You Can Thrive at College. We Can Help.
At Northwest College Support, we generate positive life changes for struggling college students and young adults. Our educational-therapeutic transition program helps young adults to make positive choices and live healthy, independent lives. Northwest College Support is a young adult transition program serving families and young adults from all over the United States and the world. Located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Northwest College Support goes beyond traditional young adult transition by creating positive changes and cultivating sustainable independent adult life within a clinically-informed and adaptive environment.
Services
- Individual Psychotherapy
- Individual Educational Coaching
- Life Skills Training
- Furnished College Apartment and Home Living
- Nutritional Education
- Fitness Coaching
- Parent Education
- Therapeutic groups
- Recreational group activities
- Vocational support
- Equine Therapy
- Academic Planning
- Independent Living Support
- Tutoring
- Student Internships
- Psychoeducational Assessments
Please take a look at Our Services section for a more details.
Students we Serve
- Past college attempts
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Functioning Asperger’s)
- Social cognitive deficits
- Attention Deficit Disorder / ADHD
- Learning differences
- Communication deficits
- Executive function challenges
- Learning disorders including low processing speed and low working memory
- Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD)
- Social isolation
- Video game and Internet Addiction
- Low self-esteem
- Anxiety
- Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Some co-occuring drug and/or alcohol use
- People exiting other residential treatment and needing transitional services

Our Mission
At NWCS, we collectively commit to succeed at multiple bottom lines. We commit to provide exceptional value, compassionate support, ongoing evaluation and professional expertise to every individual. We see our students as unique individuals, and success comes from creatively enriching the whole person. We honor individual diversity and development by providing the most dynamic, innovative, and adaptive support services possible.

Our Program
Because no two individuals are the same, no two NWCS student plans will look the same. Each program is tailor made for the individual’s needs. One student may need heavy educational support while another student may need assistance navigating life on their own within the community. Rather than forcing a student to conform to a prearranged schedule or program, we collaborate with the student on a unique program that fits their individual passions, goals, and needs. We believe that people are complex and that true changes comes as we address the needs of the whole person – emotional, physical, and intellectual.





Dan Hanks
Program Director

Traci Stluka
Admissions Director

Darlene Pessien
Therapist

Jenell Nielsen
Operations Manager

Adam Parker
Administrative Director

Jamie Jackson
Education Manager

Julie Krapfl
Therapist

Ashley Torgerson
Therapist

Nadine Lewis
Therapist

Conor Kenna
Student Life Manager

Ryan McMiller
Therapist

Savannah Blinn
Education Coach