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Self-assessment tools
LiveWell self-assessment tools
This page has information on self-assessment tools such as:
- Alcohol and Cannabis eCHECKUP TO GO
- Check-in with yourself
eCHECKUP TO GO
Alcohol and Cannabis eCHECKUP TO GO (eCHECKUP) are confidential, online self-assessment tools that offer personalized feedback for UW students on their individual alcohol and cannabis use:
- Understand your individual use patterns
- Learn about your individual level of tolerance
- Explore your unique family history and how this might impact your use
- Develop personalized strategies to help reduce harm
- Learn about other helpful resources on campus
Quick. Participants can complete the questions and receive personalized feedback in about 5-10 minutes.
Effective. Numerous published peer-reviewed outcome studies conducted across various communities consistently demonstrate that the Alcohol eCHECKUP significantly reduces drinking and negative consequences.
Return for a checkup
As eCHECKUP assessments are personalized to current behaviors, individuals can always return to this page and complete a “checkup” to track changes in use and risk behavior.
Check-in with yourself
Check-in with yourself is a FREE web-based tool that can be accessed 24/7. The tool was developed by behavioral health experts at the UW and was designed to be a private, personal, self-check in for young adults ages 18-29 in Washington state.
Get tailored info to help you:
- Reflect on feelings
- Learn coping strategies
- improve well-being
Print & digital materials
LiveWell print & digital materials
We offer many different FREE educational materials for the UW campus community! Please use your UW Net ID to access downloadable versions or, send a request to lwphe@uw.edu, if you’re interested in picking up printed materials at the LiveWell office at Elm Hall 109.
LiveWell Services materials
LiveWell provides a number of professional staff and peer services for students to support their health and well-being. The following materials are available for our UW community to help promote LiveWell Services for students. Learn more about LiveWell Services.
LiveWell Services poster
Category: LiveWell Services
Poster that lists LiveWell Services including:
LiveWell Services bookmark
Category: LiveWell Services
Bookmark that lists LiveWell Services including:
Wallet-sized resource card
Category: LiveWell Services
Wallet-sized resource card describing LiveWell services, including:
Confidential advocacy posters
Category: LiveWell Services
Poster series highlighting confidential advocacy services.
Confidential Advocates are free professional staff with training and expertise to serve students, staff, and faculty impacted by: stalking, relationship-violence, sexual assault, and sexual or gender-based harassment.
The FIRST BEST step in protecting confidentiality and being informed about rights and options is with Confidential Advocates. They help students, staff, and faculty get connected to resources, understand their rights, and talking to them does not mean they will report to the university.
Confidential Advocates are not associated with Title IX. They are a separate entity to help protect confidentiality of a survivor and make sure survivors get to choose what happens next.
Huskies Don’t Cancel posters
Category: Educational posters
Poster series part of the Huskies Don’t Cancel Campaign
2024 Social Norms & Risk Reduction Skills posters
Category: Educational posters
Poster series part of the 2024 Social Norms & Risk Reduction Skills campaign
2022 Social Norms & Risk Reduction Skills posters
Category: Educational posters
Poster series part of the 2022 Social Norms & Risk Reduction Skills campaign
Goodnight Huskies booklet
Category: Educational booklets
This booklet is about healthy sleep habits and skills you can use to increase your chances for a restful night of sleep. These skills can be used in college and beyond to establish effective sleep routines and increase sleep quality.
Sleep can be improved with skills, practice, and intention. Check off the strategies in this booklet you will try!
This booklet is brought to you by LiveWell’s Peer Health Educators.
Media Literacy booklet
Category: Educational booklets
This booklet is about social media usage. These strategies can be used in college and beyond to establish media usage skills and increase wellbeing.
Media consumption can be improved with knowledge, practice, and intention. Check off the challenges at the end of this booklet that you try!
This booklet is brought to you by LiveWell’s Peer Health Educators.
Financial Wellness booklet
Category: Educational booklets
This booklet is about financial wellness. These strategies can be used in college and beyond to build financial literacy and fiscally responsible skills.
