Resources for Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Education Abroad

Responsible Education Abroad: Best Practices for Health, Safety and Security.

This 2021 edition reflects changes and advances in education abroad management; a recognition of an expanded view of education abroad to include study, internships, service learning, and research abroad; and an appreciation of how issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion affect health, safety, and security.

Guidelines For Best Practices In Responding To Sexual And Gender-Based Misconduct

These guidelines follow the style of the Standards by offering specific advice and prompts for education abroad professionals to prevent, respond to, and report sexual and gender-based misconduct abroad. They are intended to be used by colleagues operating in countries around the world to create infrastructures that help to protect and support students facing sexual and gender-based misconduct and to guide conversations between partners operating in countries with different regulatory environments related to sexual and gender-based misconduct.

Guidelines for Conducting Education Abroad during COVID-19

This document is written to help education abroad professionals think through the many steps to make education abroad feasible during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to mitigate risk associated with education abroad and student mobility during an unprecedented period in our field’s history. It is intended for use within organizations and by partners from different organizations to help guide their development of a plan for returning to and/or scaling up education abroad operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Practices & Reports

Learning and Development Opportunities

韩国三级片proposes a series of workshops in support of our mission to “cultivate educators who champion high quality education abroad experiences that ignite curiosity, impact lives, and contribute to a better world” which provides attendees with tools to strengthen institutional and organizational strategies for risk mitigation, incident prevention, emergency response, and overall wellbeing for education abroad participants.

Health, Safety and well being workshop

What You Will Gain and How

How to apply The Standards of Good Practice in the development of risk response protocols, program policies, program design, and resource development.

How to use data, and where to find it, to make informed decisions about risk management.
Strategies for responding to real life situations.

As a group, participants will explore these questions:
• Well–being – what is it and how do we support it?
• Why do we care about risk management?
• What can we do to mitigate risk?

This is an interactive workshop that engages participants in discussion of case studies, role analysis, and application of The Standards of Good Practice.

Supporting student's mental health in education abroad

This workshop will review current trends in mental health support for traditional college-aged students, with specific focus on

Understanding high-risk behaviors,

Identifying stress induced behaviors,
Discussing concerns related to legal and practical responses to mental health crisis,
Providing models for pre-departure mental health screening,
Introducing strategies for managing mental health concerns when they occur.

This is an interactive workshop that engages participants in discussion of case studies, role analysis, and application of The Standards of Good Practice.

What You Will Gain and How

Understand the unique mental health concerns related to the current generation of students on education abroad programs;
Learn strategies for preparing for and responding to common mental health issues;
Knowledge of The Standards of Good Practice and how The Standards can inform program development, policy, and student preparation on education abroad programs.

The intersection of mental health and equity, diversity and inclusion

What You Will Gain and How
This workshop features an opportunity to interact with educators and professionals who advocate and support various student populations with a focus on supporting successful education abroad experiences.

Participants will have opportunities to reflect on their own practices, review case studies, and incorporate the knowledge gained for immediate action.

Understand the current trends in mental wellness concerns and insight into intersecting identities;
Learn strategies for supporting participants of varying identities at all stages of the life-cycle education abroad;
Knowledge of The Standards of Good Practice and how The Standards can inform program development, policy, and participant preparation on education abroad programs.

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Consulting Services

Health, Safety, and Well-Being Reviews: Sleep better knowing you have done your due diligence in managing risks.
Mental Health Support: Receive assistance in developing and implementing a plan to support students’ mental health and well-being.
Health & Safety Coaching: Receive guidance on your challenges in real time by booking 1:1 sessions with a health, safety, and risk management expert.

The Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management Institute

The Annual Institute on Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management is the premiere event for education abroad professionals focused on risk management issues. The Forum’s Health and Safety Institute provides attendees with tools to strengthen institutional and organizational strategies for risk mitigation, incident prevention, emergency response, and overall wellbeing for education abroad participants.

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This collection of resources is intended to support education abroad professionals to advance Sustainable Education Abroad, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Safety, and best practices in the field. The Forum welcomes submissions of resources for consideration.

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