Curriculum available from Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center's Research and Technical Assistant Department:

APICHA One Session HIV/AIDS Interventions
This manual documents the APICHA HIV/AIDS interventions developed for gay and bisexual Asian/Pacific Islander men. It consists of four 2 hour one-time interventions.

APIs in CPGs

API Transgender Sensitivity Training

Basic Facilitation Skills Training
This manual is a training guide for teaching basic facilitation skills to novice group facilitators.

Basic Skills Peer Counseling
This manual is a basic workshop curriculum for a 1 or 2 day Basic Peer Counseling Training.

Coming Out Workshop
This manual is a basic workshop curriculum for a "Coming Out" Workshop.

Hot, Healthy, and Keeping It Up! Manual
This manual explains how to run the "Hot, Healthy, and Keeping It Up!" workshop, a safer sex discussion group for gay/bisexual/queer Asian and Pacific Islander men. The workshop includes culturally-relevant activities, risk assessment & decision making exercises, as well as eroticizing and sexual negotiating techniques and discussion. This Safer Sex 101 group is 3 hours long.

Making Meetings Work (or work that meeting!) Manual
This manual is a guide for participants and facilitators on improving the running of meetings for community based groups.

One Session HIV Interventions Manual
This manual explains how to produce and run "one session HIV Interventions" groups and presentations. Presentations in this manual include: "Asian Gay Sexuality", "Can This Relationship Be Saved?", "How to Meet Men", and "Love Hurts: the Tragic Dating Game". These venues are quite entertaining while still promoting HIV education and discussion as well as covering other related topics. These one session, 2 hour groups, can be presented at general meetings.

Public Outreach: Street Fairs
This manual explains how to develop, produce, and run a street fair booth. Street fairs are excellent opportunities for your group's visibility. It is a good venue for promoting your group, for doing outreach, for education. This manual includes information and ideas on collaboration, HIV/AIDS educational interventions, as well as attention getters and entertainment.

Sex, Dating, and Relationships in the Age of AIDS Manual
This manual explains how to run the "Sex, Dating, and Relationships in the Age of AIDS" workshop, a four session group for gay/bisexual/queer Asian and Pacific Islander men who have "been there." This group explores sex and sexuality, intimacy, self esteem, dating, and other related topics for men who know the basics of safer sex but may still engage in risky activities. This Safer Sex 201 group is 8 hours long in 4 sessions. (2 hours each).

Special Events
This manual explains how to develop, produce, and run a special event. These special events are really one time theme dance parties. These community events are excellent outreach venues. This manual goes through the basics of collaboration, HIV/AIDS educational interventions, entertainment, site, publicity, and evaluation.

Starting an Asian/Pacific Islander Gay/Bisexual Men's Support Group Manual
This manual explains how to start an A&PI Gay/Bi Men's Support Group. Chapters include, Who Are Asian And Pacific Islanders, Obstacles to Group Development, Topics and Basic Facilitation Suggestions for Meetings/Discussion Groups, and A Selection of Meeting Topics.

Supervision Manual

For more information on A&PIWC Curriculum please contact
Lina Sheth
415.292.3420 x320