Effective financial habits can be improved with knowledge, practice, and intention. Reflect on the tasks and your learning at the end of this booklet that you try!
This booklet is brought to you by LiveWell’s Peer Health Educators.
Well-Being Workbook booklet
Category: Educational booklets
A guide to our health and well-being.
You may commonly hear mental health and physical health as separate things in the news, yet our health and well-being are holistic and interconnected. A great start when thinking about your health and well-being is to reflect on what your needs are for each of these areas. What does balance in each circle mean to you specifically? This booklet will go over each area of wellness and ways to cultivate it.
Sustainable Living booklet
Category: Educational booklets
Sustainable living is the avoidance of activities that deplete the natural resources of the earth.
This requires a keen awareness of your lifestyle, as many activities that are considered sustainable or labeled as green-friendly, don’t actually meet the guidelines for sustainability.
This booklet serves as a reflective guide on your relationship with the environment and overall well-being.
LiveWell Kits
LiveWell Kits
LiveWell and ASUW are excited to offer FREE well-being and health kits for UW students. Each kit equips students with resources, information, and supplies tailored to different dimensions of wellness.
March 2025 Update:
Orders are now closed but we hope to offer LiveWell Kits again in the future!
Types of LiveWell Kits
Party with a Plan Kit
Kit items
Paws & Relax Kit
Kit items
Sexy Time Kit
Kit items
How to pick up your LiveWell Kit
Pick up your previously ordered kit at LiveWell (109 Elm Hall). Bring your Husky Card for verification at pickup.
Why LiveWell Kits?
LiveWell Kits provide free, accessible resources designed to promote safer choices, reduce harm, and support well-being. Whether you are looking for sexual health supplies, stress management tools, or harm reduction strategies, these kits offer practical support when you need it.
Related Resources
- Naloxone & Fentanyl Test Strip Education
- Alcohol Emergency Skills
- Sex & Relationships
- Health Education Workshops
Questions or feedback?
For questions or feedback, email lwevents@uw.edu
Thank you, ASUW and the Services & Activities Fee, for funding this initiative!
The health and safety items provided through this program are distributed free of charge for general use. While we strive to ensure their quality and effectiveness, we make no warranties, express or implied, regarding their suitability for any specific purpose. By participating in this program, recipients acknowledge that they are solely responsible for the proper use and application of the items. We are not liable for any injury, loss, or damage arising from the use of these items. Always follow relevant safety guidelines and consult a professional if necessary.
Healthy Huskies eMagazine
LiveWell Healthy Huskies eMagazine
Welcome to the Healthy Huskies eMagazine — a go-to digital hub for news, articles, videos, and resources to support your well-being journey at the UW and beyond! Curated by university faculty, staff, and health and well-being experts across the country in partnership with CampusWell, this insightful eMagazine explores all dimensions of well-being tailored to the student experience. Whether you’re looking for practical advice, inspiration, or UW health and well-being information, the Healthy Huskies eMagazine has something for you. Dive into content that empowers you to thrive.
View the Healthy Huskies eMagazine homepage and check out featured recent articles.
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Tabling events
LiveWell tabling events
Our Peer Health Educators table at events and fairs spreading LiveWell’s services and peer-to-peer dialogue for students around health and well-being.
We currently have two options for tabling:
- Gratitude Postcards
- LiveWell Services
We hope to add more tabling options in the future focusing on building resiliency in students and promoting health education that nurtures students’ emotional, physical, and mental health.
Communities and groups are welcome to schedule a FREE tabling event using the link below:
Tabling options
Gratitude Postcards tabling
Gratitude postcards designed by Peer Health Educators give Huskies the opportunity to practice gratitude for the people near and far in their lives. Gratitude nurtures our mental and emotional health, promoting healthy coping skills and resiliency to combat stress and suffering in our lives. Students can write a postcard at our table, and we will mail it for them – for free – anywhere in the world.
