1/21/2010 y Students talk y Students live with students y Social networks Friends Helping Friends The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Jason Robertson Ed.S., MPH, CHES, CTCTS, RHEd y Let’s L t’ empower students t d t with ith correctt information to: y Decrease stigma y Impart correct information y Serve as a referral source y Multidisciplinary approach y Who should be involved? y Structured y Targeted y Timeline y How might college affect different kinds of students? y What are the mental health concerns of college students? t d t? y How might students with suicide ideation behave within the context of or as a result of their ascribed identities or affiliated groups? y References/Table of y Journal club y Informal literature review y Shared bibliography g p y (p (portal)) y Cross reference each group y Identify commonalities and disparities y Peer context as a content driver y Develop curriculum outline y Draft document y Congruency Contents y Writing styles y Appendix y Content y Edit y Design D i &P Purpose y Handbook vs manual y Learning journal y Theme/graphics http://www.uncg.edu/s hs/fhf/ y Committee C itt y Copyright y Gathering permission y Consider readers’ revisions 1/21/2010 y Technology y utilize book or blogs? y Divide, conquer, and utilize talents y Specific to population y Student Demographics (Fall 2009 Semester) y Enrollment: 609 students y Class: Juniors – 24.6% Dr Darren A Wozny Assistant Professor of Counselor Education Principal Investigator and Project Director MSU-Meridian Campus Suicide Prevention Program Mississippi State University-Meridian Campus Seniors – 48.9% G d t Students Graduate St d t – 23.3% 23 3% y Gender: Majority Female – 79.5% y Age: Majority Nontraditional Students (25 years +) – 69% y Race: White – 60.6% Black – 34.2% y Brownson (2007) – Students most likely to discuss y NAPP standards– planning & design of peer problems with other students y Grantee Meeting – What is your (campus) i t intermediate di t h helping l i response ffor students? t d t? program (Wozny, Porter, & Watson, 2008) y NAPP standards , educational objectives – design training curriculum for peer helpers (Wozny & Porter, 2009) y NAPP (2002) Programmatic Standards y Program Start Up (Planning, Commitment, y Supper conversation with colleague about developing a campus peer program (learned about NAPP and their programmatic standards Staffing, Organizational Structure) y Program Implementation (Screening and Selection, Training, Service Delivery, Supervision) y Program Maintenance (Evaluation, Public Relations, Long-Range Planning) 1/21/2010 y Implementation challenges - recruitment, scheduling particular to a commuter campus y Recruitment challenges particular to commuter campus y y y y Busy schedules of nontraditional students (Work/family/school) Commuter campus students tend to attend class only Commuter campus students on campus just years or attend part-time Recruitment strategies (professors identify naturally supportive students in classes;; have student organization g leaders help p recruit;; utilize program marketing items (highlighters for signing up) y Evaluation challenges – working with community mental health to collect basic outcome data y Our EAP clinical partner (Community Mental Health Services) is reluctant to collect outcome data linking the peer program and other suicide prevention activities to decision to seek counseling (ideas on how to handle this challenge would be helpful) Brownson, C (2007, April) The nature of college student suicidal crises: Implications for counseling centers Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), New Orleans, LA National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP) (2002) g standards Retrieved August g 12,, 2008 from Programmatic http://www.peerprograms.org/publications/publications/stand ards/ Wozny, D.A., and Porter, J.Y (2009) Commuter campus student peer helper program orientation: A training curriculum Perspectives in Peer Programs, 22(1), 15-29 Wozny, D.A., Porter, J.Y., and Watson, J.C (2008, Fall) Planning of a student peer program as a key component of a campus suicide prevention project: Utilizing NAPP programmatic standards Perspectives in Peer Programs, 21(2), 48-58 Peer Education and Suicide Prevention Stony Brook University GLS Grantee Conference 2010 Michael Bombardier, Ph.D Assistant Director Counseling and Psychological Services/ Center for Prevention and Outreach Burdensomeness and Belonging y The desire to end one’s life most often stems from the following combination (Joiner, 2005): Alone, neither of these states is enough to instill the desire for death, but together they produce a desire that can be deadly when combined with the acquired ability to enact self-injury Early Intervention Response to Disruptive Behavior Crisis Management - Treatment Broad Approach: Drawing a circle y ~30% of students aware of presence of a counseling center y ~70-80% of suicide deaths on college campuses – student never sought counseling services y Peers are most likely used resource y Diversity of student population increasing a perception of being a burden to others feeling of not belonging y Prevention Joiner, T (2005) Why people die by suicide Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1/21/2010 CHILL: Mental Health Peer Educators ◦ 2-semester, credit internship Suicide Prevention Outreach Activities x Depression Screenings x Focus Groups- [API students and help seeking] x Informational interviews [class project] x API student focused Educational Workshops Who joins CHILL? x Student Leaders x Future healthcare professionals x Students passionate about stigma reduction x Diverse ◦ Cultural, Academic, geographic, more Depression Screening Programy Over 3,000 Stony Brook students screened since Fall 2007 y 30% of those screened scored in the moderate to severe range y 45% (now) agree to talk 1:1 with counselor at screening site Residence Assistants as Allies in Prevention “SBU Project Prevention” y y y Contest- Trophy/Red Lobster RA’s craft prevention message tailored to the needs of their own hall Pro Staff act as “expert consultants” 1/21/2010 ... 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