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 Services
The function of the LEAD Office is to assist students in various academic/educational ways. Below is a more in-depth glimpse of each service offered.
Individualized Academic Based CounselingOffice personnel counsel students experiencing academic difficulty and evaluate their respective approaches to learning, studying, and processing information. The counselor devises and implements methods to solve identified barriers to successful learning and aids individual students during their processes of resolution.WorkshopsOffice personnel plans and implements group workshops to enhance learning skills each year for all students involved in a Western University program. Workshops include time management, learning styles, test taking, and stress and anxiety. Additional learning enrichment forums, workshops, and the establishment of on-campus reviews for course exams or licensing/certifying examinations are developed by this Office in response to the expressed needs and interest of students.HandoutsThe LEAD Office also prepares and distributes handouts to students on learning styles, time management, group study, processing information, memory, test preparation, group study, anxiety and stress management, listening, note taking, comprehension, and critical reading and thinkingTutoringThe LEAD Office administers the Tutorial Assistance Program (TAP), working with tutors, tutees, and the faculty as a team. TAP provides supplemental academic instruction for students facing academic difficulty. Competent and sensitive peer tutors, recommended by the faculty from each college, facilitate course content instruction. Students are scheduled individually or in small groups to work with a tutor. The LEAD Office works closely with the tutors and tutees during the tutoring process to ensure that effective tutoring is maintained.Summer Medical Sciences Prep Program (SMSPP)The LEAD Office administers the Summer Medical Sciences Prep Program (SMSPP). Office personnel plan the program and provide students with individual and group study skills instruction. SMSPP is a four-week program designed to orient in coming, first-year, medical, physician assistant, and physical therapy students, to the Western University campus and community, and to ease adjustment to the demands of their academic environment. It does this by providing an introduction to Gross Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology taught by Western University faculty. During the program the LEAD Office endeavors to enhance the students sense of belonging by working closely with individual students in overcoming environmental, social, cultural, or academic barriers that may interfere with their learning. | |
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