Counselling Services offers a broad range of suicide intervention and mental health training programs. Our goals are to raise campus mental health awareness, reduce mental health stigma, and support early intervention for those in need within our Waterloo campus community.
Interested in having Counselling Services present a training to your faculty or group? Fill out our Training Request form. Please note that training requests are reviewed on Wednesdays, so there may be a delay in receiving a response depending on when you submit the request.
Note: Due to the high demand for these trainings, starting in Spring term 2019, there will be a no-show fee charged to registrants who sign up to attend and do not attend. If you are unable to make a training you've signed up for, you may cancel on your own.
Self Cancellation:
Student: Log into GoSignMeUp, select the course you wish to unregister from. Click Drop/ Unregister.
Employees: Log into WorkDay, select the course you wish to unregister from. Click Drop.
Registering for future trainings: if you have unregistered and wish to enroll in a training at a later date, please visit this website to find the training schedule. If you do not see the schedule for the next term, please revisit this website from time to time to check the schedule.
You may contact Kalpita Gaitonde in case of any further questions.
QPR
This training teaches participants how to recognize and support someone who may be having thoughts of suicide. It is an education and awareness program that provides direction as to how to Question a person with thoughts of suicide, how to Persuade them to get help, and how to Refer the person to appropriate professional resources.
Training content:
- How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be having thoughts of suicide
- How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
- Common causes and warning signs
- How to get help for someone in crisis
Duration: 1.5 hours
Upcoming dates:
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Student Training
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 (9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Monday, January 13, 2020 (1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Location: NH 2447. Registration is on GoSignMeUp. |
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 (1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 (9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp. |
safeTALK training
This training teaches participants to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first-aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers learn to recognize these invitations and take action.
Training content:
- Move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss, or avoid the topic of suicide
- Identify people with thoughts of suicide
- Learn simple yet effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe
- Apply the TALK steps to connect a person with suicide thoughts to life-saving first aid resources
Duration: 3 hours
Upcoming dates:
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Student Training
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 .m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Monday, March 9, 2020 (1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Location: NH 2447. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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For more information about the safeTALK program, visit Living Works.
More Feet on the Ground In Person
This training consists of a facilitated discussion of the online More Feet on the Ground mental health education program. This program uses those online materials, as well as vignettes to teach participants how to Recognize, Respond, and Refer individuals experiencing mental health problems on campus.
Training content:
- Comprehensive information about common mental health and addiction concerns
- Overview of signs/symptoms, treatment options, mental health stigma
- Facts, statistics, and stories of lived experience
- Campus and community resource information
- Opportunity to receive a certificate following successful completion of a brief on-line assessment of learning
Duration: 2.5 hours
Upcoming dates:
| Faculty and Staff training |
Student Training |
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 (9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 (9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 (1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Location: NH 2447. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Location: HS 2302. Registration is on GoSignMeUp.
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More Feet on the Ground Online
This is a free online mental health education program that teaches participants to Recognize, Respond, and Refer individuals experiencing mental health problems on campus. The program was developed by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) in partnership with Brock University and the Ontario Government’s Mental Health Innovation Fund and has been adapted and branded for all participating post-secondary institutions across Ontario.
Training content:
- Comprehensive information about common mental health and addiction concerns
- Overview of signs/symptoms, treatment options, mental health stigma
- Facts, statistics, and stories of lived experience
- Campus and community resource information
- Opportunity to receive a certificate following successful completion of a brief on-line assessment of learning
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