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The professional and student staff of
WesWELL
provides a variety of educational outreach programs and offers referrals to outside presenters. These
programs are designed to provide appropriate health information for
participants as well as create a comfortable, safe place to have their
questions answered about the health issues relevant to college students.
Request a Program | Programs
offered by WesWELL Staff
Programs Offered by Outside Presenters |
Programming Considerations
Request a Program
Please submit your
Program Request to WesWELL at least TWO WEEKS in advance to set up a
program. Additional time is greatly appreciated, particularly if it involves
asking an outside speaker to present. Advance planning on your part will help
to guarantee the program you want at the time you want it with the best
presenter for the needs of your audience.
Programs offered by WesWELL Staff
Topics available for
educational programs by WesWELL professional staff
and/or the student Peer Health
Advocates include (but are not limited to):
- Alcohol Poisoning
Response
- An overview of the signs and symptoms of severe intoxication and
responding appropriately to this high risk medical situation. This
peer-led discussion gives you the skills to intervene when someone is in a
dangerous situation with alcohol and can't make their own decisions.
- Bartender's School
- Learn some of the key skills bartenders are taught: how to measure
drinks accurately in order to track consumption, understanding the factors
that influence the absorption of alcohol and intoxication levels, and how
to prevent severe intoxication by following low risk consumption
guidelines. This program says "Just Say Know" to help you making an
informed decision about your alcohol consumption.
- WesSex
- The Peer Health Advocates will share a ton of information on how to
protect yourself and your partner(s) from sexually transmitted infections
and pregnancy, and how to create safer and healthier sexual relationships.
- HPV & the Gardasil Vaccine
- Want to know all about the most prevalent sexually transmitted
infection, the one that can result in cervical cancer and genital
warts...but the one that actually has a vaccine to prevent it? This is the
program for you!
- Defining Your Sexual Boundaries
- Knowing what you are and are not willing to do sexually provides a
strong foundation for getting what you want out of sexual relationships,
whether it be with a one-time partner or in a long-term relationship. The
workshop allows participants to engage in activities and discussion which
will help them clarify their own boundaries and offer ideas for
communicating them with their partner(s).
- What is Consent?
- Join this discussion about giving and receiving consent as a way to
build healthier relationships and to prevent sexual assault. While there
are many grey areas around consent, this discussion can open your eyes to
the importance of being clear when giving and receiving consent for sexual
activity.
- Massage for Stress Relief
- Need a break? The Peer Health Advocates can teach your group how to do
simple massage techniques for stress relief. Participants will give and
receive massages with a friend. Note: This is a "hands-on" workshop and
massage oils will be used to ease the massage process. Wear a shirt you
don't mind getting oily and bring a towel to lay on.
- Preventing Compassion Fatigue
- Stressed out? Worried you're burning out? Compassion fatigue is a very
extreme form of burn out that most people will not experience, but we
still might get to the point of losing our ability to care about others
because of our own stress levels. Learn about how to prevent burn out by
actively choosing to manage and reduce your stress levels.
- Getting Better Sleep
- Sleep is critical for our physical and mental wellbeing, but is often
the first thing to be sacrificed in a busy and demanding schedule. This
presentation talks about ways to improve the quality of your sleep even if
getting the quantity you want isn't possible at the moment, as well as
some of the trends that contribute to our sleep-deprived culture.
- Is it a Diet or a Disorder?
- Understanding the continuum of eating behaviors -- from healthy
consumption to a diagnosis of eating disorder -- can be helpful in
identifying problem behaviors and preventing them from occurring in the
first place.
- Unwrapping Emotional Eating
- What does the connection between our emotions and our eating habits
look like? What triggers emotional eating for some people? And what
cultural influences exist that actually support this habit? This
workshop gives participants the chance to examine their own behaviors in a
safe environment and suggest techniques for addressing an emotional eating
response.
Other topics
- Effects of "Other" Drugs
- Relationship
Violence Prevention
- Building Healthy Relationships
- and more...just ask!
Topics may be
tailored to meet the needs of the audience. Additional time may be required to
develop a program on a topic not listed above or for which an outside
presenter is not available.
Programs offered by Outside Presenters
Contact WesWELL if you wish to access
presenters on health and wellness issues from the local Middletown community,
within Connecticut or at a national level. Please be aware that outside
presenters will very likely require a fee and/or travel expenses.
Programming
Considerations
When selecting a program topic for your audience, there are a few things to
consider that may be helpful when discussing your request with the WesWELL
staff. This will help make your program more responsive to the
audience's needs and possibly draw a larger number of people to your event!
Click on Programming Considerations to learn
more.
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