CHOICE - Peer Education Internship

Choosing Health Options In the Campus Environment Peer Education Internship consists of two semesters totaling six upper-division credits, offered by the Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) through the Health and Wellness Living Learning Center.

CHOICE Course Identification: 1084-LHW-488-Sect.02 – 55497
Prerequisites: Interview and Instructor approval required prior to enrollment.

CHOICE Peer Ed Internship offers both education and outreach skills building around issues of:

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) Use, Abuse and Dependency
• Sexual Violence/Sexual Assault
  
  

CHOICE Peer Ed provides an interactive experiential learning environment where SBU students learn:

• Latest research about college students Binge Drinking and Health Risks with ATOD
  
• Acquaintance Rape/Sexual Violence
  
• Planning and Implementing Campus Outreach Programs
  
• Theory of Change Model
  
• Bystander Intervention skills
  
• Brief Motivational Interviewing
  
• Focus Group Techniques and Marketing Skills

For more information, please contact Smita Majumdar Das or Ellen Driscoll @ CPO (631) 632-2748.