Every Voice, Every Session: Flipping the Script on Hyperbonding and Negative Behaviors in LCs

2:45-3:35 p.m.

Location: Cassatt B

Type: Interactive / Facilitated dialogue

Audience: Linked Courses, Living-Learning Communities, Residential Colleges

Presenters: Christopher Reider, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Using best practices such as active learning, bodily kinesthetic movement, and iterative reflection and feedback we can invite our students in learning communities to feel engaged and empowered to mitigate counterproductive habits and behaviors. Learning communities forge peer to peer relationships that allow students to feel comfortable with one another - so much so, that "hyperbonding" (negative group behaviors) is often common. This interactive session will offer techniques and suggestions to help instructors of LCs and program directors of residential LCs feel more confident to address these situations productively, and proactively prevent them.