YOU. ARE. RESILIENT.
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from setbacks, challenges, and difficult situations. Through the 4 R’s of Recognize, Reframe, Reflect and Reach Out, learn several strategies to build your resilience toolbox.
Beginning in the spring of 2021, every enrolled UAB student is assigned the Blazers Bounce Back eCourse in Canvas. The course is focused on stress management, resiliency skills, and the support services available to you at UAB. The course shouldappear in your Canvas dashboard. If you do not see the course in your Canvas dashboard, please watch a short video tutorial or follow this guide to learn how to customize your Canvas course list.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL.
These are unprecedented times. Our "normal" has changed, how we shop for essential goods, how we communicate with our loved ones and even how we learn. With all of these changes it is easy to feel discouraged and overwhelmed with situations we feel are out of our control, especially when you have assignment deadlines!
We get that. Which is why we have created a series of videos starting a conversation: If things seem out of control, then what can I control?
In our video series Control the Controllables, we will be teaching you about unique aspects of college life that can significantly influence overall wellbeing and college success. Let's get started!
Latest Control the Controlables videos
Student Advisory Board
The Student Advisory Board is comprised of students all over campus who are passionate about creating a culture at UAB that promotes and supports student mental health.
YOU HAVE THE TOOLS
TAO includes over 150 brief, effective, educational sessions covering over 50 common topics and skills related to mental health, wellness, and substance use issues. TAO Includes interactive sessions, mindfulness exercises and practice tools all aimed at helping you achieve your goals.
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, TAO has made their mindfulness exercises available to the general public who are seeking ways to cope during this difficult time. NO UAB account required.
The UABwell Mental Health App was envisioned by students as a way to have services, information, and resources about mental health in one central location that’s easily and quickly accessible on mobile devices.
UABwell’s features were developed directly from student input, inspired by ideas that would support their unique mental health needs as students.
The UABwell Mental Health App can be used to:
- Create a personalized self-care plan that builds good habits in sleep, movement, nutrition, routine and resiliency
- Create a private habit checklist and wellness journal to help you meet your goals and track your journey to better self-care and mental health
- Use self-help tools that put mental health services, mindfulness resources, and campus mental health and recreation events at your fingertips.
YOU ARE PART OF A FAMILY
Mental Health Ambassadors is a peer-to-peer mental health promotion program focused on mental health awareness, resiliency, and self-care.
Dr. Robin Lanzi, Professor, Department of Health Behavior in the UAB School of Public Health, launched the Mental Health Ambassadors as her Honors College Faculty Fellows Initiative in partnership with Dr. Angela Stowe, director of Student Counseling Services, and Juhee Agrawal, honors college student.