National Student Leadership Peer Education Conference

Cost:
$55 on or before Wednesday, October 25
$75 after October 25
(includes lunch)

Presenter:
Ann Quinn Zobeck, Director of Alcohol Abuse and Impaired Driving Prevention, The BACCHUS Network™

We will be getting up early and going all day, but when we are done we will be CERTIFIED! This abbreviated version of complete CPE training is ideal for peer educators and other student leaders on campus. For those campuses who have not had the opportunity to present their own training, students can take advantage of being led through the experience by our staff. The training concentrates on the skills needed by all peer educators and student leaders including listening and responding skills, confrontation and caring within limits, role modeling and ethics, and taking care of yourself. We will also preview some new content areas during this session. Students who pass CPE Training will become nationally certified by The BACCHUS Network™. The skills covered in the CPE Program make us all better educators. You must be signed up and paid in advance to guarantee a place in this training.

The following describes the content of the complete 12-hour training for CPE:

Caring and Helping Within Limits
This section defines the role of the caring helper, talks about the limits of the leader in trying to help others, and points out common pitfalls to avoid in helping others.

Listening Skills (Part 1)
This section reviews key elements necessary for effective listening; approachability, the importance and limits of confidentiality, creating a positive environment for listening, using nonverbal cues to invite listening, and utilizing paraphrasing and reflection techniques to keep conversation going.

Listening Skills (Part 2)
This section provides participants the opportunity to evaluate listening techniques in a variety of role plays and then put skills into action through hands on practice for being a good listener.

Responding and Referral Skills
This section reviews the steps for taking action in helping someone. The peer leader learns about being a good resource person, allowing the other person to work through the situation, and learning to refer the other person to professional help or additional resources when needed.

Confrontation Skills
This section addresses the reasons why we confront someone and the various methods that can be used when confronting. It reviews the steps to a successful confrontation and provides the peer educator with support for making a confrontation.

Presentation and Programming
This section provides planning techniques for teaching and developing peer programs. It reviews the steps for program development, stresses the importance of interactive formats, and defines the elements of a good program from start to finish.

Role Modeling and Ethics
This section reviews the value of the peer educator as a leader and role model to others. It leads participants through discussions about leading a healthy lifestyle, integrity of actions as they relate to leadership, and how to meet the expectations others have of you as a peer leader of a group.

Taking Care of Ourselves–Stress Management
This section addresses how to balance our peer educator role with the other responsibilities we have in life. It gives strategies for remaining healthy and fit so that personally you can achieve more, and be better able to help others around you.

Since 2002, Ann Quinn-Zobeck, Ph. D., has served on the staff of The BACCHUS Network™ and is currently the Director of Alcohol Abuse and Impaired Driving Prevention Initiatives for the Network. Dr. Quinn-Zobeck coordinated alcohol and other drug prevention programs at the University of Northern Colorado for 14 years. Her efforts were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a model for collegiate alcohol and other drug prevention programs. Ann has a Master’s Degree in Human Rehabilitative Counseling and a Doctorate Degree in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Northern Colorado.

Brief Interventions with College Student Drinkers: Implementing BASI CS Training
9 AM to 1 PM

Cost:
$40 on or before Wednesday, October 25
$60 after October 25

Presenter:
Jason R. Kilmer, Ph.D.
The Evergreen State College and Saint Martin’s University

Drinking by college students is an important health issue on college and university campuses. Campus health professionals are looking for evidence-based strategies to change student alcohol abuse behaviors. One approach with demonstrated effectiveness to reduce heavy drinking and associated consequences is the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program, a motivation enhancement, skills-training approach used with high-risk drinkers. This pre-conference session will provide participants with an introduction to BASICS that includes an overview of the related theories and the skills-training curriculum relevant to the delivery of BASICS. Alcohol information and specific motivational interviewing strategies for talking with students to decrease resistance and increase motivation to change will be reviewed. Research findings will be discussed, as will recent research efforts utilizing peers in the delivery of BASICS.

Dr. Jason Kilmer works as an Addictive Behaviors Specialist at The Evergreen State College and as a Substance Abuse Prevention Program Coordinator at Saint Martin’s University. He is an investigator on several studies evaluating prevention and intervention efforts for alcohol and drug use by college students. Through these grant-funded projects, Dr. Kilmer continues his seventeen-year affiliation with the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Kilmer was the 2004 recipient of the Outstanding Mid-Level Professional award for Region V of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). He has provided several hundred prevention programs about substance use to college groups, including fraternity and sorority members, sanctioned students, student athletes, residence hall members, and first-year college students.

Advisors College: Learning to Educate YOU in the World of Peer Education
9–1 PM FREE and open to the first 75 advisors who register on or before October 25, no registrations after this date

Facilitators:
Eric Davidson, Eastern Illinois University, Area 4 Consultant
Lisa Currie, Wesleyan University, Area 10 Consultant

This pre-conference will be facilitated in an open/interactive/self reflective style. It is an opportunity for you to think, share, and learn about things that matter to you in your role as advisor. During the Advisors College on Thursday morning, BACCHUS volunteers and national staff will guide you through some networking, idea sharing, and team building for success. One of the things advisors consistently say about the General Assembly is that they always walk away with the same excitement that their students do! This session is for affiliate advisors who want a great networking opportunity designed to explore the successes and challenges of the advising role and discuss important topics related to peer education and health issues. There are many opportunities and challenges in our profession. Making time to reflect and learn with one another as colleagues does not happen often enough.

This pre-conference will be your time to explore and discover with others the following areas:

• Advising student peer education groups
• Sharing of best practices in training and programming
• Discovering ways to think differently about what we do everyday
• Understanding BACCHUS support
• What are leading edge practices and trends in the field?

Eric Davidson is the Director of Health Education Leadership Program at Eastern Illinois University. He has worked with peer educators on the collegiate level for nearly a decade and been named as an outstanding advisor by BACCHUS. He has led the advisor pre-conference session at the General Assembly to address networking, idea sharing, and team building for success.

Lisa Currie is the Director of Health at Wesleyan University. She serves as the Area 10 Consultant for BACCHUS.