How to Help
Having the skills to take care of ourselves and look out for each other can make all the difference for our campus community. Learn more about how to support a friend who discloses a traumatic experience, what strategies are effective for intervening as a bystander, and ways to make your buddy system more fail proof.
Bystander Intervention
All of us encounter situations as bystanders where others might need some help. Taking time to think through difficult situations improves people's ability to see more opportunities to help, think of more strategies that might be effective, and feel more confident doing something and more comfortable with the outcome, whatever it is.
How to Offer Support
Friends, family, roommates, co-workers, and others we feel close to are often our first point of contact when we are struggling or when something bad happens and we need to talk to someone. Knowing how to be effective in a support role is something that we all need.
Buddy System
We always hear that using the buddy system will help us keep each other safe in the world. It’s also likely that we have experienced the buddy system failing or falling apart.
Here are some ways to create a buddy system that is more likely to succeed.