Trainings

Each Fall and Winter quarter, newly admitted undergraduate and graduate students at UCSC are required to attend SlugsCare. This training includes a live, 3-part Zoom presentation featuring  Title IX, Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP), and CARE with the opportunity for Q&A throughout. After the training, slides and recordings are available via each student’s personal Canvas portal.

The goal of SlugsCare is to share on-campus resources that support students in understanding UCSC’s anti-discrimination and anti-violence policies, navigating the use of alcohol and other drugs, and connecting with CARE for advocacy services or workshops. 

CARE provides alternative training for campus affiliates who are sensitive to the content of UCSC’s mandatory student and employee training due to a recent or past experience of harm. Please email care@ucsc.edu to request an Alternative Training.

CARE currently provides alternatives for the following mandated training:

1. SlugsCARE (for incoming undergraduate students)
2. UC Learning Center: Preventing Harassment and Discrimination; supervisors, faculty, and MSP (for supervisory staff and faculty)
3. UC Learning Center: UC Preventing Harassment and Discrimination; non-supervisors (for non-supervisory staff and student staff)
4. UC Learning Center: UC Abusive Conduct in the Workplace (for staff and faculty)
5. SAPU: Sexual Assault Prevention Undergraduate Students
6. SAPG: Sexual Assault Prevention Graduate Students

If you don’t see the training you need listed above, contact care@ucsc.edu to see if we can create a new alternative!

Ambassador training is how UCSC students become CARE Ambassadors. Ambassador Training is offered once each academic year and consists of in-person workshops and self-paced online modules on topics like consent, healthy relationships, supporting survivors, and more. Participants who complete the entire training will receive a Certificate of Completion, a gift from CARE, and the opportunity to volunteer with us! 

Please visit the Student Involvement Opportunities page to learn more about Ambassador Training and volunteer opportunities.

The Certified Peer Educator training consists of 8 modules designed to strengthen skills around peer education in a college setting. Orientation for new student staff working at CARE includes a curriculum that satisfies the NASPA Certified Peer Educator Program requirements. CARE staff also provide Certified Peer Educator training to students working in other offices on campus. If you or your office is interested in setting up a time for CARE to facilitate this training, please reach out to care_pec@ucsc.edu.