How to Help a Student in Distress
Training Dates:
Please email craanenb@uwosh.edu to RSVP which date you plan to attend.
2008-2009 presentation dates:
(
Trainings can be provided upon request)
Day |
Date |
Time |
Room |
Thursday |
January 22, 2009 |
2:30-5pm |
Reeve 221 |
Wednesday |
June 3, 2009 |
2:30-5pm |
Reeve 221 |
UW Oshkosh students reported that in the past year:
- 57% felt their grades were impacted by stress, depression or anxiety
- 45% felt so depressed it was difficult to function
- 37% felt overwhelmed by stress
- 11% considered suicide
Some of this may come as a surprise, or maybe it doesn’t. Mental Health issues can impact our students’ college careers, and sometimes can jeopardize it. UW Oshkosh employees impact the lives of our students on a daily basis. Students come to us when they need support or have questions. Therefore, students may see you as the first person to go to when they are upset or concerned about school. Sometimes they don’t even talk about what is wrong when they come to us, but we know something is wrong.
This leaves us asking, ‘What should we do?’
The Counseling Center is conducting a training workshop for faculty and staff to:
- Identify signs of students in distress
- Feel more confident supporting and helping students in distress.
- Feel more comfortable refering and linking a student to help.
- Provide “How to Respond” booklet
Objectives:
- Identify mental health symptoms and suicide risk
- Learn how to talk to a student about their distress
- Learn how to convince someone who is struggling, to access help
- Learn how to assist someone to get help they need related to suicide
- Learn about local resources for help