CFLE Network Newsletter
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Call for Articles Winter 2025 & Spring 2025
CFLE Network, a quarterly newsletter published by the National Council on Family Relations for Certified Family Life Educators, is a resource filled with information about Family Life Education. Network provides an opportunity for CFLEs to share their knowledge and expertise with other active CFLEs through research- or practice-based articles.
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Call for Articles
Winter 2025: Cultivating Cultural Humility in Family Life Education
Submit Articles by December 15, 2024
Cultural humility involves self-reflection, an understanding that one’s own culture is not inherently superior, and appreciation of and a willingness to learn from the experiences of people from other backgrounds and cultures with the goal of authentic relationship building. The winter 2025 issue of CFLE Network will explore and expand on cultural humility in the context of Family Life Education (FLE). Articles are sought exploring “why” and “how” Family Life Educators should and can cultivate cultural humility in their work.
Examples of potential topics include the following and more:
- The value of cultural humility as part of FLE work
- Research supporting the importance of cultivating cultural humility in FLE
- Your story of how you are cultivating your own cultural humility
- The successes and/or challenges you have addressed as you support families on their journey towards increasing cultural humility
- Tips and/or resources that you have found to help you in this work
- Differing perspectives on this topic (e.g., student/teacher; program leader/program participant)
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the CFLE Network Article Submission Form online at www.ncfr.org/form/cfle-network-article-submission-form by Dec. 15, 2024. Before submission, please review the author guidelines on the CFLE Network newsletter page: www.ncfr.org/cfle-network. Contact the CFLE Network editor, Beth Magistad at [email protected] with questions, ideas, and intentions.
Spring 2025: Family Resource Management
Submit Articles by March 15, 2025
The spring 2025 issue of CFLE Network will explore Family Resource Management (FRM), one of the 10 content areas required to become a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). FRM is an important, and often stressful, topic for families. Across time, many families navigate scarce resources such as time or money, value or goal conflicts, and difficult decision-making. CFLEs have the knowledge and tools to support families on the journey toward better resource management. Share how you address FRM in your Family Life Education (FLE) work.
Examples of potential topics include the following and more:
- Skills and creative methods you employ to support families navigating FRM challenges
- Your personal experience addressing FRM in FLE
- Challenges you have faced doing this work
- Tips and/or resources that you have found to help you in this work
- Research supporting the importance of FRM for families
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the CFLE Network Article Submission Form online at www.ncfr.org/form/cfle-network-article-submission-form by Mar. 15, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines on the CFLE Network newsletter page: www.ncfr.org/cfle-network. Contact the CFLE Network editor, Beth Magistad at [email protected] with questions, ideas, and intentions.
Upcoming Themes
Summer 2025: Supporting the Next Generation of Family Life Education Professionals
Fall 2025: Later Adulthood
Quarterly Submission Deadlines
Spring: March 15
Summer: June 15
Fall: September 15
Winter: December 15
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