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Helping Your Student Get Ready

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Helping Your Student Get Ready

Congratulations on reaching this milestone! Both you and your student have worked hard the last 18 years. You’ve decided on a school and now is the time to help your student get ready for their new journey and learn how to effectively help them while they are away.

Communicating With Your Student

Families: Your Student Is Listening

Providing Support From Home

Letting Go

If Your Student Needs Health and Wellness Care

Access to Health and Wellness Services

Patient Confidentiality: Are Your Student’s Medical Records Private?

HIPAA and FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy

When Your Student Studies or Travels Abroad

Preparing Your Student for Campus Life

Considerations for Specific Students: Do Any of These Apply to Your Student?

Leave of Absence and Hardship Withdrawal

Dining Options and Eating Well

What About Health Insurance?

Housing Options on and Off Campus

Vaccines

All About Vaccines

Community Immunity

What Vaccines Does My Student Need?

Frequently Asked Questions

Preparing Your Student to Succeed

Before Your Student Goes: Preparing for Change 

Academics: Making the Adjustment from High School to College

Sleep: A Critical Part of Well-Being

Helping Your Student Manage Stress

Helping Your Student Manage Their Medications

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ABOUT US

Entering college is a life-changing experience, one that can be both exciting and stressful. HealthyStartU provides trustworthy, real-life information on health, wellness, and the campus experience to help students and their families navigate this change in a positive way. Our goal is to help students be the healthiest, most successful versions of themselves.

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HealthyStartU 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 740 Silver Spring, MD 20910
PHONE (410) 859-1500
EMAIL contact@acha.org

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