CAPS staff offer a wide variety of workshops on timely phychodeducational topics both at our location or at yours. The workshops are designed to support and enhance the academic, professional and personal goals of students, staff and faculty. Some of the popular topics in the past have included stress management, relationship issues, test anxiety reduction, eating concerns and how to help a friend. We are also available for any student group to facilitate conflict management, leadership skill building, and diversity training. All presentations are free of charge to members of the Penn community. Outreach services also include a liaison system, consultaiton services and response to campus crises. Our liaison system enables us to develop close partnerships with faculty and staff across campus. We also provide trainings to faculty/stafff on timely psychoeducational topic.
If you are interested in any of the below-listed workshops, or have a special need, please submit a Request Form:
Sample Workshop Topic List
The following are topics or titles of workshops and trainings that CAPS staff have offered in the past few years.
- Penn I CARE Faculty/Staff Gatekeeper Training
- Career Workshop
- Brown Bag Seminars (for Faculty & Staff)
- Stress Management
- How to Detect and Help Students in Distress
- Coping with Depression
- Crisis Intervention
- Body Image Issue
- Suicide Prevention
- Body Image Issues for Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Minority Groups
- Caring from Afar: How to help your Child Succeed at Penn
- Eating Disorders
- RA/GA Training
- Surviving Trauma
- Introduction to CAPS Services
- Effective Communication Skills
- How to Make a Referral to CAPS
- How to Help a Friend
- Secrets to First Year Success
- Secrets to Grad School Success
- Respecting Diversity
- Test Anxiety
- Grief and Loss
The mind map below lists 22 positive psychological factors that affect academic performace. Each factor is backed up by scientific findings. Blended Grok-Gauge-Grow-Track workshops are also being developed by FlourishWell4Life to address each of these factors. The target groups of these workshops include both teachers/lectures/academic support staff and students at schools and universities. The BeWell Mentor Wellness project at Stellenbosch University already utilized the e-workshop versions on wellness, and, grit and a growth mindset during 2015. Face-to-face workshops are also already been conducted on both these topics. Research findings about these positive psychological factors of academic performance can be viewed here. Clayton State University Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides workshops and presentations to student groups and classes on a wide variety of topics. In addition to presenting on these topics, we can provide in-class career and personality assessment and interpretation, and can be a part of a panel discussion dealing with these and related topics. Here is a list of some of the topics which are available. Other topics that might not appear on the list are also available. | Adjusting to College | Juggling Multiple Roles | | Adults Returning to College | The Language of Assertiveness | | Anxiety Management Tips for College Students | Life after Loss: Dealing with Grief | | Beating Procrastination and Staying Motivated | Maintaining Self in Relationships | | Body Acceptance and Disordered Eating | Overcoming Fears of Public Speaking | | Building Healthy Relationships | Overcoming Shyness and Social Anxiety | | Coming Out on Campus: Being LGBTQIQ in College | Overview of Counseling Services | | Communication between Men and Women | Positive Self-Esteem | | Communication 101 | Reducing the Risk of Alcohol and Drug Abuse | | Crossing Cultures: Adjusting to your New Community | Relationship Violence: Recognize the Signs | | Culture Diversity on College Campuses | Setting and Meeting your Goals | | Dealing with your Anger | Sexual Assault Prevention: Should We Talk before We Touch? | | Depression and the Ups and Downs of College Life | Sexual Identity and Orientation | | De-stressing the Holidays | Stress Management and Relaxation | | Healthy Habits: Managing Stress, Depression, and Anxiety | Test Anxiety | | How to Help a Friend with a Problem | Too Much Time on the Internet? | | How to Survive the Loss of a Relationship | What Everyone Should Know about Wellness | To arrange for a program, please call 678-466-5406 
Academic/Performance Success program topics:
- Reducing test anxiety
- Career related programs:
- Career/major decision making, understanding how personality as it relates to work environments, interpretation of Holland Code or Myers-Briggs, Values sort
- Effective academic strategies:
- Time Management, Getting a Smart Start, Setting Goals, Reducing Procrastination, Avoiding Burnout
- Impact of mental health on academics
- Strategies to manage ADHD
- Athletic performance enhancement
- Imposter Syndrome
- Overcoming Perfectionism
Belonging (Social, Engagement) program topics:
- Healthy relationships
- Developing your identity
- Effective communication
- Team building and cohesion
- Conflict resolution
- Assertiveness
- Social Skills training
Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion program topics:
- Impact of Racial Trauma
- Ally/Accomplice and Acountability development
- Introduction to prejudice, stereotyping, microaggressions
- Reactions to current/world events/tragedies
- Mental health within various cultures and identities
Mental Health Awareness and Safety program topics:
- QPR/Suicide Prevention
- Mental Health First Aid [8 hour curriculum]
- Working with Distressed Students
- Transitions/Adjustment
- Managing Homesickness, Home for the Holidays, Parent Talks
- Stigma reduction
- Peer Counseling
- Grief and Loss
- Depression & Alcohol Screening days
- UKCC Infomercial/ UKCC services overview
- Toxic messages/norms that impact mental health
Wellness program topics:
- Feel better fast
- Building resilience/Bounce Back
- Reframing, Acceptance, Sustaining
- Stress management
- Creative stress relief
- Relaxation/Mindfulness/Meditation
- Eating and body concerns (e.g., mindful eating)
- Binge drinking and drug problems
- Sleep Hygiene
- Benefits of physical exercise
If you do not see a topic or title of a program you are interested in having the UKCC facilitate, please contact Dr. Megan Marks at directly to discuss your specific programming needs.
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