc. A student may also have enhanced counselling upon a recommendation of a welfare advisor, accessibility coordinator, the FSHS or a student compass support person.
Click here to find the enhanced counselling team.
Further information:
Learn also about policies to support capacity for studying:
- Action Plan against Student Substance Abuse
- Accessibility decisions
- Prevention of bullying and harassment
Please contact
Hanna Laitinen Wellbeing Coordinator (M.Sc. (Health Sciences), student counsellor) Department of Psychology hanna.r.laitinen@jyu.fi
Panajiota Räsänen Project Researcher (M.A. (Psych.)) Department of Psychology panajiota.rasanen@jyu.fi