LiveWell Services tabling
LiveWell provides a number of professional staff and peer services for students to support their health and well-being. This tabling aims to promote our services to students at the University of Washington in Seattle. Peer Health Educators are trained to discuss each of LiveWell’s services below:
- Alcohol and Other Drug Consultations (AOD)
- Confidential Advocacy
- Peer Groups
- Peer Health Education Workshops
- Peer Wellness Coaching
- Student Needs Navigation
- Suicide Intervention Program (SIP)
Scheduling
All tabling events must be requested TWO weeks in advance (please email lwpeer@uw.edu if you need to discuss scheduling options). We typically do not facilitate tabling during finals week.
Suicide Intervention Program
LiveWell Suicide Intervention Program
The Suicide Intervention Program (SIP) connect students to campus resources when incidents of concern related to suicidal thoughts and actions are reported to the University. SIP meetings are held with professional staff members who work with students to come up with a plan for care based on students’ needs and individual circumstances.
Please note this program is not designed to intervene in an emergency. If you, or someone you know is in an urgent situation and needs an immediate response contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or call 911 for emergent situations and an immediate response.
LiveWell is available for response and follow-up after the immediate emergency has been addressed.
When to make a referral?
- Student expressing suicidal thoughts or plans who may not be connected to mental health services.
- Student who may need support with their academics after a mental health hospitalization or intensive treatment program.
- Student in need assistance connecting to therapy on campus or in the community, or reaffirming any mental health connections they may already have in place.
- A student has posted, emailed, texted or made statements about ending their life or alluding to suicide.
- You become aware that a student has a past history of suicide and you are concerned about recent behavior that indicates they may be considering suicide again.
- Attempts to connect a student you are worried about to therapy or mental health services like the Counseling Center has not been successful, or you are not able to confirm if a student is connected to a therapist or counselor.
How to make an appointment or referral
Email lwsip@uw.edu and provide information about the concerning behaviors you have witnessed or read.
Additional resources
Visit LiveWell’s suicide prevention page for more on services and resources that LiveWell offers.
Student Needs Navigation
LiveWell Student Needs Navigation
LiveWell provides UW students with resources and information about local services and programs that address basic needs insecurities impacting low-income students. The University has a variety of programs and supports available.
UW Programs:
Financial Aid: To learn more about applying for financial aid and to see if you qualify for aid, visit the Financial Aid Office. To learn about planning and budgeting for college please visit UW Financial Aid Student Budget page for more information.
Health Insurance: If you would like to learn more about Health Insurance, please visit our Husky Health page where you can review which options are available depending on your student status.
Food Pantry: To learn more about UW’s Food Pantry and to access short term food assistance please visit Every the Any Hungry Husky resource page and information on hours and location.
Short Term Loans
The Office of Student Financial Aid has short term loan funds available to students who are experiencing temporary cash flow issues. You may receive up to $2500 or $3200 for undergraduates and graduate students, respectively.
Transportation: All university staff, faulty, and students have free public transportation access through their U-PASS on their Husky ID.
Additional Resources
Student Needs Additional Resources Accordion
2-1-1
A free confidential community service and a one-stop connection to local services and resources that help to address basic needs (including emergency housing and low-income housing resources in the larger Seattle/WA area). Can also be reached by dialing 2-1-1 from anywhere in the state.
Parent Help 123
A program of WithinReach, which is a non-profit organization that focuses on connecting families to health and food programs, resources, and information in WA state. Can find local resources or connect with a benefits access specialist over the phone.
Hunger Free WA
Funded by United Way of King County and No Kid Hungry to provide information and materials on local food resources for the community and especially children.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
An agency focused on improving immigration law and policy by training attorneys and community-based advocates who work with immigrants. They provide tools and resources on public charge and how that affects one’s ability to access public benefits.
Basic Food
Application and eligibility for basic food program. You can apply for Basic Food:
TANF
Application and eligibility for temporary cash assistance for families in need program.
LIHEAP
The Federal Commerce’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) aims to help low-income households in Washington state receive affordable, dependable utility services and avoid disconnection.
