PRESENTATIONS & TOOLKITS
We currently offer virtual and in-person presentations, as well as toolkits for content you can present to your group. Virtual presentations are led by Health Promotion staff via Zoom. Our staff will create the Zoom link and share with your group in advance. Toolkits allow a member of your group to lead the presentation without Health Promotion staff present. Your group will receive the necessary toolkit materials to facilitate the presentation. Below are descriptions of available presentations and toolkits, as well as request forms for both options. If you have any questions, please call 979.845.0280 or email healthpromotion@tamu.edu.
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS
This presentation provides a detailed overview of the basics of alcohol. After this presentation, participants will be able to recognize a standard drink size, calculate BAC, define tolerance, care for an intoxicated person, and define responsible drinking.
- Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 or 60 minutes).
This presentation focuses on healthier alcohol consumption behaviors. The goal is for students to be able to watch out for their own health and the health of those around them who might be drinking. After this presentation, participants will be able to identify a safe BAC range for themselves, understand how an alcohol tolerance works, identify alcohol-related legal issues and how to avoid them, and better understand addiction and recovery.
- Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 or 60 minutes).
How does our mental health affect our alcohol use and vice versa? Why do people choose to drink in risky ways? How do we help individuals we are worried about? This presentation answers these questions by delving into the reasons for risky drinking, the intersection between alcohol and mental health, and the best practices for helping friends. This presentation is best for groups who have already received some basic alcohol education and would like more in-depth content.
- Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 or 60 minutes).
This workshop builds understanding of how alcohol use impacts memory, and how this affects consensual communication required for healthy sexual activity. This workshop uses a series of interactive tools and discussion to reduce commonly held misperceptions about the intersection of alcohol and consent, increase bystander intervention strategies for alcohol-related medical emergencies and drug-facilitated sexual assaults, and enhance knowledge of the resources that exist in our community that respond to sexual assault and addiction.
- Recommended for groups that have completed Consent 101 or Alcohol 101. Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
This workshop provides evidence-based, foundational knowledge of consent and how to practice and communicate this as a part of healthy relationships: A combination of discussion, activities, and videos to help students learn the full definition of consent, how to engage in verbal and non-verbal communication around intimacy, practice boundaries, and be an active bystander when noticing that consent is disrespected..
- Available to request as an in-person and virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
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- Available to request as a virtual presentation (30 to 60 minutes).
This instruction is designed to be a student-led discussion, facilitated by Health Promotion, with tangible strategies to help participants establish and maintain a healthy relationship with themselves and others. Using discussion and reflection, participants will identify their personal needs, deal breakers, and compromises; explore personal barriers and boundaries; and reflect on what it means to prioritize self-care and personal health.
- Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
This workshop is an introduction to understanding different types of violence and abuse experienced across the lifespan, and the health-related consequences that someone may experience as a result of being directly or indirectly affected by interpersonal violence. Students will identify warning signs of abuse, learn basic bystander intervention and harm-reduction strategies, and acquire information on local, state, and national resources that are designed to support those who are impacted in a trauma-informed way.
- Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
This instruction explores the importance of sleep for college students and how sleep impacts their academic performance and well-being. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills to enhance their sleep quality and sleep quantity by addressing sleep hygiene and a sleep friendly environment.
- Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (30 or 60 minutes).
Sex in the Dark is an interactive program designed to help students anonymously voice questions and concerns about sexual health, sexuality, and relationships. Usually, attendees write questions on slips of paper, which are gathered and drawn and answered at random. This year, Health Promotion will host Sex in the Dark programs via Zoom webinar to maintain anonymity of attendees and their questions. Facilitators will still provide accurate answers and lead an external condom use demo at the end of the program.
- Available to request as a virtual presentation (60 minutes).
This program is designed to explore the ways in which popular culture has romanticized stalking behavior. Using scenes from shows and movies as a reference point, and the Netflix series You as a specific example, we discuss the reality of stalking: the warning signs, impact, and response. A list of community resources that are prepared to help someone who is experiencing stalking is also provided to participants.
- Recommended for groups that have completed Interpersonal Violence Prevention 101. Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
How do your personal preferences affect your habits? How can you use this knowledge to form strong stress-management habits? In this presentation, participants will learn where they fall on seven different habit-formation preferences and how to apply that self-knowledge to forming new habits. By learning more about themselves, participants will be equipped to form and maintain habits that work for them.
- Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 to 60 minutes).
This activity-based workshop helps students understand how gender norms and stereotypes may influence our expectations of those who cause harm or are harmed, and how we react to those individuals. The activity guides students towards acknowledging how stereotypes based on gender identity and gender expression can place perceptions of interpersonal violence victimization and offending into “boxes”; how these perceptions influence rape culture; and how we can build self-awareness to break down these boxes and look at the issue of interpersonal violence in a more holistic and informed way.
- Recommended for groups that have completed Interpersonal Violence Prevention 101. Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).
This presentation covers the mechanics of vaping, associated health risks, how nicotine works, laws and policies related to vaping, tips and resources for quitting vaping, and health recommendations related to vaping.
- Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 minutes).
TOOLKIT DESCRIPTIONS
This presentation provides a detailed overview of the basics of alcohol. After this presentation, participants will be able to recognize a standard drink size, calculate BAC, define tolerance, care for an intoxicated person, and define responsible drinking.
- Available to request as a toolkit.
Provides information on the definition of consent, verbal and non-verbal communication, boundaries, and bystander intervention. This workshop uses a combination of lecture, activities, videos, and open discussion to teach students about what consent is and what it is not.
- Available to request as a virtual presentation (45 to 60 minutes).
- Available to request as a toolkit.
The Interpersonal Violence Overview is an introduction to understanding different types of violence experienced in relationships, who is impacted by violence, and how to support someone who has experienced violence. Specific topics that are covered include dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking; warning signs of abuse; barriers to leaving an abusive relationship; and resources.
- Available to request as a virtual presentation (30 to 60 minutes).
- Available to request as a toolkit.
Pillow Talk is a virtual sleep toolkit that explores the importance of sleep for college students and how sleep impacts their academic performance and well-being. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills to enhance their sleep quality and sleep quantity by addressing sleep hygiene and a sleep friendly environment.
- Available to request as a toolkit.
This toolkit covers the mechanics of vaping, associated health risks, how nicotine works, laws and policies related to vaping, tips and resources for quitting vaping, and health recommendations related to vaping.
- Available to request as a toolkit.