Campus Connect: Student Suicide
Prevention Training
Center for Counseling and Consultation,
Department of Student Wellness
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for college students with
approximately 1100 deaths each year. Research has shown that
approximately 10% of the college student population is thinking
about suicide at any one time; yet 80% of completed suicides never
had any contact with a mental health provider.
This past academic year the Center for Counseling and Consultation
has trained over 500 campus personnel (staff, faculty, students) in
a suicide prevention program called Campus Connect. This program
was developed at Syracuse University and is currently used at over
125 campuses nationally. It has been designed specifically for the
campus environment, has research to support its effectiveness, and
has been included on the Best Practices Registry of the Suicide
Prevention Resource Center/American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention.
Participants in our campus training have included faculty/staff and
students from the Law School; Athletics; Campus Ministry;
Residential Life staff; Global Studies; Student Affairs and Student
Life; Freshman Advising Center; Greek student leaders; peer
mentors, etc.
This program is not intended to turn participants into therapists
or counselors. It is aimed at “gatekeepers”- those individuals who
have one-on-one contact with students which may occur in a variety
of contexts. In collaboration with Human Resources, we are making
this training program more broadly available to the University
community.
This is a 2 hour interactive program which includes:
• Review of college student suicide data
• Discussion of suicide myths and warning signs
• Discussion of typical emotional reactions experienced both by
students in crisis and those who respond to them
• Review of effective communication skills
• Instruction on how to ask students if they are thinking about
suicide and how to refer students to helping
professionals
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: President's Room - Carnesecca
Arena
Please register via UIS.
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