The Health Promotion Office offers various trainings throughout the academic year, please see below for the current list of training offerings.
QPR suicide prevention training, also known as gatekeeper training, teaches people without professional mental health backgrounds to recognize the signs that someone may be considering suicide, establish a dialogue, and guide the person to seek professional help. It can be a critical tool to save lives.
This Training is free for any Siena Community member and can be taken virtually or in person.
BRAVE Talk is a training program that teaches students how to identify and support friends who may be struggling with their mental health.
This 60 min, training can be presented for your club/department.
To learn more about this training and how to schedule it contact Cathy
This 60 minute training provided by Project SafePoint reviews how to administer this live saving medication to reverse an opioid overdose.
A.I.D. is a 2 hour mental health awareness training, that teaches individuals how to interact effectively with someone experiencing mental distress using three steps:
Awareness: Recognizing signs and symptoms of distress Interaction: Effectively interacting with someone in distress Direction: Locating and providing resources to individuals in distress
Other key components of this training include:
Educating trainees on local and national mental health resources Practicing the A.I.D. action plan using relevant scenarios Reducing stigma about mental illness and substance use Promoting self-care
Contact healthysaints@siena.edu to learn more about upcoming training dates