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RA Trauma Time
Divide group into small groups if needed. Explain to the group the following:
You are a Resident Assistant who has been hired at the beginning of Spring Semester to fill the vacancy of Joe Brooker, a controversial RA, who was recently terminated for not doing his job. Your Hall Director and other RA's have filled you in on the situation on the floor, but when you arrive you discover it is worse than you ever imagined. After your first 24 hours on the floor, you lock yourself in your room to put the situation into perspective. You made out the following checklist as to the problems you will have to deal with:
DIRECTIONS: Everyone should take 2-3 minutes to go through each category individually and rank the three situations as to which one they would deal with first, second, and third. Then as a group, they should take 10 minutes to come to a consensus on the ordering within each category. Each group should then decide how to handle the most important situation from each category. Each group should chose one person from the group to present the groups decisions. Allow each group approximately 5 minutes for the presentation.
_______ Corkey Anderson came back from the intramural game in which he got hit on the
head. He is complaining about dizzy spells and not being able to see clearly.
_______ Jody Waters has told you that her roommate has been missing for the last three
hours. All she could find was a note saying I can't take it anymore, there is only one
way out. Jody told you that the roommate has threatened suicide before and has
also run away before.
_______ Terry Duffy (RA on third floor) left a note on your door saying I need to talk to
you immediately. No one else is around. Please come up and see me!
_______ Fran Potter registered a complaint about the residents from Room 2112.
Apparently they are having a pot party and are playing their music excessively loud.
_______ JJ Morris and Jan Trainer came to tell you that Fang, their pet snake, has escaped
from its cage. They believe he got out of the room as the door was opened.
_______ Visitors from Park High School are down to visit an older friend on your floor. You
have heard rumors that there is a keg in the room.
_______ Bobby Walker tells you that there is no heat on the North side of the building and
several rooms have their windows frozen open (it was too hot earlier today). They
are concerned as the temperature is going down to 38 degrees.
_______ Les Miles, energy conservation chairperson of the hall, tells you that some people
from the party in Room 212 just broke a pipe in the washroom and there is water
leaking all over the place.
_______ Room 205 put a note on your door that their electricity is out.
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