In this Family Focus section of NCFR Report, your colleagues write about couples' communication, conflict resolution, teaching sexual communication skills, communication and technology, communicating with individuals with disabilities, and more.

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• Completely Open and Honest Communication: Is That Really What We Want? — by John P. Caughlin, Ph.D., Professor, and Erin D. Basinger, M.A., doctoral candidate, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Couple Communication: Conflict Styles — by Patricia Noller, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
• Communicating Exceptions: Considering Neurosocial Effects of Solution-Focused Practice — by Nichole L. Huff, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Youth, Family, and Community Sciences, North Carolina State University
• Conflict Resolution Methods in Heterosexual and Same-Sex Relationships — by Randi Hennigan, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, Adjunct Professor, Department of Counseling, Southern Methodist University and Amberton University; Linda Ladd, Ph.D., PsyD, Professor, Department of Family Sciences, Texas Woman’s University
• Let's Talk About Sex: Guiding Principles for Family Life Professionals Teaching Sexual Communication Skills — by Claire Kimberly, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Southern Mississippi
• Effective Couple Communication — by Kevin J. Zimmerman, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Human Sciences, Bridgewater College
• Forging Family Strengths and Resilience Through Communication — by Sheila M. Littlejohn Myers, Ph.D., CFLE, CFCS, Associate Professor, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, South Carolina State University; and Bonita Manson, Ph.D., CFLE, CFCS, Associate Professor, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, South Carolina State University
• Couples' Communication of Rules and Boundaries for Technology and the Internet — by Jaclyn D. Cravens, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences, Texas Tech University
• Communicating With Individuals With Disabilities: A Reconsideration of Competency and Awareness — by Margo Sutorius, M.S., CFLE, LCPC, Instructor, School of Family, Consumer & Nutrition Sciences, Northern Illinois University; and Charles Myers, Ph.D., LCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, Northern Illinois University
• Communication Strategies: Contrasting Self-Expressive and Survival-Minded Societies — by Joyce Baptist, Ph.D., LCMFT, Associate Professor in Marriage and Family Therapy, School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University; and Young-ok Yum, Ph.D., Founder, Center for Global Solutions