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EU Project Families and Societies Final Recommendations
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Livia Sz. Oláh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Demography at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
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International Federation for Family Development
The project’s aim is to address changing families and sustainable societies, policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Darbi Haynes-Lawrence, Ph.D. and Niah Soult
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The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
An interactive book to help parents explain MS to their young children. Print and digital copies available for free.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Karen Oehme, Anthony J. Ferraro, Nat Stern, Lisa S. Panisch, and Mallory Lucier-Greer
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The Institute for Family Violence Studies
An overview of the advent and proliferation of statutorily mandated divorce education classes in the United States as well as their goals.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Parent Education and Guidance
Family Law and Public Policy
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Length: 38 Minutes
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Children's Bureau of the U.S. Administration for Children & Families
This podcast highlights programs that connect kinship families with services when they must care for child relatives removed from their birth parents.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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By Scott W. Browning and Brad van Eeden-Moorefield
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Scott W. Browning, Brad van Eeden-Moorefield
This book integrates current research with clinical theory to establish the most up-to-date, evidence-supported treatment options for unique contemporary families.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Counseling and Therapy
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Department of Health & Human Services' Children's Bureau, Child Welfare Information Gateway, FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
This resource guide highlights strategies to strengthen families by promoting key protective factors that prevent child abuse and neglect.
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Family Life Education Methodology
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Mathematica Policy Research
Mathematica Policy Research researchers examine the benefits and limitations of Responsible Father (RF) program
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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OPRE
the Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation (OPRE) examines the well-being of children 20 months after they spent time living in emergency homeless shelters
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D., CFLE Emeritus, Professor Emerita, Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
This issue of NCFR Report's Family Focus provides some hints to build family strengths in spite of geographic separation.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Karen S. Myers-Bowman, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, Department of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
It is estimated that more than 100,000 students around the world study abroad at the high school level each year.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Megan Barolet-Fogarty, MA, doctoral candidate, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Changes in global labor markets have driven the feminization of migration from Latin America, increasing the number of mothers leaving children behind.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Child Welfare Information Gateway has now made available the complete podcast series on "Engaging Fathers."
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Kamala Ramadoss, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
People migrating to the U.S. may leave their families — spouse, children, aging parents, and extended family — in their home country.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Kevin Roy, Ph.D., associate professor; Laura Golojuch, MS, doctoral student, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
At any time, more than 2% of U.S. children under age 18 have a parent who is incarcerated.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Melinda Stafford Markham, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor, School of Family Studies & Human Services, Kansas State University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Divorced parents often experience difficulties staying up to date with what is going on in their children’s lives.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Erin Sahlstein Parcell, Ph.D., associate professor, [email protected]; Benjamin M. A. Baker, MA, doctoral candidate; and Ronald L. Johnson II, MA, doctoral candidate, Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Military service places particular and extraordinary demands on its employees and their families, most notably because of extended periods of separation.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Max Zubatsky, Ph.D., LMFT, assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication processes help to guide understanding of long-distance caregiving.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Catherine W. O’Neal, assistant research scientist, Department of Human Development and Family Science, the University of Georgia; Jay A. Mancini, professor emeritus, Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Spring 2017 Family Focus, NCFR Report
Forming and maintaining family relationships at a distance is another form of family diversity.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Karla Mason Bergen, Ph.D., associate professor, Communication Studies, College of Saint Mary
Although we might think of commuter marriage as an unconventional type of marital arrangement, it is one that affects the whole family.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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David Knox, Ph.D.
The fourth edition of M & F, by 10-year NCFR member David Knox, contains more than 300 new research citations
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center examines data that shows that the divorce rate has roughly doubled for adults in the U.S. age 50 and over since the 1990s.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Johns Hopkins
researchers at Johns Hopkins discovered that teens in the families tended to go hungry twice as often as their younger siblings.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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OPRE
The Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE) has released a three-part Resource Series to "help state and territory child care administrators
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Family Health
Internal Dynamics of Families
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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families has created a three-part series of briefs on Latino families
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families