Families Succeed Together
Many parents of Wellspring campers report that they lose weight right along with their camper – both while their child is at camp, but especially in the months following camp. In fact, family surveys following camp indicate that 40% of Wellspring parents lose more than 20 lbs. Add that weight loss to their child’s weight loss, and you have entire families losing weight and getting healthy together.
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Wellspring Vancouver Family Workshop
Twice over the course of the summer, Wellspring Vancouver hosts a Family Workshop Weekend. Since becoming a long-term weight controller is a complete lifestyle change, it is very important that families are as supportive as possible and establish an encouraging home environment for campers. Under the leadership of Wellspring clinical professionals, families quickly become experts on what has occurred at camp, and what they can do at home to ensure continued weight loss results.
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 attend.
Some highlights of Family Workshop Weekend are:
- Families receive the tools that campers have been using at camp (texbooks, self-monitoring journals, pedometers, calorie counters)
- Parents commit to following the Wellspring program 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 Behavioral Coaches are provided
- Culinary and nutrition overviews and demonstrations are given
Parents work with Wellspring Directors and Behavioral Coaches to develop a plan for the transition home in order to support the returning camper and maximize the probability of continued weight loss.
