Semester: Fall 2024-
Meetings: 16 meetings, September 5 - November 7;
T/Th from 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Credit: 1 hour, General Studies, credit/no credit
Location: TBD
Instructor: Clarissa Marshall (she/her/hers) & Counseling
Email: cmarshall@guilford.edu
Office: Hege Library, 217 (Accessibility Resource Center)
Office Hours: TBD
This course encompasses the active phase of Accessing Campus Connections and Empowering Student Success (ACCESS) which delivers learning and self-management principles and practices drawn from research and applied to areas such as organization, time management, and active learning. Students examine the factors that impact their individual academic experience, select relevant methods for deepening their learning and thinking processes and develop practical self-regulation and self-advocacy strategies and techniques. Required work outside of class will typically be no more than 1 hour for every one hour spent in class.
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ACCESS – Accessing Campus Connections & Empowering Student Success – is a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program designed to give college students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) the knowledge and skills necessary for academic, personal, and social success.
ACCESS utilizes elements of evidence-based CBT programs for adults with ADHD (Safren et al., 2005; Solanto, 2011) that have been adapted to meet the unique developmental needs of young adults attending college.
The goals of ACCESS are to increase:
Knowledge of ADHD
Use of time management, organization, planning, and other behavioral strategies
Skill in recognizing maladaptive thoughts and replacing them with adaptive thinking
Awareness and use of campus resources (e.g., disability services, counseling)
Students who achieve these goals typically display improvements in their behavioral, executive, emotional, academic, and general life functioning.
Read About ACCESS in ADDitude Magazine
Guilford College is an official affiliate with the ACCESS Program
About the Instructor
Clarissa Marshall manages student cases for the Accessibility Resource Center, where she provides hands-on, differentiated support to students.
Clarissa holds her Master's of Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a certified ADHD Coach. When Clarissa is not working with Guilford students, she operates a private coaching practice for neurodivergent adults. Clarissa is a professional member of the International Coaches Federation, Association of ADHD Coaches, ADDA, and CHADD. She has 15 years of experience in middle grades science instruction, where she developed deep respect and compassion for individuals who learn and experience the world in unique ways. Clarissa is passionate about biology, neuroscience, community building, outdoor education, and exposing learners to nature's healthy stimuli and meaningful learning experiences.