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Parent Handbook
2006-2007 Parent Handbook

Books for Parents
If you are interested in purchasing resources to help you with your student's transition from high school to college, here are suggestions:

• Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College by Patricia Pasick, M.Ed., Ph.D., published by W.W. Norton.
  
  
• 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, published by St. Martins Griffin.
  Available from www.stmartins.com.
  
  
• Empty Nest…Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College by Andrea Van Steenhouse, published by Simpler Life Press.
  
  
• Give Them Wings by Carol Kuykendall, published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
  
  
• Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, published by HarperCollins.
  
  
• Parents, Family, and the New College Student Experience by Dr. Kent D. Beeler, published by the University of Indianapolis Press.
  
  
• She’s Leaving Home: Letting Go as a Daughter Goes to College by Connie Jones, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
  
  
• The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt, published by Three Rivers Press.
  
  
• When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parent’s Survival Guide by Carol Barkin, published by Avon Books, Inc.
  
  
• You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage, published by Fireside Books.

*All books are available at www.amazon.com or your favorite bookstore, unless otherwise noted. The Prairie Wolf Bookstore also carries select titles. Please call 402.465.2294 for availability.

Articles for Parents
Looking for ways to help your student along his or her career path? Check out the following articles:

• A Career Planning Course for Parents: A year-by-year timeline for parents designed to help you keep your student on track for graduation and finding a job.
• A Parent's Guide to Career Development: A helpful list of things you can do to help your student find the right major and career track.
• Parents Have Their Say . . . About Their College-Age Children's Career Decisions: A study of how parents perceive their role in their student's career development.
• What a Career Center Can Do for You: An overview of the help available from the career center and the benefits of using it.
• Career Action Plan: A guide for helping your son or daughter choose a career.
• How Assessment Can Help You Choose a Major or Career: Information on assessment tools that can help your son or daughter identify their skills and interests, and plan a career accordingly.
• Great Books for Graduating Seniors: A list of "must-have" books for college seniors ready to enlist in the "real world."