Childcare Subsidy
Application and eligibility for childcare subsidy program.
Medicaid
Application and eligibility for Medicaid/Apple Health.
DSHS published a guide every year that outlines resources and programs that low-income individuals/families and recipients of public benefits are eligible to partake in.
Benefits Hub Workshops
Workshops hosted by United Way of King County Benefits Hub that provides information and resources on basic needs resources in the community including financial topics. The target audience is students, but workshops are free and available to anyone.
Consumer Financial Bureau
A U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat consumers fairly and provides financial resources and tools that you can download or order for free.
Prosperity Now
A national non-profit focused on racial economic equity and has tools, guides, and research that can be used to inform the design of your basic needs model.
WA Commerce
State agency focused on enhancing and promoting sustainable community and economic vitality in Washington. They fund local non-profits and local governments to provide assistance locally and thereby provide information about regional programs like rent assistance and utility assistance.
Peer Wellness Coaching
LiveWell Peer Wellness Coaching (PWC)
Peer Wellness Coaching (PWC) is a great option for students who are looking to strengthen and enhance their personal well-being, solve problems effectively, and work toward intentional change in their lives and self.
PWC is a FREE service offered by our Peer Health Educators for students at the University of Washington in Seattle. A few of our most experienced Peer Health Educators go through additional and in-depth training and supervision to be able to serve as Peer Wellness Coaches. Our Peer Wellness Coaches are trained in evidence-supported models of coaching and relational support. They use a strengths-based, multicultural lens in supporting you during coaching appointments.
Peer Wellness Coaching is NOT psychological counseling or therapy of any sort. If you are struggling with a psychological issue that is severely impacting your functioning and well-being, we suggest you schedule an appointment with the University Counseling Center to see a licensed professional. We are also NOT an on-call or emergency service; please call 911 in all life-threatening situations.
Peer Wellness Coaching doesn’t generally operate in the Summer, but requests can sometimes be accommodated via zoom. If you are requesting a PWC appointment during the Summer, please email peercoach@uw.edu
- PWC appointments are 40 minutes
- Select the location of your appointment when you schedule (Zoom; LiveWell office (109 Elm Hall); several locations around campus for your convenience)
- If your appointment is on Zoom, we require you to have your camera on throughout the appointment for best experience
What’s a coaching appointment like?
A PWC appointment is a collaborative process between you and your Peer Wellness Coach to identify areas of growth and barriers to success. Wellness coaching is focused on your holistic well-being and aims to strengthen your self-awareness, skills and tools, and empower you to do what’s best for YOU. Coaches support you with a variety of skills, tools, knowledge, and resources that they are trained in.
Common subjects students use Peer Wellness Coaching for:
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Loneliness
- Communication skills
- Substance use
- Sleep
- Self-image/worth
- Relationships
- Sexual health
- Time management/motivation
- Academic pressures and stress
- Finances
- Environmental issues
- Career/resume/internship stress & success
- Social media/news stress and media management skills
What happens when I schedule an appointment?
You will receive a confirmation e-mail from Calendly within an hour of making an appointment that has location details and your finalized meeting time for your coaching appointment. You will receive additional reminder e-mails (and texts if you sign up for them) before your scheduled appointment. Please cancel or re-schedule at least 2 days in advance.
If you need a time that isn’t offered, please email peercoach@uw.edu and we we will see what we can do.
What are some reasons people utilize PWC?
Students utilize our Peer Wellness Coaching for a diverse range of reasons such as wanting to:
- more effectively manage their stress
- improve emotional health
- work through conflict
- learn better communication skills
- achieve academic related goals
- improve sleep; minimize disruptions and increase quality and quantity of sleep
- learn effective conflict resolution skills for managing roommate issues or relationship issues
- learn how to budget, save, and manage personal finances
- establish routines and practices to nurture positive emotion, meaning, purpose, engagement, and flow
- strengthen self-awareness for improved emotional regulation and self-management
- make changes to other parts of their well-being
Contact information
The Peer Wellness Coaching Program is managed and supervised by the Assistant Director of LiveWell and can be reached at lwad@uw.ed for questions or feedback.
