The allows faculty and staff to develop skills in areas critical to student retention and success, with the opportunity to earn a non-degree certificate.
Through these educational sessions, you will develop the following conversation skills and techniques to work with students on a range of topics:
- Assisting students who’ve indicated a desire or need to make a change in their life
- Actively calming down an escalated person, and learning when it’s time to get help instead of attempting de-escalation
- Engaging in conversation around substance abuse
- Being mindful, inclusive, supportiveand aware of our underrepresented student population
- Responding and supporting someone who discloses a traumatic event
- Learning the signs that indicate someone is contemplating suicide and how to have an open conversation about suicide
Offered by several departments in the Division of Student Affairs, faculty and staff are welcome to attend any individual session. Those who attend all six sessions will receive a non-degree certificate. If you attended any of these sessions previously offered during the 2017–18 academic year, they will still count towardthe earning of your certificate.
Fall 2018 sessions
Motivational Interviewing: Communication Skills for Student Support
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350
Helping Frustrated Buffs Be Herd: The Art of De-escalation
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350
Responding to Student Substance Use: Effective Communication Strategies and Campus Resources
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350
Supporting Underrepresented Students
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350
Supporting Survivors: How to Respond in a Trauma Informed Way to Someone Who Discloses a Traumatic Experience
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350
Ask the Question: Suicide Prevention
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 12–1:15 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), room S350