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Parent Support
Our comprehensive family education program enables you to learn and grow alongside your child. Through parent conferences, parent support groups, and weekly communication with your child's clinician, you have the opportunity for personal-growth in addition to gaining invaluable tools that help you reestablish a healthier relationship with your child. Our experience shows that family therapy and education are essential to the success of your child. It creates improved family dynamics, and is integral in building a stronger foundation for your family.

Parent Workshops
Northwest Academy parent workshops are designed to allow families to learn tools and skills with which to address family-system problems, and to create healthier relationships within your family.

Following is a breakdown of the different workshops currently available:

Basic Workshop
The Basic Workshop addresses many of the challenges of being a parent, a partner, and a friend. The Basic Workshop, a one-and-a-half day session, combines discussion and exercises to further parents' insights into themselves and their families. The skills-based workshop is dedicated to providing parents with the tools to build better relationships with their children. In addition, the Basic Workshop provides all participants with the opportunity to examine and understand Northwest Academy education through the eyes of their child.

Advanced Workshop
The Advanced Workshop is based on the meaning of: "See yourself as you are and do something with it." Experiential and self-examining, this four-day workshop focuses on freeing ourselves from the negative messages that control our actions. The Advanced Workshop facilitates greater choices in participants' lives and provides tools for continued personal growth. In addition, the Advanced Workshop provides parents with a common language and experience to share with their child.

Parent Conferences
Our parent conferences are held three times a year and are designed to provide you with first-hand experience of our curriculum. They also afford the opportunity to meet and interact with our faculty and other Northwest Academy parents. While attending the parent conference series, you will:

• Be introduced to our curriculum and core philosophies
• Meet with the staff who work directly with your child
• Experience the value of an Northwest Academy education firsthand
   through different presentations
• Participate in information breakout sessions
• Meet with other parents to build a support system
 

Parent Support Groups
You are not alone. Thousands of parents have experienced the same issues that you are dealing with and understand what you are going through with your child. Many support groups have formed across the country, composed of parents of current and alumni students. Run by parents, these meetings provide a safe place to share common experiences and receive support from others who are dealing with situations not unlike your own. Here you can develop a much-needed emotional resource and the same kind of peer support we so carefully construct for your child. Support groups provide a unique opportunity for the distribution of information, recognition of concerns, and practical problem solving among parents who share common experiences. They allow for discussion in an atmosphere of true understanding and camaraderie.

Family Services Coordinators
You and your child are assigned a resource coordinator who facilitates communication and care throughout your son or daughter's time at Northwest Academy. Your resource coordinator is a central member of your child's faculty team and participates in the planning and decision-making for your child's education and personal growth program. The resource coordinator provides you with regular updates on your child's progress and provides information to any professionals associated with your child if you choose.