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Especially
for Parents
Counseling Services just released a Tips
for Parents handout with information about their services
and how you can help.
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Wellesley College offers
a variety of services and programs that help students maintain and enhance
their personal health and wellness as well as to promote a safe and inclusive
campus community.
Important Offices
in Other Divisions
Counseling
Services (Stone Center)
Counseling Services promotes the growth and well being of students. They approach
their work from a belief that personal history and the larger social, cultural
and physical environment affects one's personal development. Counseling
Services believe that the capacity to explore personal concerns or feelings,
whether they are large or small, is a sign of strength and all concerns
are treated with respect. Counseling Services staff are available weekdays
throughout the academic year and provide a counselor-on-call seven days
a week when classes are in session. In addition to individual counseling,
Counseling Services offers workshops
and groups to serve student needs.
The Counseling
Services is pleased to announce that we are now offering
the Screening for Mental Health Online Screening Program to
the Wellesley College community. The tool
provides online screening for depression, alcohol, anxiety and eating
disorders. It is
free and anonymous and is being provided so that users can find out,
in a private
and confidential
manner,
whether
professional
support
would be helpful. For more information and/or to access the screening
tool, click
here (this
link can only be accessed by on-campus computers).
Parents
may also access a Tips
for Parents handout on the Counseling Services
site.
Robin
Cook-Nobles is the Director of Counseling Services.
The
Health Service
The
goal of The Health Service is to make good health a lifelong pursuit by
providing medical care to those currently enrolled and by providing education
regarding healthy lifestyles, prevention of disease and injury, management
of chronic illness or disability.
To be a successful health care model in
the context of the Wellesley College community, The Health Service professionals
recognize the need to provide treatment as expeditiously as possible so
that disruption of student life is minimized. They are also committed
to the integrity of all students as individuals and seek to provide care
in a manner that is respectful of each person's background and culture.
The Health Service consists of a licensed
infirmary and an outpatient clinic designed to provide primary medical
and gynecological care for students. While school is in session, The Health
Service is staffed by registered nurses 24 hours per day and by physicians
and/or nurse practitioners during clinic hours. A physician is on-call
for emergencies at other hours.
The experienced staff is sensitive to the
health needs of young women, and their goal is not only to care for students
when they are ill, but also to educate and assist in appropriate self-care
and health maintenance. When necessary, referrals are made to physicians
or hospitals locally or in the Boston area.
The Health Service
provides to students clinical services such as general medicine, allergy
injections, immunizations, medical clearances, women's health, treatment
of injury, confidential HIV testing, laboratory services, nutrition,
health
education, travel advice and medication prophylaxis. Vanessa
Britto is the Director of The Health Service.
Health
Education
The
Health Education Office supports the mission of The Health Service by
providing education and outreach on campus to promote healthy lifestyles
and to prevent disease. The office's main goal is to provide students
with information on health issues that affect women and to encourage students
to make choices that enhance well-being. Students are encouraged to become
familiar with the concept of self-care; that is, knowing how to take responsibility
for one's own health, learning how to prevent common illnesses (i.e. colds),
and knowing when to seek professional help.
The Director of Health Education, Catherine
Collins, presents and coordinates programs in the residence halls,
for cultural groups and for the entire community. Programs focus on the
following topics: healthy eating habits, body image, eating concerns, stress
reduction, breast health, AIDS/HIV, sexually transmitted infections, contraception,
alcohol, drugs and smoking. Workshops on specific health topics for the
First-Year Mentors and the Residential Life staff are presented during
their yearly training sessions.
Health Reps (the health representatives)
and the Sexual
Health Peer Educators (SHEs) are student groups trained and supervised
by the Director of Health Education. Residence hall members elect the Health
Reps in the spring. Their role is to provide general health information
to students in the residence halls. In addition, they are responsible for
organizing health-related programs in the residence halls. The SHEs provide
programs and organize campus-wide events about relationships, intimacy,
sexually transmitted infections, contraception, HIV/AIDS and sexual health
resources.
A Resource Room is located in The
Health Service next to the waiting room. Students may borrow books or
relaxation tapes. They may also take any of the available brochures and
information sheets.
Individuals
with Disabilities
Wellesley College is
an equal access institution that welcomes individuals with disabilities
as students, staff, faculty, and visitors. We have identified key staff
on campus as informational resources who can assist individuals who
may request access accommodations.
Students:
- Learning disabilities
and Attention Deficit Disorder: Contact Jim Wice , Director of Disabilities Services, Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center (781) 283-2434
- Medical disabilities:
Contact Vanessa Britto,
Director of The Health Service or Gloria
Cater, Associate Director of The Health Service (781) 283-2810
- Psychiatric disabilities:
Contact Robin Cook-Nobles,
Director of Counseling Services (781) 283-2839
- Physical disabilities:
Contact Jim Wice, Director
of Disability Services, (781) 283-2434
Visitors:
Visitors with disabilities
are welcome at Wellesley College and may need assistance accessing events
and public facilities. Contact Jim
Wice, Director of Disability Services, for additional information.
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