New Student Orientation
– Reading for Parents
The transition to college can be simultaneously exciting and distressing as both parents and students deal with normal developmental changes, independence/dependence issues, and either being or seeing the “just kids” of yesterday develop into the young adults of today. The following selected bibliography notes some books out of the hundreds available that we can recommend to help with this transition. Although mostly written toward a parent’s perspective, they are certainly appropriate for the entire family to read - in good humor and compassion.
Suggested Reading on Transition to College
- College Of The Overwhelmed:
The Campus Mental Health Crisis And What To Do About It- by Richard Kadison, M.D. & Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, 2004
- Don’t Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money
- by E. Johnson & Christine Schelhas-Miller, 2000
- How To Survive And Thrive In An Empty Nest:
Reclaiming Your Life When Your Children Have Grown- by Robert H. Lauer, 1999
- 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 Patrick Pasick, 1998
- Empty Nest, Full Heart:
The Journey From Home To College- by Andrea Van Steenhouse & Johanna Parker, 1998
- Letting Go:
A Parent’s Guide To Understanding The College Years- by Karen Levin Coburn, 1997
- She’s Leaving Home:
Letting Go as Daughter Goes to College- by Connie Jones, 2002
Helping Your Student
- A Parent's Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Flunking Out:
Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesn't Want You to Ask- Joel Epstein (2001)
- ISBN: 1568385714
- You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me):
Mentoring Your Child During the College Years- Marjorie Savage (2003)
- ISBN: 0743229126
For Students and Parents
- College Rules!
How to Study, Survive and Succeed in College- Sherrie L. Nist, Jodi Patrick Holschuh, Sherrie Nist (2002)
- ISBN: 1580083579
- The Ultimate College Survival Guide
- Janet Farrar Worthington , Ronald Farrar (1995)
- ISBN: 1560793961
- Your College Experience:
Strategies for Success- John N. Gardner, A. Jerome Jewler (2004)
- ISBN: 0534971954
- Let the journey begin:
A parent's monthly guide to college experience- Jaqueline Kiernan McKay and Wanda Johnson Ingram
- Chicken Soup for the College Soul:
Inspiring and Humorous Stories About College- Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Dan Clark, Jack Canfield (1999)
- ISBN: 1558747052
