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Health & Wellness Presentations and Outreach

Health and Wellness Services offers a variety of presentations and programming on topics such as stress relief, relationship wellness, sexual health, supporting survivors and more that faculty and staff can request to support their students holistic well-being.

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Consultation

Health and Wellness staff are available for consultation with faculty, staff and departments on a variety of topics on a limited basis.

  • Responding to traumatic event
  • How to incorporate wellness into curriculum
  • Accommodating students with a disability
  • How to have mental health conversations
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Presentations

Presentations and training opportunities for students, faculty and staff are available through Health & Wellness Services. Presentations include:

  • Mental Health and First Aid
  • Supporting Student Resiliency Certificate Series
  • Buffs Supporting Buff Survivors 
  • Overiew of Disability Services 
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One-time events

Health & Wellness services offers a variety of programming activities that focus on holistic well-being.

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Toolkits and Activities

Toolkits and plug and play activities are available for organizations and departments to offer on their own. Guidance for implementation is provided.

Presentations and Trainings

The following presentations are available for faculty, staff and student organizations to request. 

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Accessibility and Alternate Format: Print Materials

Course Information

An overview of which students receive alternate format, how it is produced and provided, and how instructors can help.

  • Department: Disability Services
  • Audience: Faculty & Staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

#BeTheOne To: Ask the Question: Suicide Prevention

Course Information

An honest conversation about suicide prevention for students by students. Students will learn to notice the signs that someone may be having thoughts of suicide, tips for having important conversations, and how to connect someone to the available resources.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Bouncing Back: Skills to Succeed

Course Information

A pilot with Leeds, this four-part series focuses on time management, overcoming procrastination, and coping with test anxiety.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Buffs Supporting Buffs-Supporting Survivors

Course Information

Learn how to respond in a trauma-informed way to someone who discloses a traumatic experience.

  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Defining Self-Care

Course Information

Define what self-care means for you, how it can support your resilience, and create a plan that identifies strategies that work for you and reduces barriers to practicing self-care.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Impact of Trauma and the Healing Process

Course Information

Information on what people may experience physically, emotionally and cognitively in the aftermath of a traumatic event. Presentation geared towards people already involved in a helping role or for a class discussing trauma.

  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Students, faculty and staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Love Shouldn't Hurt

Course Information

This presentations provides psychoeducation on intimate partner abuse, with an emphasis on increasing awareness and understanding of domestic violence, exploring its psychological impact, and empowering both survivors and those who support people with abusive partners) with knowledge of their rights, options, and resources.

  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Students, faculty and staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Motivational Interviewing

Course Information

Provides students with effective communication skills to better support their peers.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 to 1 1/2 hours

 

NASPA Certified Peer Educator Training

Course Information

​Provides communication, project management, and behavior change training to peer educators.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 8-10 hours
  • Fee:

 

The Opposite of Addiction is Connection

Course Information

Gain a better understanding of how and why connecting to others removes barriers to recovery.

  • Department: CUCRC
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff
  • Length of Presentation:  75 minutes

Overdose Prevention and Response

Course Information

Learn how to recognize and respond to an alcohol or other drug-related emergency.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Overview of Campus Health & Wellness Resources

Course Information

Learn about:

  • Departments and services on campus that support student mental health and well being (this includes: CAPS, OVA, SSCM, CUCRC, and HP)
  • Mental Health Processes and Procedures on campus
  • How and when to make referrals to the various offices

 

  • Audience: Students, staff and/or faculty
  • Length of Presentation: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Overview of Disability Services

Course Information

A general overview of the Disability Services office including a review of student population demographics, common accommodations, and the process for students to register and receive accommodations. Specific discussion points may be added as appropriate or by request.

  • Department: Disability Services
  • Audience: Faculty & Staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

 

Perfectionism

Course Information

What is perfectionism and what contributes to it. Learn more about perfectionism and how it can hinder productivity as well as ways to combat this type of thinking to help with academic success and wellness.

  • Department: Counseling and Psychiatric Services
  • Audience: Students 
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Recovery Panel

Course Information

This personal experience panel allows for a deeper understanding of the process and impact of recovery through the sharing of first hand experiences with students in recovery

  • Department: CURC
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour 

The Scaffolded Mental Health Support Model (SMHS): a guide for faculty and staff to provide proactive mental health support to students

Course Information

Guidelines for how non-clinical staff and faculty can respond to various presentations of mental health in an academic context are provided, aimed to contribute proactive student support that empowers students to thrive in their academic goals.

  • Department: Counseling and Psychiatric Services
  • Audience: Staff and Faculty
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

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Self-Care for Leaders

Course Information

Learn tips and tools on how to take care of yourself while leading others, to promote self-care within your team, and to recognize, manage and avoid passing unhealthy stress to others.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour 

Self-Care for Vicarious Trauma

Course Information

Learn about vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and self-care, Explore barriers to self-care and attend to our needs in a new ways.

