New Parenting Handbook Helps Families Prepare for a Healthy Start in College

The UW School of Social Work‘s Social Development Research Group has recently published a research brief. This brief reviews a study done on a resource for parents of college students. The study found that a new handbook developed by SDRG researchers and the Department of Human Development at Washington State University (WSU), successfully decreased risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol use.

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