First Years Away from Home: Letting Go and Staying Connected Parent Handbook
This handbook provides information, conversation starters, and interactive activities about a variety of topics related to how to navigate the parent-student relationships across the transition to college.
For a complete copy of the handbook, please reach out to clara.hill@wsu.edu.
Washington State Dissemination Project Info
To learn more about our dissemination efforts within other institutions of higher education across Washington State:
Expectations and Values Card Sort
This file has supplemental materials for the Values and Expectations activities referred to in the handbook. The card sort activities come perforated and on color paper in the printed versions.
Publications & Press
Before the party starts: Parental attitudes linked to college binge drinking | WSU Insider | Washington State University
Parenting tips can reduce substance use in first‑year college students: Regional News | Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President | Washington State University
Parenting tips can reduce substance use in first‑year college students | WSU Insider | Washington State University
Associations Between Greek Affiliation, Parental Permissiveness Toward Heavy Episodic Drinking, and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Students
“Letting Go and Staying Connected”: Substance Use Outcomes from a Developmentally Targeted Intervention for Parents of College Students | Prevention Science | Springer Nature Link
Investigating the efficacy of a self-directed parenting intervention to reduce risky behaviors among college students: Study protocol for a multi-arm hybrid type 2 randomized control trial – ScienceDirect
First Years Away From Home: Predictors of Engagement in a Self-Directed Prevention Handbook for Caregivers of Transitioning College Students – Brittany Rhoades Cooper, Martie L. Skinner, Kevin P. Haggerty, Clara M. Hill, Garrett J. Jenkins, Matthew F. Bumpus, Laura G. Hill, 2024