Engaging Peers Learning Collaborative

An Overview of Peer Education

Overview:

Join David Arnold, Assistant Vice President for Health, Safety, and Well-being at NASPA, as he reviews the history and evolution of the peer education program.

Learning Objectives:

• What is Peer Education?
• What is a “Peer?”
• Who are Peer Educators?
• Why Peer Education?

Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Peers

Overview:

Jason Davis, Assistant Director of Peer Education Initiatives and Training Programs for NASPA, and Mandy Parente, Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discuss strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining peers doing wellness work on campus.

Learning Objectives:

• What are some effective peer educator recruitment strategies?
• What methods should be implemented when training peer educators?
• How do peer educators engaging in alcohol prevention recieve continuing education?

Strategies for Working Effectively with Greek-Affiliated Students: Gaining Access, Getting Buy-in, and Building Rapport

Overview:

Implementing successful intervention and training programs for high-resistance student populations is only possible if targeted buy-in strategies are employed and trust is developed and fostered. Learn strategies the Well-being & Health Promotion Department at San Diego State University has utilized to gain access and build rapport within resistant populations, including members of Greek Life. Stephanie will review the importance of breaking down walls, developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, including examples and evidence of programming and interventions that have been successfully executed.

Learning Objectives:

• What makes Greeks highly resistant?
• What are some barriers that affect working with Greeks?
• How is motivation identified?
• How can resistance be addressed/overcame?

Engaging Peers in Health Promotion and Prevention Programming

Overview:

Join David Andrews & Kelsey O’Hara from Hokie Wellness Virginia Tech and Ashley Hinton & Courtney Hoffman from the University of Kentucky as they discuss innovative ideas to reintroduce student well-being on a large campus utilizing peer to peer approach and give an understanding of the importance of bringing wellness partners together to create successful campus collaborations among peer leaders.

Learning Objectives:

• Why is it important to bring wellness partners together?
• How do you foster collaboration among peer leaders?
• What are some innovative ways to reintroduce student well-being on a large campus?

Engaging Peers in Health Promotion and Prevention Programming

Overview:

Dolores Cimini, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research at the University at Albany, and Director of the University’s nationally-recognized Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program, and Angie Tozier Bryan, MEd, MA, MFT Counselor/Recovery Specialist and Recovery Program Manager for the Alcohol & Drug Program at the UCSB Student Health Center, will be discussing engaging peers in intervention and recovery supports.

Learning Objectives:

• What is the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program?
• How can peers be used in intervention and recovery work?
• How can students be recruited for peer education program?
• Does your program have a malpractice policy in place?
• What mechanism should be used to track the performance of undergraduate peer educators/mentors?

Award Winners and Innovators

Overview:

Ashleigh Hala, Director of Wellness & Prevention Services, at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, and Whitney Platzer, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Sandler Center for Alcohol & Other Drug Education, at the University of Miami Florida, discuss strategies for sharing innovative and award-winning programs engaging peers.

Learning Objectives:

• How can you implement interactive polling software into your programming?
• How are you engaging peers on your campus?

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