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Resources

You might be feeling any one or all emotions as your child enters the world of post-secondary learning. Here is some information that may help you as you and your child journey on this adventure!
Books
Check your local library or its inter-library loan system for these helpful titles:
  • You're on Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage, 2003
  • Empty Nest ... Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College by Andrea van Steenhouse, 2002
  • She's Leaving Home: Letting Go as Daughter Goes to College by Connie Jones, 2002
  • Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, Fourth Ed. by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 2003
  • "Don’t Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money” - The Essential Parenting Guide To The College Years by Helen E. Johnson, and Christine Schelhas-Miller, 2000
  • When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide by Carol Barkin, 1999
  • Almost Grown: Launching Your Child From High School to College by Patricia Pasick, 1998
Websites
  • www.collegeparents.org -- This is a US organization, but it contains some good resources.
  • Job web -- Resources for parents to help their child find their career.
  • moving.about.com -- When a child is moving out
  • www.emptynestsupport.com -- Dealing with an empty nest
  • www.globalinksabroad.org/ -- Resources for parents of students studying abroad
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    "From my instructors I learned about block transfer agreements with other Universities. I chose to transfer into Environmental and Conservation Sciences at the University of Alberta because of the full credit they would offer me, and the program seemed to be a great fit with my career goals."
    Anja Sorensen
    Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation Major Graduate 2009
    After convocation, Anja went on to U of A to major in conversation biology.


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