Trainings
We're excited to provide trainings that help Buffs build skills to support their own well-being and look out for each other.
Audience: Faculty and staff
The Supporting Student Resiliency Professional Development Series provides faculty and staff with concrete skills to better support students. Sessions focus on areas critical to student retention and success.
- Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: This workshop covers how students make changes and how to support them at each stage, focusing on effective communication skills to help them reach their goals.
- Supporting Survivors: In this session from the Office of Victim Assistance, you will learn how to respond when someone shares a traumatic experience. This session also includes information on how responsible employees can comply with reporting requirements in a trauma-informed way.
- Support Student Mental Health: Attend this workshop to understand how to support student well-being at CU, including how to identify signs of distress, respond effectively and connect students with campus resources.
Faculty and staff can attend any individual session, and those attending all three will receive a non-degree certificate. Sessions are offered each semester, and departments can request any of these presentations. Please contact healthpromotion@colorado.edu with any questions.
Audience: Students, faculty and staff
Mental Health First Aid training is designed to help individuals assist someone experiencing mental health or substance use concerns or crises. Participants will learn about risk factors and warning signs, engage in experiential activities, discuss professional and self-help resources, and practice a five-step strategy to provide support. Mental Health First Aid for higher education provides tailored information for college and university communities.
Mental Health First Aid is also available by request for departments and student groups by emailing healthpromotion@colorado.edu.
Audience: Students, faculty and staff
Take part in an open discussion about suicide prevention. You’ll learn how to recognize warning signs, talk with someone who may be struggling and connect them to helpful resources.
Audience: Students
This peer educator training is a full-day program that helps students develop communication, project management and behavior change skills.
Audience: Faculty and Staff
This course provides a brief overview of mental health support using the Red Folder as a resource and reference point. Participants will gain an understanding of the impact of mental health challenges and how they can impact academic and job success. Participants will also learn to recognize signs of distress, respond effectively and refer someone to appropriate resources. This course is recommended for all employees and takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Audience: Students, faculty, staff
Health Promotion provides a wide range of workshops, presentations and trainings for our campus community upon request. A range of topics can be covered, including:
- Active listening skills
- Community building and social connection
- Hazing prevention
- Motivational interviewing
- Overdose prevention and response
- Overview of campus health and wellness resources
- Party Smart (alcohol and other drugs)
- Self-care and stress management
- Sexual health
- Sleep hygiene
- Social media and body image
- Suicide prevention
- Supporting students in distress
To view available presentations or request a session, visit the Outreach and Presentations pages for students and faculty/staff.
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We are happy to talk with you about how we can adapt trainings to fit your unit’s needs.
We also offer curated trainings and training series for student leaders and peer mentor programs, which can be combined into a non-degree certificate, if desired.
Please contact healthpromotion@colorado.edu with any questions.