Crisis Prevention Institute: Verbal Intervention (formerly Prepare Training Foundations Course)® (4 hours)
The Verbal Intervention Training is a half-day (4-hour), activity-based training that provides you with the skills and practice to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations.
Registration is required.
As staff and faculty, you are often the first to recognize that a student is in distress so it is important that you feel equipped to identify these behaviours and also understand how you can help. The Supporting Students in Distress Guide and accompanying workshop outline the various levels of distress and the resources you can provide for a student in each level of distress. We will also cover available supports in various areas, both on and off-campus including Counselling and Wellness, Academic Services, Disability Services, Legal and Conduct, and Community Supports.
safeTALK is a 4-hour, in-person workshop to build skills in suicide prevention. Participants will learn how to recognize and engage with someone thinking about suicide, overcome attitudes that act as barriers to help, talk openly about suicide and connect with intervention resources for further support.
Through presentations, audiovisuals, small group discussion and scenario practice, you will learn a 4-step TALK model and practical steps to help activate a suicide alert that connects people having thoughts of suicide with more specialized intervention care and relevant resources.
Stop by the Student Health and Wellness table in the library to pick up supplies and snacks to get you through exams! Talk to our Health Promotion team about stress management strategies.
Join Frazer Phillips, Indigenous Cultural Wellness Facilitator, to connect with the land & de-stress. All are welcome to come and learn about what a sacred fire is and how it may benefit you during a stressful time.
This event is offered collaboratively from the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Student Health and Wellness
To help get you through exams, Student Affairs is offering Build-Your-Own Exam Wellness Kits in Simcoe Hall! Stop by any time from April 12th - 22nd to get what you need to support a healthy and successful exam period. Kit items include:
Take a break with Student Health and Wellness and get creative with a 3x3 canvas.
Supplies provided- drop in between 1-3 pm.
Drop by and chat with reps from Norwest Community Health Centre and learn about their services, harm reduction and overdose response
Take a break from your studies and join a campus-wide Egg Hunt. Student Health and Wellness has hidden 48 multicoloured plastic eggs around the Orillia campus for students to destress and welcome the spring season.
