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Find and share professional documents—from curricula to articles to presentations. Our Professional Resource Library is a great way for NCFR members and active Certified Family Life Educators to pool knowledge on a wide variety of family topics.

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National Association of School Psychologists: A National Tragedy — Helping Children Cope

American Red Cross: Reducing Fear in Uncertain Circumstances

How to Find Mental Health Care for Your Child cover
from Current issue: CFLE Network - Winter 2013

Book Review: "How to Find Mental Health Care for Your Child"

Reviewed by Linda Cash, Ph.D., CFLE

Author Ellen B. Braaten has written a practical and readable book about the mental health issues most frequently seen in children.

Mom Enough

Podcast: When Your Marriage Isn't What You Want it to Be, Part 2

Listen to part 2 of a podcast with Dr. Marti Erickson and her daughter, Erin Erickson, on their Mom Enough parenting show, as they feature collaborative attorney Ron Ousky talking about "helping couples find options that minimize harm for everyone involved" in a matter of separation or divorce, especially children.

Mom Enough

Podcast: When Your Marriage Isn't What You Want it to Be, Part 1

Listen to part 1 of a podcast with Dr. Marti Erickson and her daughter, Erin Erickson, on their Mom Enough parenting show, as they feature former NCFR President Dr. Bill Doherty talking about how "to help couples discern whether their marriage can be saved, and to take steps to do so when possible."

from Zippy Weekly Videos

The "black dog": living with clinical depression

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 10 adults lives with clinical depression. Depression sufferer Winston Churchill oft referred to his “black dog” that would visit him. In this important video from the World Health Organization, find out more about depression and how you can help yourself or others to keep that black dog at bay.  

from SAMHSA: A clearinghouse for evidence-based resources

Website: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices

for Members ONLY

Issues of Therapists in Clinical Practice - Audio Recording

Panelists discuss Therapists' Religious Practices and Comfort With Lesbian and Gay Clients ; Permanent Change in Therapist Habitual Patterns ; Family Therapists’ Considerations of Web-based Technologies in Clinical Practice

for Members and CFLEs ONLY

A Review of "Children's Encounters with Death, Bereavement, and Coping"

A review of Children's Encounters with Death, Bereavement, and Coping. The book is an excellent resource for caregivers, including professionals, parents, family and friends “who seek to help children as they attempt to cope with death-related issues.” The book includes five sections focusing on developmental characteristics of children and adolescents, ethical considerations, death, bereavement and intervention and includes an annotated appendix with other twenty pages of books to be read by or with children.

Jackie Halstead
for Members ONLY

The spiritual formation of graduate students— teaching at a faith-based school

by Jackie L. Halstead, Ph.D., LMFT, associate professor, Lipscomb University

During my graduate school years, I had to learn how to make sense of my faith and spirituality on my own. When I came back to teach 11 years later, the climate of the profession had changed. It was now acceptable to breach the divide between a person and his or her spirituality.