LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT

Vision

Holistic development is the cornerstone of personal, academic, & career success. We envisage having a positive & enhancing influence on every student, faculty and staff member during the course of their stay & experience at IILM.   

Aim

• To help students get the most out of their time here.
• To enable them to participate fully in campus life and intelligently prepare for life in & outside IILM.
• To assist the Institute to achieve its strategic objectives through contribution to program planning & development, consultation with academic professionals and implementation & evaluation of strategies, policies and program.

Values

• Compassion for each other & our community.
• Commitment to ongoing learning & innovation.
• Integrity in whatever we do.
• Respect for the inherent processes of growth & development.
• Value competence, achievement, excellence & ethical conduct in all our professional activities.

Areas of LDU

• Counselling
• Personality Development Program
• Mentoring
• Psychometric Testing
• Resource Centre

FAQ'S 

What is the difference between counselling and psychiatry?

Psychiatrists are medical doctors who are trained to diagnose and treat the illnesses of the brain or mental disorders. Whereas psychotherapist and counsellor deal with the emotional instabilities and coping skills. Psychotherapy has a three pronged approach to provide preventive counselling, promotive counselling and crisis intervention. They do not prescribe medicines.  

Counselling Services

This may include but not limited to:

• Relationship problems – family & friends, colleagues, commitment, jealousy, abuse
• Family related – homesickness, separation, parenting,
• Lack of confidence – feeling worried, judged, feel can never do well enough, fear of failure
• Depression – feeling lonely, helpless, lost, unwanted, unloved, tearful
• Disruptive behaviour – binge eating, not eating, sleep disorder, drug / alcohol abuse
• Fear of exams – panic attacks, extreme stressful, nervous, anxiety attack
• Bereavement of loved one
• Handling Emotions
• Coping with difficult life situations

What is Group Counselling?

Group counselling is often the best way to work on problems generally faced by students. A group gives you an opportunity to be in contact with a few of your own age  individuals,  who are not a part of your everyday life, and so can give you a more useful and objective feedback. Group counselling works better especially when the problems deal with issues about your relationship with other people. The counsellor role is that of a facilitator who ensures smooth and fair running of the group. 

Doesn't asking for counselling mean admitting failure?

Paradoxically it can be seen as a matter of strength to ask for counselling. Many people think that they are being strong in not seeking help whereas in fact those who can admit to their difficulties could be considered the strong ones. Asking for counselling often mean you have taken the first difficult step on the road to resolving the problem. 

Why should you take the psychometric test?

Our psychometric testing centre offers a variety of assessment tools to do a relevant need assessment for you and your mentor. It helps you to identify areas which need improvement for you to work on during your two / three year stay at the institute.  

The department offers a range of psychometric test like personality test, interest inventory, attitude scale, anxiety and motivation and other tests/scale as per the need of the students. These test help the students get a baseline of the areas which needs to be further developed. Each student will have the privilege to have one to one discussion with a qualified and trained professional. 

Why should there be mentoring when we already have counselling services?

Mentoring is for the holistic development of the students whereas counselling is for helping the students resolve any problem / conflict they may be facing. 

Mentoring

• Each student will be assigned a mentor for his/her stay at the institute.
• The mentor will give guidance and direction in a FIRM, FAIR & FRIENDLY way.
• Your mentor will help you in your holistic development along with motivating you to achieve academic excellence.
• Mentor will also assist you in any other area via referral system.

Personality Development Program (PDP)

Base on the industry feedback personality development program has been designed to enable the students enhance their soft skills. Soft skills like positive attitude, self awareness, self confidence & self esteem, emotional intelligence, body language & grooming, team work & leadership, group discussion, personal interviews, will be imparted for the personality development.     

What is the Resource Centre?

Resource centre will have books and workbooks which will help you to build on your life skills and soft skills which any and all employers look and appreciate in their employees. Any member of the IILM can use this material.  

How does LDU deal with diverse population of students?

We are committed to the continued development of awareness & appreciation for individual differences within our diverse community. We endeavour diversity to be a positive force on campus as students, staff, and faculty explore their own identities & beliefs about diversity in a safe & respectful environment. We strive to provide quality services which are sensitive to diversity of all kinds including age, gender, race ethnicity, ability, religion, disability & appearance. 

What about confidentiality?

All aspects of your participation in counselling including the scheduling of appointments, contents of the counselling session, counselling records, outcomes of sessions are strictly confidential. Only the specific individuals may have access to his / her file that too after the permission is taken. Counsellors work to a strict Code of Ethics which means they must inform you of the limits of confidentiality and then stick to these rules.

Can our family members use the centre if they are struggling with any issue?

If any member of IILM wants to use the services of the centre for their immediate family members they can do so after seeking an appointment (terms and conditions apply). 

Are these services free?  

All the above services are free for all the students on the campus. 

Referral Services

The Centre will be responsible to maintain an extensive referral system in order to support students.  

Contact Us

The centre operates Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. You can make an appointment. In case of any Emergency you can drop in at our centre.