Family Life Education

Family Life Education Resources

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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from Current issue: CFLE Network - Spring 2013

Book Review: "Developmental Science: An advanced text. 6th edition."

Reviewed by Elise Murowchick, Ph.D., CFLE

While it is heavy, this book may lead one down the developmental science path, at least one that covers the first couple decades of life, to important destinations. At the end of the road one will have gained some knowledge into the lay of the land within child and adolescent development.

from Current issue: CFLE Network - Spring 2013

Book Review: "Families with Futures: Family Studies into the 21st Century. 2nd edition"

Reviewed by Ron J. Hammond, Ph.D., CFLE

I strongly recommend this text to family studies and family science faculty and students. I especially recommend it to CFLE faculty and students. Families with Futures is strong textbook with potential to become one of the best.

from Zippy Weekly Videos

PBS 'Need to Know': Financial literacy

To mark Financial Literacy Month, PBS’ “Need to Know" program correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college and teach them about banking and money along the way. Anchor Ray Suarez interviews Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Core Intervention Components: Identifying and Operationalizing What Makes Programs Work

The brief offers a definition of “core components,” discusses challenges and processes related to identifying and validating them, highlights rationales for the importance of operationalizing core components, and explores implications for selecting, funding, implementing, scaling up, and evaluating programs. This is one of four research briefs prepared under the auspices of an ASPE contract entitled Emphasizing Evidence-Based Programs for Children and Youth: An Examination of Policy Issues and Practice Dilemmas Across Federal Initiatives.

The Importance of Quality Implementation for Research, Practice, and Policy

This research brief discusses some of the fundamentals of quality program implementation that have been identified through research and practice and that may be useful for practitioners and researchers alike. The brief defines quality program implementation, and highlights the importance of a high quality implementation, identifies 23 factors that affect implementation, discusses 14 steps in achieving quality implementation (10 of which need to occur before a program starts), and notes that responsibility for quality implementation is shared by key stakeholders.

Key Implementation Considerations for Executing Evidence-Based Programs: Project Overview

In April 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) hosted a Forum, Emphasizing Evidence-Based Programs for Children and Youth, to convene the leading practitioners and researchers with experience using and evaluating an array of evidence-based programs for children and youth. This brief introduces key themes that emerged from the discussion.

for CFLEs ONLY

PDF: CFLE Network - Winter 2013

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Teachers as Learners and Learners as Teachers

by Jennifer S. Reinke, M.A., LAMFT, CFLE

Learners have such a wealth of personal insights and professional experiences that extend far beyond my individual offerings, that if I didn’t weave in their personal contributions to the fabric of the course, it would not only be neglecting an untapped resource, but also a significant disservice to students.

for CFLEs ONLY

A Framework for Best Practices in Developing Online Family Life Education

by Jill R. Bowers, M.S., CFLE; Aaron T. Ebata, Ph.D.; & Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D.

The Internet has become an important tool for education and outreach, and many family life educators have turned to online delivery systems. Concurrently, there has been little discussion about best practices, or guidelines, for online program development, and this is problematic for several reasons.

for CFLEs ONLY

The ABCs of Evaluation

by Kevin H. Gross, Ph.D., CFLE; and Sharon M. Ballard, Ph.D., CFLE

Evaluation is a word that can instill fear in many family life educators. We may feel threatened and insecure – afraid that an evaluation will show that we are not doing a good job. Fortunately, the trend toward evidence-based programs has made us all more aware of the need for quality program evaluation.

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