Working Family Resource Center offers evidence-based educational resources primarily through the workplace, in order to strengthen individuals, families and communities. Whether you are a Human Resources Professional seeking resources and programs for your employees, or an individual looking for support with parenting, elder care, or work-life balance, Working Family Resource Center has a number of options for you.
The University of Minnesota Extension Teen Talk Fact Sheet Series consists of twelve 2-page fact sheets. Intended for parents, the series can be invaluable as a "survival guide" for any parent or caregiver of teenagers. The fact sheets guide parents through discussions with their teenagers around twelve "hot topics" (everything from dating and peer pressure to drugs and sports). Sold in packages of 12, one of each of twelve fact sheets. Many Fact Sheets are available in Spanish.
Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan, University of California, Berkeley
The eminent scholars, Philip and Carolyn Cowan, authors of "When Partners become Parents," observe that the most important fact arising from research is that while there is an average decline in relationship satisfaction after baby, those doing best after making the transition tend to be those doing best before.
"Linking Gerontology and Geriatrics: Focusing on Rural Communities"
June 25, 2011
Stillwater, Oklahoma
OSU, a consortium partner with OKGEC, is having its first annual conference that is focused on three primary themes: (a) Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren; (b) Special Populations of Older Adults in Oklahoma; and (c) Health and Wellness.
The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this transformational moment. The Report will digest the current trends in thinking about Alzheimer's, examine cutting-edge medical research, look at societal impacts, and include a groundbreaking and comprehensive national poll. It will feature original photography and personal essays by men and women - some from the public arena with names you know, some from everyday America - sharing their personal struggles with the disease as patients, caregivers and family members.
Child Trends analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results of our analyses indicate that young adult relationships are fairly diverse; that these relationships have both positive and negative dimensions; and that partner and relationship characteristics and patterns of contraceptive use vary considerably by relationship type, gender, and race/ethnicity.
