Wellspring Workshops
Wellness programming teaches you how to improve your total well-being. Programs are fun, informative, experiential, and interactive taught by professional health educators, POW! Peer Educators, and S.O.S. Volunteers. Wellspring provides outreach programming in a variety of health-related topic areas. Presentations can be provided for academic classes, residence halls, fraternities/sororities, special interest groups, and athletic teams. Individual support and help sessions are also available (please see the Wellspring Services page). The table below provides a topic list. Those programs in orange text are offered by the POW! Peer Educators and Wellspring staff; those in purple are offered by Sexual Offense Support; those in green are offered by the Wellspring Professional Staff.
You may request a Wellspring program by completing the Online Program Request Form. The form must be filled out completely and submitted at least two weeks prior to the programming date requested.
NOTE: For Fall 2009, the last day to request a Wellspring, Pow! or S.O.S. program to occur THIS SEMESTER is Friday, December 4th at 5:00pm. (You may still request a program for winter or spring semester.)
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Wellspring Programs
POW Programs
SOS Programs:
Program Descriptions:
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".
LEARN MASSAGE!
In concert with our holistic philosophy, we 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. NOTE: Wellspring does not provide massages! The Pow! peer educators provide instructions on how to massage, and participants pair up so that each partner has a turn giving and receiving a massage.
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.
GOT SUGAR? -- 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!
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.
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.
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.
SAFE & HEALTHY COLLEGE RELATIONSHIPS
What makes a relationship healthy or unhealthy? When does behavior cross a line? Exactly when do you have consent? This program allows participants to hear what their peers are thinking about sex, alcohol, dating, and relationships in college. Students will partcipate in an interactive exercise (the Fishbowl or Consent Cards) and discuss frankly the gray areas of sexual decision-making while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
ONE IN FOUR...SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
National statistics show that 1 in 4 women will experience rape or sexual assault at some time while in high school or college. S.O.S. volunteers provide an interactive exercise (the Continuum) to help students identify or clarify their own beliefs and values related to rape. Traditional myths about sexual assault will be de-bunked.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON YOUR DRINK: DRUG-FACILITATED RAPE
Rapists have used alcohol to ply their victims for decades, while other drugs such as GHB, Ketamine, and Ecstasy are newer on the scene of drug-facilitated rape. Anyone could become a victim and rape is never the victim's fault. But with that in mind, S.O.S. volunteers inform participants about the dangers of these drugs, how the drugs affect victims, and strategies that students can use to minimize their risk of victimization
WHY DOESN'T SHE JUST LEAVE?
In this interactive simulation of a relationship, participants will be placed in a dating situation and asked to make some crucial decisions. Will you stay? Will you go? To whom can you turn? Participants will explore what makes a relationship healthy, unhealthy, or abusive, as well as options available to students in all 3 kinds of relationships.
GENDER ISSUES AND RAPE CULTURE
What is a "rape culture" and how is it created? In this program participants will try to see the world through a new lens by exploring the impact of media images, sex-role and gender stereotyping, and peer culture. Participants will consider how these influences create a culture in which sexual assault is an acceptable behavior and victim-blaming is the norm. Students will consider simple ways they can challenge and change this culture.
DESIGN-YOUR-OWN SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM
Sexual Offense Support Services (S.O.S.) at the University of Delaware provides interactive presentations regarding sexual assault to educate students and prevent sexual assault. You can request a program that is contoured to the specific needs and issues facing your group. In addition to the topics already listed, S.O.S. can also provide programs on childhood sexual abuse, incest, stalking, and other related topics. S.O.S. actively works to (1) dispel the myths, misunderstandings, and mis-communication which surround the issue of sexual offense; (2) increase awareness that sexual assault can happen to anyone; (3) encourage the difficult and on-going healing process of survivors; and (4) support friends and loved ones of survivors.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
This program helps participants identify the elements of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships. Participants will look at characteristics of relationships -- power dynamics, how affection is expressed, communication patterns, jealousy and trust, how decisions are made -- and identify their own values, goals, boundaries and hopes for their relationships. This program can be contoured to focus on the specific issues related to long-distance relationships.
ALCOHOL JEOPARDY
A fun way to learn about alcohol topics ranging from UD's campus alcohol policy and local laws to the signs of alcohol overdose and how alcohol affects the body. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team. An ideal program for 20-30 students. 1 hour.
ALCOHOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
Learn how the college drinking scene can negatively impact both the drinkers and those around them. Students will be asked to draw the alcohol environment on campus and Newark. This program is suitable for any size audience. 1 hour.
NEW PROGRAM: A WELL SPRING BREAK
This highly interactive program will explore all the issues related to assuring that all UD students have a safe and fun Spring Break no matter where they choose to spend it! General tips on traveling safely, and securing your person and your belongings will be covered and blended with highly important specifics about how to navigate the intense experience of the classic college spring break atmosphere. Goggles that simulate different levels of drunkenness will be used to teach students about limits and general alcohol safety, as well challenge them about safer sex practices while under the influence. A number of important topics including club drugs, the combination of alcohol & energy drinks, drug-facilitated sexual assault, gambling, and alcohol poisoning, will be explored through a unique quiz game format. Great spring break prizes will be awarded to the winners! This program is sure to please any audience! Everyone who attends will receive a free gift from Wellspring.
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Cancelling a Program
Use these guidelines in order to cancel a Wellspring, Pow! or S.O.S. Program:
If you have made a programming request and have received back a confirmation of a specific date and time in which your program is to occur and you now need or wish to cancel that program, PLEASE do one of the following:
If you know the name and contact information of the person(s) scheduled to facilitate your program, please contact them directly.
If you do not know the name and contact information of the person(s) scheduled to facilitate your program, please call Wellspring at 831-3457 ASAP, preferably 24 hours in advance of the scheduled time, and cancel the program. If there is no one in the office, please leave a detailed message on the Wellspring Voice Mail system.
DO NOT send e-mail unless you are cancelling the program with at least a week's lead time.
If it is after 5:00 p.m. on the same evening as your scheduled program which you now need to cancel and you have been unsuccessful at reaching anyone at Wellspring, please plan to have someone meet the facilitator at the originally scheduled time and location to tell them that the program has been cancelled.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and consideration in this regard.
Upcoming Events!
VOX Program on Birth Control
130 Sharp Lab
Learn about birth control options and bring your questions for the "Ask the Sexologist" portion of the program when Dr. Cat Dukes (Ph.D. in Human Sexuality) will entertain any questions you have!
Movie Showing for World AIDS Day: House of Numbers
120 Smith Hall
"This is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of virtually all the major players; in their own settings, in their own words. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS is based. House of Numbers could well be the opening volley in a battle to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic gone awry." MEET THE FILMMAKERS: Brent Leung and David Snyder will be available after the screening for Q&A about the film. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to ask the directors your questions! Sponsored by the LGBT Office and Wellspring.
V8 presents Opt4 First Friday event: RELAXATION!
Alumni Lounge, Perkins Student Center
Stop by for a study break, relax and unwind.
