Conversations around health and wellness topics can be complicated, especially as parents and caregivers navigate distance from their students. There are many resources that can inform and support you.

The online resources below can offer support for starting and maintaining communication around important health and wellness issues with students. They are designed for, about, and with college students and their families. These, in addition to campus resources and staff, can be useful to review proactively and when your student may be facing a challenge or has a question.

  • Set to Go An online resource center to help parents and students focus on emotional health before, during and after the college transition.
  • College Drinking A resource created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.
  • Go Ask Alice! at Columbia University A team of Columbia University health promotion specialists, health care providers, and other health professionals, along with a staff of information and research specialists and writers answer questions from college and high school students, parents, teachers, professionals, older adults, and others, on every conceivable health topic.
  • The Jed Foundation An organization working to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college students.
  • National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence A resource on addiction and recovery with a specific page for parents.
  • National Eating Disorders Association A nonprofit organization advocating on behalf of and supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders.
  • Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays A national support, education and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, their families, friends and allies.
  • Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network Anti-sexual violence organization which operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE) in partnership with more than 1,100 local rape crisis centers across the country.

Is there a resource you’ve used to support your student that we have not listed? Email healthandwellnessed@middlebury.edu to share for inclusion on this site.