#Lit (Alcohol Awareness): This workshop provides tips on how to be smart & stay safe when you go out.  You will learn practical tools to help out a friend if they have too much to drink.  It also examines what UCI’s drinking culture really looks like while dispelling common misconceptions about alcohol. (1 hour)

#DOPE (Cannabis): This workshop will cover Federal, California, and UCI rules and regulations regarding adult cannabis use. (1 hour)

Faded 2.0 (Alcohol/Cannabis Awareness and Harm Reduction): This workshop combines the highlights of our #Lit program and #Dope program along with harm reduction strategies. (1 hour)

Prescription & Over-the-Counter Medication Abuse/Misuse: This workshop will cover commonly misused/abused medications, current trends and how to recognize signs of abuse. (1 hour)

E-cigarette use awareness and prevention: This workshop will cover e-cigarette basics, current trends and events, myths, and harms of vaping. (1 hour)

Stress Management & Self-Care:  Let’s talk about the stress response, how it shows up in our lives and how to manage it with self-care techniques in this interactive workshop. Take a self-assessment to check in on your own self-care habits and notice any gaps. This workshop also briefly touches on the power of mindfulness and reframing. Leave this workshop inspired to prioritize your self-care!  (1 hour, commonly presented by student Peer Health Educators unless professional staff is requested)

Time Management: Do you ever feel like there is not enough time in the day? This workshops provides tips and strategies to help make the most of the 24 hours in your day by promoting prioritization, organization, and aligning your values to how you spend your time. (1 hour)

Intro to Mindfulness: What does being mindful really mean and what are the benefits of a mindfulness practice? Explore these questions and the different ways to incorporate mindfulness into your everyday life. Take a short survey to discover how you already practice mindfulness and enjoy a guided relaxation meditation at the end of the workshop. (1 hour)

Dimensions of Wellness & Creating Balance: Looking for a wellness workshop, but short on time? This 30 minute workshop asks participants to reflect on their own wellness through a quick activity followed by a facilitated discussion where participants discover simple ways to create more balance in our busy lives. Leave this workshop inspired to start with one small change. (30 mins)

#HealthyRelationships: This interactive workshop explores healthy vs unhealthy relationships, sexual boundaries and consent.  Scenarios will be presented for discussion and students are encouraged to ask questions (anonymously if preferred) (1 hour)

Sex and Communication 101: This workshop provides an overview of STDs, birth control options, consent and effective communication. Students will be presented with scenarios and asked to discuss healthy ways to communicate or help someone. (1 hour)

AIDs/HIV 101: This workshop focuses on the basics of HIV infection including transmission, prevalence, symptoms & the importance of HIV testing.  An HIV+ speaker will share his/her personal story. (1 hour)

Love Jeopardy: In a fun and interactive game of Jeopardy you will learn about birth control options, STIs, woman’s reproductive health, men’s reproductive health, first time myths, LGBTQI health. (1 hour)

Sex Positivity (description coming soon)

Eating for Energy: This workshop focuses on how to optimize your diet for ultimate college success. This covers the basics of nutrition, how to increase your energy, caffeine and sugar warnings and the importance of eating breakfast. (1 hour)

Healthy Eating on a Budget: This workshop focuses on how to choose healthy foods to sustain your energy throughout the day.  It will also teach you how to shop for healthy foods and snacks that won’t break your budget! A trip to the market can be requested. (1 hour)

Positive Body Image: This workshop offers information and discussion on positive body image. Learn how to appreciate your body-your partner for life! (1 hour)

Behind Happy Faces Mental Health Curriculum: This program can be done in one session (3 hours), two sessions (90 minutes each), or four sessions (45-60 minutes each).  This highly interactive and engaging program uses activities and discussion to help participants understand the difference between mental health and mental illness, as well as everything in between.  This is important when we try to help people who may be struggling with mental health challenges and/or mental illness.  By having a better understanding of the differences, we can get them to the appropriate resources for help.  The program also makes talking about mental health and mental illness more comfortable and less intimidating.  (3 Hours)

Behind Happy Faces Mental Health Workshop: This 90-minute version of the curriculum cuts out some of the content and activities, but still gives participants some of the key concepts and information.  If time is limited and the 3-hour version is not possible, this is a less comprehensive but still effective option.  (90 Minutes)

Step Up UCI! Bystander Intervention Program: Have you ever witnessed or observed something that concerned you, or wanted to help someone in need?  This program covers the research and theories behind why people sometimes don’t intervene or help, and in doing so empowers them with the skills and confidence to do so in the future.  This approach can be applied to a wide variety of situations including alcohol & other drug use, relationship concerns, mental health challenges, and more.  (90 Minutes)