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Education about mental health, safety and well-being for the UW community

Campus partners offer a variety of training around violence prevention and safety, mental health, health insurance and well-being for the UW community. Whether you are a student group, academic department or staff team — we are happy to schedule a training to meet your needs and interests. Please review our training menu below. Feel free to email the contact person directly.

Information on this page is updated on a quarterly basis. Check back often to learn about new trainings being offered.

Our training offerings

LiveWell Peer Health Education workshops

The workshops that Peer Health Educators facilitate are interactive, engaging, and meant to promote learning and dialogue amongst students in a peer-driven setting. Workshops can be requested for UW students by anyone- faculty, staff, students, registered student organizations, departments, etc. Request a workshop

See livewell.uw.edu for the most updated information about new and current workshop offerings!

Husky Mental Health (Students)

Explore the common emotional-mental experiences college students report, learn about the stress continuum, and reflect on ways to track and manage your own stress. Dialogue on the intersections and influencers of mental and emotional health, as well as what research says helps foster good mental health.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Husky Physical Health (Students)

Learn how sleep, movement, and our relationships with food impact our well-being. Learn skills for more intentional and effective ways of caring for our physical health, which impact our mental health and academic success!

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 40 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Coping With The Clouds (Students)

Changes in the seasons, especially to darker and colder times of the year, can have impacts on our physical, mental, and emotional health. Learn about the science behind those changes and the skills to respond more successfully seasonal challenges.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Sleepy Husky (Students) 

Learn the science behind sleep, how to develop an effective sleep hygiene routine, and the correlations between sleep, mental & physical health, and academic performance. Explore common myths and misperceptions about sleep and learn what can help improve your sleep to be a rested husky!

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Heart Husky (Students) 

What helps foster a healthy relationship? In this workshop, we talk about skills and practices that nurture trust, intimacy, and connection in romantic relationships- and how those skills apply to various forms of relationships in our life. We use interactive scenarios and discuss how finding “healthy” is a process of collaboration, awareness, and communication.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Alcohol Education (Students) 

This presentation focuses on:

  • Accurate statistics of use in college students
  • How alcohol works in the body, brain, and impacts mood
  • Tips for minimizing unintended and negative consequences of alcohol
  • How to recognize Alcohol Overdose and what to do
  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Relationship & Sexual Violence Education (Students) 

This workshop teaches the context and breadth of sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking in our society, and covers common impacts of these forms of interpersonal violence on individuals. The second half of the workshop covers ways to support a survivor from a peer perspective and the importance of confidential advocacy (and how to access it on campus!).

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Helpful Huskies (Students) 

Explore the motivations and reasons we often feel compelled to help, and why we sometimes choose not to help. Learn the social psychology behind bystander behavior why and when we choose to intervene or not in risky situations. Engage in peer dialogue and practice intervention skills to refine your ability to respond in risky situations and be a helpful husky!

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Cannabis Education (Students)

Learn statistics about cannabis use amongst college students & the science of how THC and CBD work in the body. Explore strategies to minimize unwanted and negative effects from cannabis products, and the changes in cannabis products over the years.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students
  • Length of training: 60 minutes
  • To schedule this training contact the The LiveWell Peer Health Educators

Questions can be directed to lwphe@uw.edu

SafeCampus trainings

Violence Prevention and Response

During this interactive training, we ask participants to consider their unique role in preventing violence at UW. We will explore warning signs of different forms of violence including a discussion of workplace violence, relationship violence, sexual harassment, stalking and suicide. We will expand your toolkit of response strategies by briefly practicing bystander intervention techniques and building your understanding of campus resources.

  • Intended Audience(s): Open to all UW faculty, staff and students.
  • Length of training: 90 minutes
  • Can this training be customized?: Yes
  • To attend an open session of this training visit the SafeCampus Training Calendar
  • To request this training email SafeCampus at safecampus@uw.edu

Building Healthy Workplaces: Community Prevention Strategies & Bystander Skills

This session will share prevention strategies that you can utilize to create workplaces that inhibit harassment and violence from occurring. We will focus on community strategies you can apply in your workplace and individual skill building. Participants will practice the skills of bystander intervention, micro-affirmations, calling in/out and receiving feedback. We discuss supporting survivors and resources available at UW.

  • Version 1: Emphasis: Sexual harassment and gender discrimination
  • Version 2: Emphasis: Gender-based violence including relationship violence, stalking and sexual harassment
  • Intended Audience(s): UW Staff and faculty
  • Length of training: 2 hours
  • Can this training be customized?: Yes
  • To request this training email SafeCampus at safecampus@uw.edu

Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC)

This training is tailored to the unique dual role that Academic Student Employees play as both students and employees at UW. We will discuss how ASEs can create prevention focused culture change in academia. We will examine sexual harassment and discrimination and its impacts, provide space for individual and community skill building, and discuss supporting those who experience harassment.

  • Intended Audience(s): Academic student employees (undergraduate and graduate) and graduate students
  • Length of training: 2 hours
  • Can this training be customized?: Trainings will be tailored to individual departments, workplaces and graduate and undergraduate student communities.
  • To request this training email the EPIC program at pshd@uw.edu

Health Insurance workshop

Health Insurance 101

A workshop for students who are new to managing their health care and health insurance. Provides essential information about how health insurance works, how to get health insurance, and how to access medical and mental health care affordably.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students, faculty and staff
  • Length of training: Flexible
  • Specific community targeted: Students having difficulty accessing care affordable
  • Can this training be customized?: Yes – variations include: Health Insurance 101 for International Students; Health Insurance 101 for Graduate Students.
  • To schedule this training fill out the Training Request Form.  

Counseling Center Services

Counseling Center Services

Information about services available at the Counseling Center, how to access services, what to expect when going to the Counseling Center, and other mental health topics are available in training or a workshop format.

  • Intended Audience(s): All students, faculty and staff
  • Length of training: 20 mins- 60 min
  • Can this training be customized?: Can be added onto another training
  • To schedule this training, please fill out the Counseling Center Outreach Request Form

 

Related trainings at UW

  • Q Center Programs and Services
  • Samel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center Education and Training
  • Undocu Ally Education
  • UW Women’s Center: Violence Prevention & Gender Equity
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Husky HelpLine (24/7 Mental Health Support): 206.616.7777

  • 24-hour crisis line supported through Telus (formally MySSP) to give students access to same-day, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, and in multiple languages.
  • Open 24/7. Online chat via Telus website. You contact them to request a consultation with a counselor and they call you back the same day.

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