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Apply NOW to be a Peer Educator!
Pow! is now accepting applications to become a Peer Educator for Wellspring! Application deadline is Monday, February 20, 2012 at 5:00pm. Read through the info on our website to learn more about becoming a peer educator, training dates, and APPLY NOW!
Program Request Procedure:
To request a program for you and a group of your friends, for your floor, or for your hall, class, or club, you have a few different procedural options. We prefer at least two weeks advanced notice to process your programming request. You can choose a program from the list provided below or have a program designed for your group's specific needs. You may also want to check out the full list of programs offered at Wellspring. To request a program you may:
1. Complete the online PROGRAM REQUEST FORM; or
2. Call Wellspring at (302) 831-3457. Our secretary will take all the necessary information needed to process your request; or
3. Come into the Wellspring office at 231 South College Avenue (2nd Floor) to complete a hard copy of the request form.
Once you have placed your request, allow a few days for us to plan your program. Someone will be back in touch to confirm the date and time for your program either via phone or email within eight business days.
Available Programs:
MIND, BODY, AND SOUL...HOLISTIC WELLNESS EDUCATION--
The goal of wellness is to increase one's level of health and health awareness. Wellness programming teaches how to take a preventative and enriching "outlook and inlook" on your lifestyle and total well-being. As part of the program, peer educators help individuals assess their own current level of health and build their own "wellness wheel". Improvement of one's over all well-being is also encouraged through a focus on developing one's personal health plan. With greater personal awareness one can move forward on the health continuum, from disease-- to lowered stress-- to high level health fitness. Ultimately there is no maximum to the health we can attain.
STUDENTS OF SUBSTANCE...ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS--
A program can be designed to include one or more of these topics AND to suit your group's specific needs. Wellspring will provide information as well as engage participants in self-exploration and values clarification exercises which may help students to evaluate their own substance use behaviors and patterns. Interactive and fun games and exercises, such as Jeopardy, are used to present factual information while engaging students in the process of sharing and connecting with their fellow peers. Videos are also available to generate discussion, such as "Binge Drinking Blowout".
HEALTHY SEXUALITY--
Young adults of all orientations are encouraged to develop an individualized, healthy, sexual self-identity; regardless if they choose to be sexually active or not! Wellspring will be glad to provide information covering any topic of sexuality requested; such as Abstinence, Safer Sex, Condom Awareness, STD's, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Breast Self-Exam, Testicular Self-Exam, Contraception, Pregnancy, and Relationship Communication Issues. Interactive and fun values clarification exercises will be lead by knowledgeable peers so as to facilitate comfort and ease in learning. "Sexual Jeopardy", condom races, sexual props show and tell, free condoms and free dams are only some of the benefits to having Wellspring provide your sexuality programming!
STRESS MANAGEMENT --
Wellspring provides a standard stress management program called "I COPE" which provides a short-hand to remembering and applying daily ideas which help deal with and reduce stress. As part of any stress management instruction, we will provide information on the symptoms and effects of stress as well as offer effective methods to manage and decrease stress. The peer educators can also lead individual students through alternative and complimentary ways to decrease their stress and maximize their health, such as meditation, yoga, guided imagery, music and/or aroma therapy.
MASSAGE...SHARED STRESS MANAGEMENT--
In concert with our holistic philosophy we also offer programs in non-sensual, back massage or hand massage. We provide peer-led programs to increase student comfort. As part of the program, each participant receives a half-hour back massage from and then gives a half-hour back massage to a fellow participant. The program takes about 1.5 hours to complete.
JUST DO IT...FITNESS AND NUTRITION ENHANCEMENT--
Peers work with peers to increase knowledge and understanding about how individualized improvements in fitness and nutrition may enhance one's overall well-being. We can help students to assess their personal fitness and nutrition needs, go over the basics of nutrition and the food guide pyramid, and/or teach students the basics of ‘exercising for health'. Referrals will be made to the student fitness centers or the on-campus dieticians for individuals interested in developing a personalized exercise or eating plan. Whether you are just thinking about a change in your lifestyle or you want to improve upon the present ways you are integrating fitness and nutrition in your life, we at Wellspring are here to help get you started.
DISORDERED EATING
Educational workshops on anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive over-eating as well as other less-publicized eating concerns. The program will cover diagnosis criteria for each disorder, warning signs, and symptoms for each disorder, physical complications associated with each disorder, and some general background or why eating disorders occur.
IMAGE...IMAGINE A HEALTHY ONE
Gentle discussions can be facilitated regarding one's own body image and its connector to the influences of popular media. One goal of this program would be to provide young people with strategies to improve their attitudes regarding weight and thinness and resist outside pressures which so often can become a central focus in how they feel about themselves. Peer educators will bring along tokens for participants to help remind them of how special they are.
HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND TO A PERSON WITH AN EATING DISORDER?
The Promoters of Wellness can teach some specifics about how to be as supportive as possible without overextending yourself while helping your friend. The peer educators can also talk with you about local resources, including books and online services, which might be of help to you and your friend.
SURVIVAL...SAFE COLLEGE RELATIONSHIPS--
Sexual Offense Support Services (S.O.S.) at the University of Delaware provides interactive and preventative presentations regarding sexual assault, date and acquaintance rape, including awareness of the risk of alcohol and other date rape drugs, childhood sexual abuse, and dating violence. As a group, S.O.S. actively works to (1) dispel the myths, misunderstandings, and mis-communication which surround the issue of sexual offense; (2) increase the awareness that assault can happen to anyone, women and men, old and young alike; and (3) encourage the difficult and on-going healing process of survivors. To request an S.O.S. Program, check out their page about SOS Programs.
EVERYONE LOVES A QUITTER!
One who quits Tobacco that is. Think the effects of your occasional social smoking or chewing will not catch up with you? Think you will quit as soon as you graduate? Think again! Let the peer educators show you an outrageous new video about the effects of tobacco on young smokers and chewers. It is sure to have you reconsidering your choice to chew or smoke.
Upcoming Events!
Project Impact: My Relationships, My World (Part One)
Trabant MPR C
Did you know as a student leader you can have a profound impact on your peers by providing support, resources, and knowledge? By modeling healthy attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that promote respect, equality, and a culture of non-violence you are leading by example! Your influence can have a resounding impact on your peers and your relationships with them. This program will help you develop the skills you need to understand dating violence, model respect and equity, as well as provide you with resources helpful to those affected by abusive relationships. Experts in the field will provide an interactive and informative approach to help you identify ways you can make a positive difference – here at UD and beyond. *Note: You do not have to attend Part One to attend Part Two. Sponsored by Wellspring: Student Wellness Program and the Prevention Subcommittee, a joint subcommittee of the Delaware Victims Rights Task Force and the Domestic Violence Task Force of Delaware. This program counts as part of the Blue Hen Leadership Program. Contact Susan Luchey to register your attendance at this program or to register for BHLP.
Film: "Miss Representation"
Trabant Theatre
A documentary by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at 2011 Sundance Film Festival and aired on Oprah Winfrey Network, looks at the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. It exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty, sexuality, and appearance rather than their intelligence. Following the film will be a speaker who will share her personal struggle with an eating disorder. Sponsored by National Eating Disorders Awareness Council, for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and the Blue Hen Leadership Program, and co-sponsored by S.O.S. and Wellspring.
Project Impact: My Relationships, My World (Part Two)
Trabant MPR C
What message are you sending with your event flyers, Facebook events, and other marketing materials? Your publicity tells individuals more than the date, time and location of your event. Your flyers can tell a person what your organization/event stands for, values, and promotes. This program will help you understand how marketers sell certain messages through their products and how to deconstruct those messages. You will also develop the skills needed to create publicity that promotes equality, respect, and healthy relationships. *Note: You do not have to attend Part One to attend Part Two. Sponsored by Wellspring: Student Wellness Program and the Prevention Subcommittee, a joint subcommittee of the Delaware Victims Rights Task Force and the Domestic Violence Task Force of Delaware. This program counts as part of the Blue Hen Leadership Program. Contact Susan Luchey to register your attendance at this program or to register for BHLP.
21st Annual Crime Victims' Tribute with Guest Speaker Kathleen Bonistall
Bus leaves from Trabant Univ Ctr at 5:30pm. Event takes place at the Dover Sheraton, 1570 North Dupont highway, Dover, DE 19901
The 21rst Annual Crime Victims’ Tribute is part of Delaware’s recognition of National Crime Victims Rights Week, April 22-28, 2012. The Tribute honors crime victims who have died and those who continue to struggle daily with the aftermath of their own or a loved one’s victimization. There are many displays such as the memorial wall filled with artwork, poems and letters written by victims, survivors and friends, and other displays in which victims are able to openly express their thoughts and feelings. Participants can bring their own letters or art pieces to add to the displays. Victims’ advocates throughout the state display resource materials to assist victims in their healing journey. This year’s speaker is Kathleen Bonistall, mother of UD student Lindsay Bonistall who was raped and murdered in her off-campus apartment in May 2005. The Bonistall family founded PEACE OUTside Campus, the Lindsay Bonistall Foundation to promote peaceful, safe living environments off-campus. Mrs. Bonistall will talk about how the crime has impacted her life and share a message of hope for all victims, survivors, advocates and law enforcement. Part of UD's Sexual Assault Awareness Month. FREE BUS provided by Student Activities & Programs will leave Trabant at 5:30pm but you must REGISTER to RIDE.