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Training and Education for Students, Faculty and Staff

 

UAB Student Counseling Services and the Collegiate Recovery Community provide a variety of mental health prevention and education programs to the UAB campus community. These workshops help build your resiliency skills, increase your knowledge and skills for helping other who may be struggling with mental health concerns, and many other topics.

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Register to attend one of our live trainings this semester:

 

Request a Student Workshop for your Class, Group, or Organization:

 

Request a Faculty/Staff Workshop for your Department or Area:

  • Responding to Students in Distress Live Workshop for Faculty-Staff

    "Responding to Students in Distress" is an introductory workshop that provides participants with skills and strategies to recognize student mental health concerns, respond to a student in distress, and how to connect students to resources. Participants will learn how to apply the REALLY approach to responding to students and specific resources to support students in distress.

    This is a 1-hour in person workshop. May also be available as a live virtual workshop.

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  • Course Design with Mental Health in Mind Live Workshop for Faculty-Staff

    “Course Design with Mental Health in Mind” provides faculty and staff who teach students with actionable strategies to support student mental health through course design and teaching strategies. Using the STEPS framework, faculty will take away recommendations for supportive messaging, training, embedding mental health, policy considerations, and recommendations for course settings.

    This is a 1-hour in person workshop. May also be available as a live virtual workshop.

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  • Collegiate Substance Use and Student Support Live Workshop for Faculty-Staff

    The question of how to support students struggling with substance use has long been a source of concern among higher education professionals. Peer socialization around substances, along with long-standing cultural messaging about the college experience, prevents students from recognizing or acknowledging potential substance use concerns. Social stigma around substance use disorder is also a barrier to students seeking support or improving their relationship to substances. This seminar focuses on the realities of substance use as a widespread community health concern, establishing open and honest dialogues with students about substances, and how to create recovery-ready communities that meet the unique needs of UAB students.

    This is a 1-hour in person workshop. May also be available as a live virtual workshop.

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  • Mental Health Advocate for Faculty-Staff Supporting Students Information Session

    This information session provides faculty and staff who want to know how to support student mental health with information about the 3-level UAB Mental Health Advocate certificate program. Participants will learn about the UAB Cares Suicide Prevention Initiative, the purpose of the Mental Health Advocate Program, requirements for each level of certification, and benefits of participating in the certification.

    This is a 20 minute in person workshop. May also be available as a live virtual session.

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  • QPR Suicide Gatekeeper Certification for Faculty-Staff

    QPR Suicide Gatekeeper Certification equips participants with a practical intervention model, Question-Persuade-Refer, that can be used to provide life-saving crisis support to individuals who may be considering suicide. This workshop is facilitated by nationally-certified trainers.  This workshop also counts toward requirements for the UAB Cares Mental Health Advocate Level 2 certificate and employees may receive My Health Rewards for completing the course

    This is a 1.5 hour in person workshop. Also available as a live virtual workshop.

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  • Mental Health First Aid Live Workshop for Faculty/Staff

    Mental Health First Aid for Higher Education teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This 8-hour training — which focuses on the unique experiences and needs of college students — gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. Participants will receive a free Mental Health First Aid training manual (valued at $20) and will receive a certification through the National Council on Behavioral Health. View this one-page flyer for more information. This workshop also counts toward requirements for the  UAB Cares Mental Health Advocate Level 2 Badge for faculty/staff and employees may receive  My Health Rewards for completing the course. 

    This is an full-day in-person workshop with 2 hours of pre-course online work. Also available as a live virtual workshop.

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  • Naloxone Training and Overdose Prevention Awareness

    This training provides participants with key information about opioid overdose prevention. Topics include signs of a potential opioid overdose, best practices for intervention, and how to administer the overdose reversal medication naloxone (sometimes branded as Narcan). All participants will receive a kit containing two doses of naloxone, instructions for its use, and information about resources for substance use intervention and recovery.

    This is a 15-minute, in person training. A 30-minute version, including more information about opioid overdose trends, is also available.

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Specialized Mental Health Canvas Courses for Students, Faculty and Staff: