Misplaced Pages

#918081

21-619: [REDACTED] Look up fle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FLE may refer to: Family life education Federal law enforcement in the United States Field-level encryption in databases Flair Airlines (ICAO airline code FLE ), Canadian ULCC discount airline Fleet railway station (station code FLE ), Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK Football League of Europe Four Lane Ends Interchange , of

42-467: A Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). There are more than 130 CFLE-approved academic programs through NCFR. Family life educators work in many settings— academia , health care facilities, community programs, human services agencies, corporate employee work-life programs, faith-based organizations and public policy arenas. In 1985, the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) established

63-404: A High Public Return ) shows that family problems are less damaging for people—and less expensive for society—when they can be tackled by prevention. Family life education recognizes that all families can benefit from education and enrichment programs, not only those experiencing difficulties. A form of family life education entered public policy in the 1800s in the U.S. Hatch Act of 1887 , forming

84-740: A model developed through "30 years of research in the field of relationship health, with much of the research conducted at the University of Denver, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health". PREP, Inc. has trained over 15,875 mental health, nursing, education, and other professionals including clergy and lay leaders from 28 countries to become facilitators. Those holding the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation are voluntarily certified as opposed to holding licensure. Individuals can pursue

105-544: A prevention model, teaching families to enrich family life and to prevent problems before they occur. Family therapy intervenes primarily after problems set-in. Research from the Rand Corporation (from Rand research report Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise ) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (in its report Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with

126-483: Is non-partisan and is the nation's premier source of family research and Family Life Education practice information. They publish three scholarly research journals, the Journal of Marriage and Family , Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies , and Journal of Family Theory and Review . NCFR holds an annual conference that draws approximately 1100 family professionals together to share

147-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Family life education In a seminal work in the field, by Margaret Arcus , Jay Schvaneveldt and J. Joel Moss, the Handbook of Family Life Education offers several definitions by scholars as the field has evolved over time, dating back to 1962. Unlike family therapy , family life education works on

168-635: The Certified Canadian Family Educator Program operated by the Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs. Hatch Act of 1887 The Hatch Act of 1887 (ch. 314, 24  Stat.   440 , enacted 1887-03-02, 7 U.S.C.   § 361a et seq.) gave federal funds, initially $ 15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations , as well as pass along new information, especially in

189-608: The Tyne and Wear Metro Français langue étrangère (FLE, FLÉ), French as a foreign language Frontal lobe epilepsy FLE standard time (Finland, Lithuania/Latvia, Estonia time) - see Eastern European Time See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "fle" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with FLE All pages with titles beginning with Fle All pages with titles containing fle Fles (disambiguation) F1E (disambiguation) FIE (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

210-477: The area of family and consumer science and practice. The International Family Life Institute helped pioneer the first B.S. degree completion program in Family Life Education on the campus of Spring Arbor University, Mich. In 1996 the National Council on Family Relations began reviewing and approving family degree programs for inclusion of coursework that could lead to provisional certification as

231-527: The areas of soil minerals and plant growth. The bill was named for Congressman William Hatch , who chaired the House Committee of Agriculture at the time the bill was introduced. State agricultural stations created under this act were usually connected with those land-grant state colleges and universities founded under the Morrill Act of 1862 , with few exceptions. Many stations founded under

SECTION 10

#1732787689919

252-426: The field evolved, home economics expanded to include psychosocial education to support healthy adult and child development , parenting , relationship enrichment and communication skills . In recognition of the increasing breadth of the field, many college and university degree programs renamed their home economics major to titles such as Human Ecology , Family Studies, Family Life Education, and Family Science. In

273-466: The field of home economics and training of practical home-based skills in areas such as food preparation and sewing. Family life education moved into widespread public awareness in the early 20th century by offering gardening, home canning and nutrition information to homemakers in programs such as the " Victory Gardens ". In 1912, President William Howard Taft established the Children's Bureau ,

294-429: The first national credential for the profession—the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). As of 2011, there were approximately 1550 CFLEs in the U.S. and Canada. The National Council on Family Relations is the nation's oldest non-profit professional association focused solely on family research, practice and education, and the professional home for the nation's leading family researchers and educators. Founded in 1938, NCFR

315-464: The late 1980s, Dr. Michael A. O'Donnell , a former Assistant Professor of Family Studies and Dean of Professional Studies with Faulkner University and Certified Family Life Educator, and University of Alabama professor Dr. Nick Stinnett co-founded The International Family Life Institute, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, a for-profit enterprise offering assistance in curriculum development, prevention-through-education seminars, and research and writing projects in

336-418: The latest family research and information on best practices. There are several different types of credentialing practices. Approval can be issued to individuals or academic programs, via either governmental public policy or by non-governmental organizations. In brief, The nonprofit PAIRS Foundation began training and licensing family life educators in 1984 to deliver classes throughout the world on behalf of

357-413: The national CFLE credential through one of two ways: In order to teach PREP courses, individuals must complete 18 hours of training. PAIRS Foundation requires rigorous training, annual licensure, and adherence to ethical standards for all of its instructors. Training takes place through five distinct levels, each of which lasts from 24–32 hours. Canadian family life educators can be certified through

378-486: The oldest federal agency for child welfare within the Administration for Children and Families . The Children's Bureau was created to investigate and report on infant mortality , birth rates , orphanages, juvenile courts , and other social issues of that time. The Children's Bureau also introduced parent education materials by producing infant and child care booklets for families in the early 20th century. As

399-621: The organization's mission "to teach those attitudes, emotional understandings, and behaviors that nurture and sustain healthy relationships and to make this knowledge broadly available on behalf of a safer, saner, more loving world". The PAIRS approach to Family Life Education is detailed in "Building Intimate Relationships" and in founder Lori Heyman Gordon's book Passage to Intimacy , as well as in numerous published studies. As of 2012, PAIRS Foundation had trained and licensed more than 2,500 behavioral health professionals, clergy and lay leaders. PREP, Inc. also trains family life educators based on

420-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FLE . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FLE&oldid=1121659430 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

441-599: The underpinnings for the national network of Land Grant universities, agricultural experiment stations , and the Cooperative Extension Service out of the US Department of Agriculture . The Hatch Act specifies, in part, that the federal resources for research and education should focus on "agriculture in its broadest aspects" to include the "development and improvement of the rural home". This early form of family life education centered around

SECTION 20

#1732787689919
#918081