CARE Peer Advocacy
Designed to train students to become Peer Advocates who are responsible for providing crisis and short-term support services for victims of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, sexual harassment and child abuse.Students will be meeting with clients and providing emotional support and resources (both on and off campus). During weekly classes, students will be trained in trauma-informed crisis intervention procedures that will not only help them assist clients during in- person sessions but will help them support clients via the crisis cell. Students will be expected to maintain the crisis cell (on a shared basis)throughout the semester as well as maintain 10 hours per week in the CARE office. In addition to maintaining the crisis cell and office hours, during the spring semester students will be tasked with working as a team in planning and executing a Take Back the Night event.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite: Students must complete an interview before enrolling in this course; and permission of instructor. Recommended: PSYC100 and HLTH377 . Restriction: Permission of instructor; and minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; and students must sign up for the same course in the spring semester; and students are only permitted to enroll in the repeatable year long course once during their academic career. If students wish to continue working with the office after the course has been completed (Fall and Spring), they can do so on a volunteer basis; and must not have taken HLTH382 as a CARE Advocate course. Repeatable to: 6 credits. Additional Information: Students are required to attend a 40-hour training the week before classes begin which will equip them with the information and tools necessary to provide outreach as early as the first week of the Fall classes. Some evening and weekend hours may be required (crisis cell and special events).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027