 FAMILY
LIVING AREAS OF INTEREST
The College Transition: Managing Stress and Maintaining Health
A curriculum that focuses on specific solutions and best practices in preventing problems
for students during the transition to college.
Today’s high school senior is at risk of a number of mental and physical health risks when he/she enters college. According to Dr. Richard Kadison, Chief of Mental Health Services at Harvard University Health Services, a student in college today has the chance of almost one in two of becoming depressed to the point of being unable to function; one in two that binge drinking will become a regular habit and one in ten students will seriously consider suicide. College counseling centers across the country report increased frequency and severity of students’ mental health concerns.
The transition poses challenges for parents, too, as they watch their child take another big step toward independence and wonder how to stay connected while letting go, especially when the child may be hundreds of miles away.
A new program created by UW-Extension in cooperation with college campuses in northwestern Wisconsin aims to help students and their parents to plan ahead for a smooth transition.
UW-Extension county faculty from Washburn, Pierce, Dunn and St. Croix counties conducted local research at UW-Barron County and UW-River Falls, and combined it with additional research from statewide and national sources to prepare a curriculum that focuses on real solutions for preventing problems during post-high school education.
Follow the link below for registration information.
College Transition Information and Registraton
NEWS
RELEASES- in PDF format |
Guides
and Fact Sheets
Dunn
County Resource Guide provided by the Dunn County Food and
Emergency Shelter Collaborative
Newly
Revised Dunn County Healthy Babies Fact Sheet
STAFF
If you have
any questions regarding Family Living in Dunn County, please contact:
Kristen Bruder- Family Living Educator
Dunn County - UW Extension
Dunn County Government Center
800 Wilson Ave. Suite 330
Menomonie, WI 54751-2265
Phone: 715-232-1636
Fax: 715-231-6687
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