Other types of campus coaches
While LiveWell’s Peer Wellness Coaching program is aimed at health and wellness topics, skills, and development, we have a complementary program on campus through Academic Support Programs called Academic Success Coaching.
UW Academic Support Programs offers free, one-on-one meetings with a trained academic success coach. The academic success coach is a peer who works with students to help build general skills for academic success. Topics include:
- Effective study strategies
- Transitioning to the UW
- Time management skills
- Setting and working towards goals
- Finding campus resources
- Motivation
Current Peer Wellness Coaches
Our Peer Wellness Coaches are members of our Peer Health Education Program and have specialized training and ongoing staff supervision.
Peer Health Education workshops
LiveWell Peer Health Education workshops
LiveWell Peer Health Education workshops are interactive, engaging, and meant to promote learning and dialogue amongst students in a peer-empowered setting.
These evidence-based educational workshops are FREE for UW students and cover a variety of health and wellness topics aimed at promoting life-long behaviors that support health, self-growth, and meaningful connection. You can view our offered workshop topics below.
Workshops are facilitated by Peer Health Educators (PHEs), current student employees at the University of Washington in Seattle. Learn more about the LiveWell Peer Health Education Program.
These workshops can be requested for your community or group on this page further down. Workshops may also be offered as drop-in events throughout the year (check out our event calendar).
How do I request a workshop?
All workshops are being offered via Zoom OR in-person:
- Workshop requests must be made at least two (2) weeks before the requested presentation date.
- As the requesting party, you are responsible for booking the location on campus and ensuring there is audio/visual equipment present.
- Once your request has been submitted via Calendly, you will receive a confirmation email from Calendly. You will then get Microsoft Outlook Calendar updates via e-mail when the time of your request workshop is closer, which will have the emails and names of the specific PHE presenters (under the invitee portion). If you have questions, email us at lwpeer@uw.edu
- Workshops are 60 minutes unless specified otherwise.
- Our Peer Health Educators do not generally facilitate workshops during finals weeks or campus breaks, but special requests can be emailed to us.
Workshop topics
PHE Workshops
Learn about accurate drinking statistics amongst college students and how alcohol works in the body and brain. Learn skills for minimizing unintended and negative consequences with drinking and learn how to recognize alcohol overdose as well as how to respond.
This workshop encourages students to cultivate a better body culture in their own communities and relationships. Participants will reflect on the costs and origins of the thin ideal and learn strategies to improve their relationship with their body. The second part of the workshop focuses on skills and role plays to promote a kinder community, including how to spot concerning behaviors and support friends. This workshop focuses on body dissatisfaction and experiences of women; although everyone is welcome to attend and request this workshop.
Explore the motivations and reasons we often feel compelled to help, and why we sometimes choose not to help in the context of hazing. Engage in peer dialogue, learn foundational intervention skills, and practice case studies to refine your ability to respond in hazing situations and be a helpful Husky.
Learn accurate statistics about cannabis and nicotine use amongst college students, and the science of how these substances work in the body and brain. Explore strategies to minimize unwanted and negative effects, and better understand how this substance impacts our physical, mental, and academic well-being based on research. We also address some of the common misconceptions and myths surrounding both of these substances, and the change in use amongst the younger generations.
Changes in the seasons, especially to darker and colder times of the year, can have impacts on our physical, mental, and emotional health. Learn about the science behind those changes and the skills to thrive more successfully during seasonal challenges.
This workshop encourages Huskies to meet conflict and disagreement with critical thinking and curiosity. You will learn how to manage differences of opinion with evidence-based skills from the fields of emotional regulation and conflict resolution. This workshop also teaches vital media literacy skills to help Huskies navigate misinformation and cultivate more mindful relationships with sources of news and media in their lives.
