HLTH3909 - Homeless Keiki in the Classroom

Kapiolani Community College - CECS

Course Description

This webinar will address the unique challenges students in unstable housing face while attending school, including what is required of them for school success and what are the social hurts they experience as a result of their situation. This session focuses on helping educators support both the learning and the social-emotional needs of these students. With homelessness and housing insecurity expected to increase in the wake of the COVID pandemic, this is especially important now and over the coming academic year.

Speaker Bio: Connie Mitchell has been Executive Director at IHS, The Institute for Human Services for 14 years. She earned both her BS and MS in Nursing from the University of Hawai?i. Professional experience includes managing a physician’s office, accreditation preparation, organizational and program development. Her career also includes financial planning, pastoral work, teaching mental health nursing at UH, healthcare administration as Director of Nursing at Hawai?i State Hospital and Program Specialist with the Hawai?i Adult Mental Health Division.

Woven into her efforts to end homelessness is a strong passion for social and environmental justice, advocacy for cross sector and system collaboration. She has served on boards for EPIC Ohana, Hawaii Workforce Development Council and Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the webinar, participants will learn:

1. to empathize with and understand students experiencing housing insecurity

2. how to support students who don't have a stable home

3. to more effectively engage with and support the parents of students experiencing housing insecurity

Notes

If you are a student with a documented disability and have not voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability so that we may coordinate the accommodations you need, you are invited to contact the Disability Support Services Office (DSSO) in 'Ilima 107, ph. (808)734-9552, or email kapdss@hawaii.edu for assistance. For students whose primary disability is Deaf or hard of hearing, contact the Kapi'olani Community College Deaf Center, ph. (808)734-9210, (808)447-3145/ (808)447-3141 (videophone), or email kapdeaf1@hawaii.edu.

Please note: Due to the COVID-19 health and safety requirements, ZOOM or phone appointment will replace face to face meetings until further notice. You will need to contact Kapi'olani CC's DSSO or Deaf Center to request accommodations in a Kapi'olani CC course even if you've already registered or are receiving services at another UH campus's disability support program.