UCA WAVES NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH!
Click on the image above to visit the newly launched UCA WAVES website to learn more about
the 2024 Chinese American Mental Health Summit and WAVES ‘ ongoing projects.
WAVES – Wellness. Advocacy. Voices. Education. Support.
About WAVES
WAVES Team & Partners
WAVES Programs
Events Showcase
Click To Visit Our Youtube Channel
Multilingual Psychoeducational Videos for Asian and Asian American students
Vital is a video series led by a team of passionate volunteers with a mission to expand knowledge and equip viewers with toolkits to nurture their mental health through the lens of the Asian and Asian American cultures. Click below to learn more and view the video library.
MHACC Warm Line provides immediate and confidential emotional support and resources to persons who are facing mental health challenges.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (SAMHSA)
This webpage has a number of resources. We know 988 is not perfect, nor is it able to solve all problems, but it is important to have an extra tool on hand when some of our friends and community need it.
Anti-racism and anti-bullying resources
In the face of rising anti-Asian racism and violence during the pandemic, the experts and youth on the UCA WAVES team have created discussion guides for both parents and youth. These are intended for individual or small group use. Check out the linked documents for the toolkits, which include videos and other media, discussion questions, links to helpful resources, and even a short self-quiz.
Other resources:
UCA Parent/Child Panel Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-sExgxL2zQs&t=6s
AAPI Trauma Healing Program: Partnership of CHATogether and AACAP-CT/MD
Partnering with AACAP and Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at CT and MD, CHATogether presented AAPI Trauma Healing Program. This event was contributed by a village of child and adolescent psychiatrists and trainees. We live performed a skit based on a modified true story, “AAPI Intergenerational Trauma: The Shark Music”, which depicts an Asian immigrant family struggled with acculturative stress, adversity, refugee trauma, but unable to connect emotionally. We had a panel to further discuss on the skit contents and share how cultural trauma may impact on AAPI children and family mental health. *All participants consented for recording and sharing the recorded video.
Anti-racism toolkits
Talking to Children About Anti-Asian Racism
Hate crime reporting
Bystander Training
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resource List
Support Georgia’s Asian American community
68 Ways to Donate in Support of Asian American Communities
Anti-Racism Resources to Support the AAPI Community
Anti-Asian Violence Resources
Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories podcast
A Young UCA Member’s Report
UCA Clinical Scholar on Self-Compassion
A Guide for Parents on Talking to Kids about Asian American Identity & Racism (multiple languages)
Latest APA Journal Special Issue on APIA as marginalized not model minority
TEMPOS – Evaluating Media Portrayals of Suicide
UCSF Adolescent & Young Adult Resource Center
Asian Mental Health Collective
How the Mental Health System Fails Asian Americans
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
Community Health Initiative