This workshop teaches the skills to manage your financial responsibilities in a skillful manner. Learn core financial education concepts related to debt management, credit, credit scores, and budgeting. This workshop will also teach important skills for protecting your financial health related to safety and security from identity theft and scams.
What counts as hazing? How do I report it? This workshop will provide an overview of hazing and the role of Sam’s Law in universities as well as resources for reporting a hazing concern. Engage in peer dialogue and activities throughout the workshop to understand the role hazing can play in an organization.
What are the signs and practices of a healthy relationship? Contrary to what romantic comedies would have us believe, dating and healthy relationships take intentional work to navigate conflict and build intimacy. This workshop will cover what the “good signs” are (green flags), what signs you should investigate more (yellow flags), and what behaviors could cause high concern (red flags). Come build your relationship intelligence and learn skills to maintain and strengthen the relationships in your life in this interactive workshop!
This is a 15-30 minute presentation that goes over all LiveWell Health Promotion and Prevention services, programs, and offerings.
Learn skills for managing the mental and emotional stressors that comes from news and social media use, and the tricks that content creators use to manipulate our attention and emotions. This workshop teaches pivotal literacy skills for identifying misinformation and disinformation, as well as habits for more effectively consuming news and social media for stronger mental health and being an informed citizen.
This workshop teaches specific evidenced-based skills for improving and strengthening our mental health, and more effectively dealing with stress and adversities that can negatively impact our mental health. Learn core behavioral practices to foster more emotional regulation, self-compassion, and connection in your life.
This is a 30-minute workshop that covers: what an opioid is, the common side effects, types of opioids, and signs of opioid overdose. This workshop is available for all UW campus locations via Zoom and for the UW Seattle campus in-person. It teaches audience members what Naloxone and Fentanyl Test Strips are, where they can access them for free on any UW campus, and how to administer Naloxone in the event of an opioid overdose. This workshop is provided with support from the Washington State Legislature and HB2112.
This workshop takes a look at the impact of sexual and relationship violence on our college campuses, and teaches audience members language and behaviors we can all use to better prevent, respond, and end sexual and relationship violence in our society.
This is a highly interactive workshop that asks audience members challenging questions to critically investigate and think about what we want and need from our sexual decisions and relationships, and how does that line up with our current culture or not. This is a chance to talk honestly about chill culture, hookup culture, the impact of online dating, and other cultural influences impacting how we engage with love, sex, and intimacy with the intention to create a culture and lifestyle that better reflects our values and needs.
Learn the science behind sleep, how to develop an effective sleep hygiene routine, and the correlations between sleep, mental & physical health, and academic performance. Explore common myths and misperceptions about sleep and learn what can help improve your sleep to be a rested Husky.
We are living in an age where it has become easier than ever to isolate–from food delivery to social media to remote services and work. This workshop explores the vital importance of social connection and making friends as a foundational part of our mental-emotional-physical health, and introduces useful skills for college students to build strong social relationships.
This is a 30 minute workshop that can be delivered on its own or added onto another workshop. It teaches the common impacts of sexual and gender based violence on survivors, and ways that we can skillfully and compassionately support someone who is experiencing sexual assault, stalking, gender/sexual harassment, or relationship violence.
Greek Life Required Education workshops
If you are a Greek chapter looking to schedule a workshop for your chapter to satisfy the educational requirements for recognition, please review the following workshops that are eligible. Please note that all workshops for requirements are only delivered in-person and it is expected the audience be actively engaged.
Sexual Assault Prevention Educational Requirement:
- Preventing Sexual & Relationship Violence (60 min)
- Healthy Relationships & Dating (60 min)
- Supporting Survivors (30 min)
Substance Use Educational Requirement:
- Alcohol Education (60 min)
- Naloxone & FTS Education (30 min)
- Cannabis & Nicotine Education (60 min)
Other Educational workshops or trainings
LiveWell can tailor workshops to specific audiences, or do specialized trainings or workshops as capacity allows. If you have a request for some educational content, or questions about these workshops, please email lwpeer@uw.edu