The Wellness Resource Center offers a number of trainings to support colleagues interested in promoting student wellness and resilience.
Trainings range in length and are available upon request. These conversations are excellent ways to enhance team meetings and staff retreats, but can be delivered any time. Please access our program request form to request a training. Click here for the WRC Program Request Form.
75-90 minutes
Faculty and staff may encounter challenging conversations, with students and colleagues alike. Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) is an evidence-based conversation style for having empathic, effective conversations about difficult topics and behaviors. The training will cover the basics of behavior change, foundational principles of BMI, and practice of core communication skills.
90 minutes
QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is an evidence-based gatekeeper skills training designed to provide participants with knowledge about suicide and confidence in foundation strategies to help someone in crisis. During this training, participants will learn about suicide statistics, differentiate myths from facts about suicide, and practice the core skills—Question, Persuade, and Refer. Information about campus resources and how to access them will be given.
60-90 minutes
This training will provide participants with the tools to be able to support students with substance use disorder(s) and those in recovery. Facilitators will review foundational concepts, components of a recovery-friendly community, and resources that Temple offers to students in recovery to cultivate a Community of Care.
Change Talk: Brief Motivational Interviewing for Effective Conversations
Tuesday, October 28th from 2:00-3:30pm at the Wellness Resource Center | Register today!
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR): Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
Join us in honoring September as Suicide Awareness & Prevention Month 💙
Thursday, September 18th from 9:00-10:30am at the Wellness Resource Center | Register today!
Monday, September 29th from 1:00-2:30pm on Zoom | Register today!
Monday, November 24th from 10:00-11:30am on Zoom | Register today!
PLEASE NOTE: In order to provide professionals with the most effective programming, we require a minimum of eight registrants. Each training is subject to cancellation. Registrants will be notified of a cancellation via email 1-2 business days before the training date.
Request one or multiple workshops for your team or office by accessing our program request form.
