Families succeed together
At Wellspring, entire families lose weight and get healthy. In family surveys the month after camp, 40% of parents report they have lost more than 10 kg.
Families Learn the Wellspring Plan
Wellspring holds a two-day Family Workshop in mid-August. The Family Workshop is critical because it helps the entire family understand and support their child’s continued adherence to this leading fitness and weight loss approach. Studies show that students are far more likely to be successful if the entire family helps with this lifestyle change by creating a supportive home environment.
Under the leadership of Wellspring clinical professionals, families are invited to become quick experts on what has occurred at camp, and what they should be doing at home to ensure continued weight loss.
Wellspring is so certain of the importance of a supportive home environment that an additional incentive is provided: the full cost of the workshop is refunded to families who have at least one family member attend.
Some highlights of Family Workshop Weekend are:
- Families receive the tools that students have been using at camp (textbooks, self-monitoring journals, pedometers, calorie counters)
- Parents commit to following the Wellspring programme for the length of the workshop to help them understand the main components of the lifestyle change and what their child has experienced at camp
- Family CBT sessions with Behavioural Coaches
- Culinary and nutrition overviews and demonstrations
- Planning for the transition home: how to support the returning student over the fall and winter to maximize the probability of continued weight loss
