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 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

Information about services available at the Counseling Center, how to access services, what to expect when going to the Counseling Center, and common concerns that bring students to counseling.

• Intended Audience(s): All students, faculty and staff
• Length of training: 20 mins
• Can this training be customized?: Can be added onto another training
• To schedule this training contact the Counseling Center

Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Staff & Faculty)

This workshop will engage staff and faculty in a conversation about student mental health and well-being to help ensure that all students are getting the resources and support they need to thrive at UW. Participants will have an opportunity to receive information, ask questions and engage in discussion in an open and welcoming space. 

• Intended Audience(s): Faculty and staff
• Length of training: 60-90 minutes by request
• Can this training be customized?: Yes
• To schedule this training fill out the Training Request Form.

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

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) 

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.

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

Husky Mental Health – skills for cultivating health in our mental-emotional lives

Heart Husky – healthy relationship skills for communication, conflict & intimacy

Helpful Husky – bystander skill training 

Sleepy Husky – skills and education about the importance of quality sleep

Husky Nutrition – basics of nutrition, skills for mindful eating, and how to cultivate intentional relationships with food

Alcohol Education – skills and education about harm reduction with alcohol use

Cannabis Education – skills and education about harm reduction with cannabis

Relationship & Sexual Violence Education – learn about the breadth and impact of interpersonal violence, how to support a peer, advocacy services on campus, and sexual communication skills

Questions can be directed to lwphe@uw.edu