Approved for CFLE Continuing Education Credit (3 Contact Hours/.3 CEUs)

January 17, 2013 ~ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Johnson Hall, McNamara Alumni Building (also video streamed live to host sites in Greater Minnesota. For a listing of sites, visit: www.cyfc.umn.edu)

Objectives:

• Identify a framework for understanding the complex context in which families immigrate to Minnesota; to the U.S.
• Describe how experiences and resources differ between immigrants living in urban versus rural communities
• Identify reasons that immigrant youth and families experience educational and health inequities and disparities

Target Audience:

• Grad students and professionals who work with school-age children and adolescents.
• Child protection workers
• Day-care providers

FLE Content Areas Covered:

• Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
• Internal Dynamics of Families
• Human Growth and Development
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Parent Education and Guidance
• Family Life Education Methodology

Sponsored By:

Extension's Children, Youth, & Family Consortium - http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/