Officer Training Day
USI are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a one-day mental health training for USI officers. This will take place on Monday 11th November in the Hilton Charlemont from 9.30-4.30, and is free to attend.
Timetable:
9.30 – 1.30 safeTALK training: this is a three hour suicide prevention training. No previous training is required
1.30-2.30 lunch
2.30-4.30 Wellness Workshop provided with thanks by Suicide or Survive
Student Mental Health Conference
USI will be convening the first national student mental health conference in Ireland on Tuesday 12th November. This event is free to attend and will be held in the Hilton Charlemont from 9.40-4.30.
Timteable (subject to change):
| time | Claremont Suite | Harcourt Suite |
| 9.30-10 | Registration | |
| 10-11.15 | Opening Remarks, Overview of USI student mental health programme Blezzing Dada, Minority mental health | |
| 11.15-12.15 | Session 1 John Cullinan commuting, accommodation & wellbeing Samantha Dockray, drug use & wellbeing Alba Madrid Cagigal, digital interventions for mental health | Sean O’Connell, Emotion regulation, harm reduction, and suicide prevention. A collaborative training initiative for student counselling Orfhlaith McLoughlin, ‘the body project’ Treasa Fox, Innovations in student mental health across the HE sector in Ireland |
| 12.15-12.30 | Comfort break | |
| 12.30-1.30 | Session 2 Jamie McNulty, mental health & help-seeking in students with ADHD James Sweeney, I-SWAP study on an ADHD mental health intervention BelongTo, LGBTQ+ mental health | Adrienne Cassidy, First Fortnight Creative Self-Care workshop |
| 1.30-2.30 | Lunch | |
| 2.30-3.30 | Sharon Ferguson, Peer-led wellness workshop | |
| 3.30-4.30 | Session 3 Clara Armstrong-McDowell, belongingness in students Margaret McLafferty, U-Well student mental health project Lorraine Tansey, student volunteering |
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