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For Enhancing Life Skills

We offer research-based resources for helping students and graduates develop life skills and career plans.

Alcohol Concerns
- Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and your health. From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Caregiver Tutorials
Children of Divorce, Coping with Divorce
Chronic illnesses. Medical education and coping-skills training from Starlight Children's Foundation.
Conflict Management. Training for high school students with resources for teachers and parents.
Depression: Prevention and intervention programs
Health and Wellness Tutorials
- Finding reliable medical and mental health information on the web.
- Lifestyle Calculators
Moral/Character/Sex Education
- Our Courts: 21^st Century Civics (for middle schools with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
- STDs: What everyone should know
Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Control. Several resources in varying stages of development.
Personality Tests
- A Five Factor Personality Measure (the "Big Five" IPIP-NEO) may be useful in preparing yourself for success.
- The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) (an introduction and simulation)
Self-Esteem Issues
- The Subject is Me! changes mistaken beliefs leading to low self esteem.
Smoking Cessation Multiple intervention programs
Stress Reduction Programs
- Healthy Thinking (beta). Applies cognitive therapy to the stressors of everyday life.
- Mindfulness and Meditation Training.
- Relaxation Training for academic anxiety, occupational stress, and many behavioral health concerns.
- After Deployment provides behavioral-health intervention programs for returning military personnel experiencing stress-related problems in living.
- Sesame Workshop: Talk, Listen, Connect. Streaming videos and related coping materials focused on deployment, homecoming, and injury -- for young children of military parents.

Contact: vcc@psy.ed.asu.edu