{"id":69,"date":"2021-04-12T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/capacitytoconnect\/chapter\/the-second-r-responding\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T18:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:57:47","slug":"the-second-r-responding","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/capacitytoconnect\/chapter\/the-second-r-responding\/","title":{"raw":"The Second R: Responding","rendered":"The Second R: Responding"},"content":{"raw":"
This section focuses on how to respond in an empathetic way to a student in distress. Handout 2: Responding to Students in Distress<\/a> is available as a PDF.<\/div>\r\n
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Respond<\/h1>\r\nThe second R is respond. Start this section with a reflection activity.\r\n
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Reflection Activity<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nThink of a time when you were mildly or moderately upset or distressed yourself. Perhaps think back to when you were a post-secondary student. Reflect on what you needed or hoped for at that time. What did you need or want from others? Please take a couple minutes to write some of your thoughts. (Give participants a few minutes.)\r\n\r\nThen ask participants to share one of the things they needed or wanted from others when they were upset or distressed (remind them not to share the details of the event itself).\r\n\r\nIf you are presenting online, ask participants to put their answers in the chat box, and read the responses from chat.\r\n\r\nThen ask them to share one thing that wasn\u2019t or would not have been helpful. (If you are presenting online, ask participants to put their answers in the chat box.)\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nYou have all had experiences with various responses when you were distressed. From your own life experience, you have developed an understanding of what is helpful that you can draw on when you are responding to students. The responses you have identified as helpful are examples of an empathic response.\r\n

Video: Bren\u00e9 Brown on Empathy (2:53 min)<\/h1>\r\n
\"\"<\/div>\r\nThis short video from well-known sociologist Bren\u00e9 Brown demonstrates how to respond in a helpful, compassionate way \u2013 empathy in action. (Show the Bren\u00e9 Brown video or share the link in chat): Bren\u00e9 Brown on Empathy<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Evwgu369Jw[\/embed]\r\n
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Video Reflection Activity<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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