Students Who Parent Support Group - Wellstar College of Health and Human Services

What is the Parenting Support Program?

The Student Parent Program works to support Kennesaw State University students who are parents by providing parent training, skills to help student parents manage the responsibilities of home, school, and work, connection to community resources, and social engagement. Our student parents form a network specially designed to support and enhance their experience as students who parent that will ensure the achievement of their academic goals.

What We Offer

The program offers free 6-session program is designed to build a support network for students who are parenting while attending Kennesaw State University. The Clinical Director of Children & Family programs shares parenting techniques and skills to help student parents manage the responsibilities of home and school. Resources such as workshops and in-services on campus provide further support to enhance their wellbeing. Participants will become part of a network specially designed to support and enhance their experience as students who parent that will ensure the achievement of their academic goals.

Student parents can enroll in our D2L page to access tailored resources and easy access to our upcoming Student Parent Campus events, and to our “Weekly Virtual Chats”.

Peer led “Weekly Virtual Chats” offered weekly for academic, parenting, and wellbeing consulting, and highlight available resources in the community.

For more information:

Email: cfpinfo@kennesaw.edu
Follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/childrenksu

Student Parents & Caregiver Resources

Department	Webpage
KSU Well-Being	https://www.kennesaw.edu/student-affairs/wellbeing/index.php
Children and Family Programs	https://www.kennesaw.edu/wellstar/children-family-programs/index.php
Lactation Rooms (have to scroll to bottom of page-hard to find)	https://www.kennesaw.edu/student-affairs/students/index.php
Military and Veteran Services	https://www.kennesaw.edu/student-affairs/community/military-veteran-services/index.php
Financial Aid Guides	https://www.kennesaw.edu/financial-aid/guides/index.php
Student Health Insurance	https://www.kennesaw.edu/registrar/student-resources/student-health-insurance.php
Student Health Services	https://www.kennesaw.edu/student-health/index.php

The Mildred Dowdley Gift of HOPE Program (MDGH) utilizes practices supported by research-based solutions proven to increase graduation rates among single parents!

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Events

Aug13
Free Story Time: The BASICS
The Basics The Basics Storytime Series presented by Cobb Collaborative is a series of fun, interactive, simple workshops for you and your children to experience together. The Basics is a science backed movement based on five child development principles that we will be covering over the five week period. Those principles are Maximize Love, Manage Stress, Talk, Sing and Point, Count Group and Compare, Explore Through Movement and Play, and Read and Discuss Stories. Come join us and experience new ways of connecting and engaging with your children and making everyday moments more meaningful, as you also enjoy music and movement and a story read each week.