  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Grad students, Faculty & Staff
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Sleep to Learn

Course Information

Explore the link between sleep, health and academics while learning strategies for better sleep.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Supporting Student Mental Health

Course Information

Understand what mental health looks like at CU, how to recognize signs of distress, and how to connect students with available campus resources.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Staff
  • Length of Presentation:  

Supporting Survivors: How to Respond in a Trauma Informed Way and Trauma Informed Mandatory Reporting

Course Information

This session focuses on skills that address how to respond to someone after they disclose a traumatic or life disrupting event. This session also includes information for responsible employees on complying with their reporting requirements in a trauma informed way.

  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Staff and Faculty
  • Length of Presentation: 60-75 minutes

The Trauma of Oppression

Course Information
An introduction into how repeated discriminatory experiences can produce a traumatic response. Learn how oppression can impact people’s stress responses and neurobiological development. Will also addresses ways that we can hold ourselves and others accountable when we enable oppression, regardless of intent.
  • Department: Office of Victim Assistance
  • Audience: Students, faculty and staff (a good session after having attended Buffs Supporting Buffs/Supporting Survivors)
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

Understanding Loneliness

Course Information

What does loneliness look like on a college campus? Learn more about how to make meaningful connections and how it can improve both your health and your experience at CU.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation:   

Understanding Stress and Anxiety

Course Information

Understand the difference between stress and anxiety, while learning helpful management strategies. Mindfulness techniques will be included, as well as information about resources available on campus.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students
  • Length of Presentation:   

Vaping

Course Information

Learn about the history of vaping, prevalence at CU, impacts of vaping, harm reduction and abstinence strategies, and available resources.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
  • Length of Presentation:   1 hour

With Pleasure

Course Information

This workshops offers healthy communication strategies and information on safer sex practices and sex positivity.

  • Department: Health Promotion
  • Audience: Students 
  • Length of Presentation: 1 hour

One-time Events

The following programs are typically scheduled as one-time events and offered on a flexible schedule.

 

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Buff Bites

  • A tabling event exploring a healthy snack with learning outcomes in nutrition and connecting to resources on campus.
  • Available in person and a video option.
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Cold Care

  • Information and resources for students about how to stay healthy
  • Cold Care Resources
  • Available as a table or a toolkit.
  • Individual components can be incorporated into newsletters/emails, for example, the handwashing guide.
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CU Walks

  • Modeled off of the Walk With A Doc program, this series connects a topic with experts available to discuss while walking.
  • Available in person with a virtual option.
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Sidewalk Talks

  • A peer coach is available for a brief coaching conversation exploring goals.
  • Available virtually or in-person as allowable.
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Stress(less) Events

Hosted, plug and play, or toolkit options.

Generally includes:

  • Acupressure
  • Aromatherapy
  • DIY Stress balls
  • Creative expressions
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Sun Safety

  • The Skin Imager helps students explore UV exposure. Students receive information about sun safety and resources for more information.
  • A demonstration could be provided virtually.

Toolkits and Activities

Toolkits and plug and play activities are available for organizations and departments to offer on their own. Guidance for implementation is provided.

 

Self-Care

This toolkit helps people explore their current self-care routine and brainstorm additional strategies to incorporate the practice into daily activity.

This toolkit is meant to be an introduction and can be adjusted for the level of experience students have.

Includes self-care worksheet and assessment.

Gratitude

This toolkit helps people explore their current gratitude practice and brainstorm additional strategies to incorporate the practice into daily activity.

This toolkit is meant to be an introduction and can be adjusted for the level of experience students have.

Gratitude activity suggestions are provided.

Includes worksheets and activity ideas.

Stress(Less)

This toolkit includes the instructions and supplies to guide students in hands-on stress relieving activities.

Toolkits are available for make your own stress balls, slime making and glitter bottles.

Information on how these activities relieve stress is provided.

Includes instructions and supplies

Health Equity

The current toolkit includes two video options with supporting materials.

Unnatural Causes is a series of short videos that can be watched independently. A discussion guide is provided.

Bending the Arc is provided in partnership with the University Libraries and explores health equity and social justice through the story of Partners in Health. The video and a discussion guide are available. This can include a hosted discussion with Health Promotion staff or be offered independently through the college/school/program.

These activities are designed to be “plugged” into existing workshops or events.

Substance Use Activities:

  • Pouring Challenge: Participants will learn about alcohol drink sizes, potency, harm reduction, and effects on the brain. 
  • Pot Boxes: Participants will learn about cannabis forms, potency, harm reduction, and laws.
  • Mixing and Matching: Participants will learn about the effects of mixing alcohol with a variety of other drugs. 

Mindfulness: These activities can be offered by peers if available or pre-recorded versions/scripts and conversation guides can also be provided:

  • A body scan and guided conversation
  • 3-minute mindful breathing activity and guided conversation
  • Mindful eating activity and guided conversation

Slide Decks:  slide decks are available with pre-populated content on the following topics:

  • Stress, anxiety, mindfulness, self-care, shifting focus and increasing resiliency, suicide prevention, illness prevention, sleep, mental health, alcohol and other drugs.

Health and Wellness Trivia: Trivia questions are available for alcohol, marijuana, study drugs, nicotine and vaping, illness prevention, sleep and stress.

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