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Peer Education
Who we are:
CAPS Peer Educators are student advocates with specialized knowledge to promote and support educational, personal and social well-being within the TCNJ community.
For a list of our current Peer Educators, click here.
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What we do:
- Offer trainings and programs to groups of students, such as Residential communities, Greek organizations, athletic teams, student organizations, and academic classes
- Provide information, support, and referrals
- Design, organize and execute campus-wide wellness programs to raise awareness about mental health and wellness issues
- Act as liaisons between CAPS and the TCNJ student community
- Gather information to assess the mental health and wellness needs of the TCNJ student community
Workshop Menu:
- Stress Busters - Interactive workshop about your sources of stress, stress symptoms, and ways of managing your stress. Will demonstrate various relaxation strategies. Can also include a discussion about test anxiety and performance anxiety.
- Time Out - Assess your current time management skills and discuss additional strategies for making your time use more effective
- More Than Just the Blues - Discuss how clinical depression is different from just feeling "the blues." Can include a discussion about suicide prevention. Also, learn about counseling resources on and off campus.
- Who Needs Sleep in College Anyway - Discuss the effects of sleep (or lack of sleep) on your physical, mental and psychological health. Learn some ways to manage sleep difficulties.
- The Perfect Body - Address issues of mindful eating, positive body image and healthy exercise by identifying and exploring a number of misleading myths about the "perfect body." Can include signs and symptoms of eating disorders and treatment options.
To request a program:
- If you would like to request one of the above programs from the CAPS Peer Educators or discuss the option of having a more tailored program to meet your needs, please complete an on-line request form. NOTE: Requests need to be submitted at least 2-3 weeks in advance of the proposed program. (The last date to submit your program request form for Fall semester is November 15th and for Spring semester is April 10th)
- Follow up with Dr. Hue-Sun Ahn at 771-2247 or ahn@tcnj.edu if you do not hear from a CAPS Peer Educator within a week
Some topic areas we cover:
- Stress and anxiety management
- Time management
- Healthy sleep habits
- Healthy eating and positive body image
- Personality and conflict styles
- Helping others in distress
- Managing depression / suicide prevention
- Perfectionism
- Grief, loss and transitions
Upcoming Programs/Events:
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 26 - March 3, 2012) (download the flyer)
Monday (2/27) 7:00-8:20 pm, Business Building Student Lounge
Guest Speaker: Kristen Haglund, former Miss America, community relations specialist at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. Q&A session. Refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday (2/29) 3:00-5:00 pm, Library Auditorium
Film Screening of "Someday Melissa" - Q&A with filmmakers Judy Avrin and Danna Markson (co-sponsored with the Library and School of Nursing, Health and Exercise Science)
Thursday (3/1) 7:00-9:00 pm, Library Auditorium
Film Screening of "America the Beautiful" - a film about America's beauty obsession
If you're interested in becoming a CAPS Peer Educator, click here.
