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Find and share professional documents—from curriculum 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. Please refer to Terms of Use for guidelines on submitting to the NCFR website.
 

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David R. Williams presentation
from 2011 NCFR Conference Recordings

David R. Williams speaking about Racial Disparities in Health

David R. Williams speaks about Racial Disparities in Health in this clip from his presentation, Beyond Healthcare Reform: Key Steps to Improve the Health of All American Families. Runtime: 3:31

for Members ONLY

Supporting LGBT Families Financially, Socially, and Developmentally - Audio Recording

Panelists discuss Qualitative Inquiry Into Social Support Networks of Black Lesbian Families ; How Lesbian Mothers View Their Children's Sexual Orientation Development ; LGB Families in the Context of Poverty
Dr. Isabel V. Sawhill
for Members ONLY

Intergenerational Equity: Balancing the Needs of Young and Old - Video Recording

Presented by: Dr. Isabel V. Sawhill, senior fellow and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. Runtime: 1:07:59

Latino Resource Center

Welcome to the Latino Resource Center. Assembled here are a number of materials and activities focusing on teen pregnancy among Latinos in the United States.  We hope these materials will help you initiate and/or supplement existing efforts to address teen pregnancy in the Latino community. 

An Introduction to GLBT Family Studies

In terms of research, GLBT families constitute a neglected segment of society. Gender and sexual orientation can make the issues in family studies even more difficult to work through. An Introduction to GLBT Family Studies tackles a challenging research topic by presenting noted experts. This groundbreaking text explores a wide range of unique problems faced by nontraditional families, as well as issues common to traditional families that need to be approached with a GLBT perspective.

Census Snapshot: 2010 - Same Sex Couple Households, and Percent of same-sex couples raising children

Provides demographic and geographic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States

Discussion and debate about adoption and foster care by gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) parents occurs frequently among child welfare policymakers, social service agencies, and social workers. They all need better information about GLB adoptive and foster parents and their children as they make individual and policy-level decisions about placement of children with GLB parents. This report provides new information on GLB adoption and foster care from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004).

Trans Forming Families: Real Stories about Transgendered Loved Ones

A family oriented book published especially for families, friends, and others interested in understanding and learning about transgender persons. The first edition sold out; this is the expanded second edition, published in 2003. It deals with all ages and types of transgender people, and is an ideal first book for families who want to understand. 

Promoting the Health of LGBT Families

An online learning module, with presentation and supporting handouts and resource, that provides context on LGBT relationships and parenting that will help clinicians better know and care for their LGBT patients.  Topics include demographics of LGBT couples and families, relationship challenges, legal issues, communication tips, options for becoming parents, and research on children of LGBT parents.

Little Mosque on the Prairie

CBC Television's hit sitcom LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE is the internationally-acclaimed comedy about Muslims and Christians attempting to live in harmony with each other in the small town of Mercy. And they are about to learn that it isn't as easy as they thought. It is an enjoyable weekly comedy looking at the trials and tribulations of interfaith communications and the amusing aspects of "living Islam" with other Muslims and non-Muslims within a family, through friendship or in a small Winnipeg community.