Strong Self Care for the Peer Support Team - 2 hours

This course will focus on stronger self care to prevent burn out and compassion fatigue. Each student will be allowed 20 minutes to create his or her own 30 day action plan for strong self care. Leadership by example will be used to create cultural change within the department on a daily basis, not only following a critical incident. For the Peer Support member it is important to know when to refer a colleague to an outside or additional resource. The peer support team will be encouraged to set standards for self care, suggest ways to keep these individual skills current, and ways to keep the team healthy as a unit.

Basic Peer Support Skills - 2 hours

This interactive, multimedia peer support course is balanced with lecture and scenarios that provide the student a chance to practice peer support skills and receive feedback on their contributions. The focus here will be on skills such as open ended questions, paraphrasing, peer pitfalls (questions to avoid) and resources or referrals to use. Topics such as suicide, alcohol abuse, or grief can be addressed as time and interest allows. In general, the least experienced peers will be given the most opportunities to practice with more experienced peers giving feedback.

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