Wellness Programs

Wellness Programs

NAU Employee Cancer Support Group by Zoom
The first Monday of each month, October 2024 – April 2025, 3:30 – 5 pm

When the “C” word enters your life, everything turns upside down. Thrown head-first into medical jargon, tests, procedures, all while your head shocked and fuzzy from this life altering word. Of course, I’m talking about cancer. Studies indicate that cancer rates are on the rise globally and it’s being diagnosed in younger people. Luckily, our treatments are better, and people are living longer, cancer-free lives after medical intervention. The impacts of cancer are life-long, even when in healthy survivorship anxiety lingers on the backburner.

Since coming to NAU in 2019, I (Heather Rist) have not only counseled more people impacted by cancer than ever before in my career, I have also experienced cancer myself. I am facilitating this group with the intention of gaining mutual support, developing coping skills, and cultivating post-traumatic growth and resilience. We don’t always get to choose our hardships; we can only choose how we walk through them and how we allow ourselves to be changed by them.

If you are interested in attending this group, please reach out to Heather Rist at Heather.Rist@nau.edu for a screening and more information.

Trauma Informed Care Programs

Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care Course

The modules in this Canvas course are: Understanding Trauma, the Importance of Regulation, and the 6 Principles of TIC. This content provides foundational information to begin understanding and implementing trauma-informed philosophy and care.

Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care Course Canvas link

Ongoing coaching, consulting, and higher-level trainings, such as the Trauma-Informed Learning Community meetings listed below, are recommended as trauma-informed care is a continuous improvement process.

Trauma-Informed Learning Communities (TILC) by Zoom

TILCs are open, drop-in discussions of trauma-informed principles and their application to real-life, present-day scenarios.

Ideally, attendees will have completed the Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care modules listed above which provides shared language and foundational understanding to enhance participation in TILCs. Please watch for TILC dates for spring semester soon.

If you have questions, please email Heather.Rist@nau.edu.

Please watch for new spring programs to be announced in February 2025.

Northern Arizona University is committed to providing universal access to our programs and services. Please contact EAW at 928-523-1552 to request disability related accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for accessibility needs.