News

Grief Group Featured in CWU Pulse Article

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:11:28

The Family Resource Center is offering a new grief group this quarter for emerging adults who have experienced the death of a parent. Natalie Porter, a Family and Child Life graduate student who developed the program, was recently interviewed by CWU Pulse. Check out the article here: Coping with Loss

Grief Group Beginning in Winter 2018

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 09:29:10

The Family Resource Center is proud to launcha new program in Winter 2018: A grief group for emerging adults (18-30 years old) who have expeirenced the death of a parent.

FIG: Forward in Grief is a combination support and educational grief group for emerging adults (18-30 years old) who have experienced the death of a parent(s). They must have lost their parent(s) when they were between the ages of 18 and 30. The group is designed for participants to learn about their unique grief in a safe place, practice reconciling their grief, and experience a little break from their grief through fun activities.

If you are interested in participating, please complete the sign-up form or contact Natalie Porter. Natalie, a graduate students in Family and Child Life, developed the program based on the findings from her master's thesis on grief in emerging adulthood, and the empirical literature in this area.

New Parenting Groups Featured in Observer

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:23:03

The Family Resource Center is offering two parenting programs in Winter: The Incredible Years program for parents of children ages 2-6, and the Mother2Mother program for mothers of children birth-3. The CWU Observer newspaper recently published an article about the parenting groups! For more information about the programs, contact Amy Claridge at Amy.Claridge@cwu.edu or complete the parenting group registration form.

LIFT: Foster Youth Support Group

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:17:42

The Family Resource Center is launching a new program this Spring: LIFT! LIFT is a support group and mentorship program for youth involved in foster care.

LIFT provides a safe space for foster youth to have fun, explore their identity, develop social and life skills, process difficult family issues, and build relationships so that they may live up to their full potential.

Youth ages 10-18 years old who are involved in the foster care system are welcome to join. We are currently enrolling for the group beginning in April. Foster parents and case workers can enroll youth using the sign-up form or can contact Dr. Amy Claridge.

Free Incredible Years Parenting Group

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:46:09

The Family Resource Center will provide a free parenting education group based on the Incredible Years curriculum. The group begins April 4th and meets every Monday for 10 weeks. All parents are welcome, and childcare will be provided.

To sign up for this group or future parenting groups, fill out the information form.