{"id":10,"date":"2013-09-13T17:40:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/lead?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:16:39","slug":"counseling-appts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/counseling-appts\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAD Learning Skills Specialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/lead\/lead-retreat-2025-4.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Six people sit on a couch, smiling at the camera, in front of a wall with orange and beige abstract shapes.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Learning Enhancement &amp; Academic Development (LEAD)<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/lead\/071025-banner-lead-25.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lead\/071025-banner-lead-25.jpg 1800w, \/media\/lead\/071025-banner-lead-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"A healthcare professional shows a tablet to a seated woman during a consultation in a medical office with computers and paperwork visible.\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">LEAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Learning Skills Specialists<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">Through facilitated conversations with LEAD Learning Skills Specialists (LSS), students acquire new skills in areas of academic success and wellbeing.\u00a0 Sessions are 50 minutes in length, confidential, free, and offer personalized support to each student.\u00a0Topics covered may include but are not limited to:\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\"><ul><li>academic writing<\/li><li>focus<\/li><li>stress management<\/li><li>study skills<\/li><li>test taking<\/li><li>time management<\/li><li>wellbeing<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--white \" href=\"https:\/\/traccloud.go-redrock.com\/westernu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    LEAD Learning Skills Specialist Appointment Scheduler<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h2>Guidelines and Expectations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Students may schedule 50 minute meeting up to 24 hours in advance<\/li>\n<li>improve their writing effectiveness.\u00a0 Students will develop skills in writing processes such critical thinking, organization, clarity, and persuasion.\u00a0 Students should provide relevant materials (document, prompt, rubric, special notes) at or before each session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" style=\"font-size:10% !important;\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:justify-center md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12 md:pr-40 xl:pr-80\">\n        <figure class=\"md:pb-20\">\n          <blockquote>\n            <p class=\"font-sans font-bold text-40 leading-120 tracking-25 text-red-light\">\u201cI had to just confidently believe that I had actually learned the concepts and not stored them in my memory. Thank you very much for that session, and everything you do for us!\u201d<\/p>\n          <\/blockquote>\n                          <figcaption class=\"mt-24 md:mt-36 text-18 font-sans font-bold leading-140 tracking-15\">-DMD<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 app-gutter pl-20 mt-48 md:mt-0\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-440 bg-yellow\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-440 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/lead\/final-banner-with-neil-and-sameh.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lead\/final-banner-with-neil-and-sameh.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lead\/final-banner-with-neil-and-sameh-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Two men stand by a whiteboard discussing a diagram with labeled circles; one points at the board while the other faces him, both appear engaged in conversation.\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}