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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Some opportunities if you would like to take advantage!<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Employee Assistance Counseling Expansion</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Life & Work Connections is excited to announce an exploratory partnership for expanded employee assistance counseling services:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/counseling-coaching/employee-assistance-counseling">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/counseling-coaching/employee-assistance-counseling</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">All benefits-eligible employee and their household members now have access to up to 12 free, confidential counseling sessions per personal concern
per year; extended appointment times, including evenings and weekends; a statewide network of providers to accommodate diverse cultural, clinical, and location preferences; arrange of service modes, including in-person, phone, video, and chat options; and
English-and/or Spanish-speaking counselors, as well as translation services for other languages.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Virtual Group Therapy Opportunity - April 6–May 11</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Interest form submission is required by March 29.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Life & Work Connections is partnering with the University of Arizona Behavioral Health Clinic to offer a free, confidential online support group
to help University employees and their dependents age 18 and older learn positive coping skills for dealing with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The group will meet on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time for six weeks, starting April 6 and ending May 11. Group members’ identities
will be known only to group leaders, and a brief tutorial on how to use the meeting platform will be provided before the sessions begin.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">If you’re interested, please fill out the interest form or email
<a href="mailto:bhcgroup@email.arizona.eduby">bhcgroup@email.arizona.eduby</a> March 29. A representative from the Behavioral Health Clinic will follow up on your submission.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Please reach out to
<a href="mailto:lifework@arizona.eduwith">lifework@arizona.eduwith</a> any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Cultivating Hope Workshop - April 7: 10:00–10:45 a.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/394-cultivating-hope-part-1">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/394-cultivating-hope-part-1</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Feeling hopeful can be challenging, especially when you’re faced with adverse circumstances. Hope is more than an emotion, however, and you can grow
its presence in your life through careful planning and deliberate action. Employee assistance counselor Bob Cunningham, MS, LPC, guides you through a three-pronged approach for building a positive mindset.(This is the first of two live meetings in the workshop.
After four weeks of email activities, the workshop will finish with a final live session.
<b>Registration for both sessions is required</b>.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Retirement Income Webinar - April 7: 11:00 a.m.–noon</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/424-turn-your-savings-retirement-income">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/424-turn-your-savings-retirement-income</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In this financial literacy webinar hosted by University of Arizona retirement vendor Fidelity Investments, learn about the benefits of a retirement
income plan. Start to identify potential income sources and hidden expenses, and explore different retirement income strategies.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Quality-of-Life and Caregiving Workshop - April 13: noon–12:30 p.m</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/388-its-time-talk-quality-life-and-caregiving">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/388-its-time-talk-quality-life-and-caregiving</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Do you feel a little nervous when you think about asking your loved one what they want to happen if they become incapacitated? Preparation can help
you to approach that life-planning conversation with compassion and confidence –and to start considering your own wishes as well. Dependent care advisor Eileen Lawless, MSW, will offer guidance and share resources for discussing quality-of-life decisions and
planning.(This workshop begins with a 30-minute live introduction to the topic and continues with on-demand videos and worksheets.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Suicide Prevention Training for Parents - April 15: 10:00–11:30 a.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/408-qpr-gatekeeper-training-parents">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/408-qpr-gatekeeper-training-parents</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">QPR stands for question, persuade, and refer –three simple steps you can take to help save a life from suicide. Just as people use CPR to save thousands
of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor to help.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This session is intended to teach parents how to recognize suicidal behavior in their children and to ask important questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">(QPR Gatekeeper Training is brought to the University of Arizona by Life & Work Connections and Campus Health.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Workshop on the Trauma-Informed Workplace - April 20: noon–12:30 p.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/419-trauma-informed-workplace-transformation-through-awareness">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/419-trauma-informed-workplace-transformation-through-awareness</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">What is trauma? What are its symptoms? What causes it? How does trauma affect how you and your colleagues live and work? Employee assistance counselor
Tanya Lauer, MC, LPC, explains the fundamentals of psychological trauma and discusses how awareness, understanding, and compassion can improve your personal wellness and your relationships.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Parenting Styles Workshop - April 21: 11:00–11:50 a.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/415-parenting-styles">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/415-parenting-styles</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">What’s your style? Studies identify four major parenting styles in two broad categories, but caregivers tend to combine more than one. In this webinar,
led by senior coordinator of childcare and family resources Lourdes A. Rodríguez, MS, learn how to make the most of your parenting style to help your child succeed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Foundations of Investing Workshop - April 21: noon–1:00 p.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/430-money-work-1-foundations-investing">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/430-money-work-1-foundations-investing</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In this financial literacy webinar hosted by University of Arizona retirement vendor TIAA, learn the role of investing in a personal financial plan.
Explore ways to protect against various risks and accelerate your retirement savings, and find out about products and tools to help you manage a growing portfolio.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Suicide Prevention Training - April 22: 9:00–10:30 a.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Registration is required:
<a href="https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/409-qpr-gatekeeper-training">
https://lifework.arizona.edu/events-and-workshops/409-qpr-gatekeeper-training</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">QPR stands for question, persuade, and refer –three simple steps you can take to help save a life from suicide. Just as people use CPR to save thousands
of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor to help.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">(QPR Gatekeeper Training is brought to you by Life & Work Connections and Campus Health.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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