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Consider attending the upcoming Skorton Center for Health Initiatives event, Notice and Respond: Assisting Students in Distress. This important 90-minute, in-person training helps instructors identify and respond to students who are experiencing distress and provides resources to support student mental health and well-being.
The Notice and Respond program helps Cornell faculty, staff, and graduate student Teaching Assistants recognize and respond to students who may be experiencing distress. Following a brief film that features a realistic example of a student in distress, we’ll share the signs and levels of distress (concern, elevated, and emergency) they may notice in students as well as recommended response options. Additionally, participants will learn when and how to ask directly about suicide and that asking directly about suicide does not increase the risk that the person will act on these thoughts. This training also covers the importance of encouraging help-seeking behaviors and reviews campus, local, and national resources for mental health support.
Choose from one of the following dates:
- 9/19 (faculty and teaching staff version)
- 10/17 (staff version)
- 11/20 (faculty and teaching staff training)
- 12/5 (staff training)
Trainings take place at Cornell Health from 9:00-10:30 AM.
These interactive workshops are offered by Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at Cornell Health. For any questions, please email Jennifer Fee, Assistant Director of Curriculum and Training Development, Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at jms327@cornell.edu.
