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FCS Extension Programs and Curricula

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           Marilyn Bischoff                  Martha Raidl                     Harriet Shaklee            Sandra McCurdy

Family Development

Basic Parenting. A parent education curriculum for parents of children from 2-12 years old.

Balancing Work and Family. A series of workshops to help families better meet their family’s needs in the context of a working day.

Parenting Apart. Educational workshops for separated and divorcing families. Ordering information: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/Family/living.htm#P

Married and Loving It. A program designed to strengthen marriage relationships.

The Parent Connection. Group learning for parents and young children. Complete lesson plans for 12 meetings for parents of children from 0-5 years of age. Go here to order your copy of the curriculum www.agls.uidaho.edu/pat click on research tools.

Current Research in Child and Family Life

Reviews of contemporary research on the well-being of children and families. Archived items need to be requested through Debra Rumford drumford@uidaho.edu. 

Family History

• The 50’s Families Over Time: Transitions from the Traditional (4/01 The Communicator)

• 50 Years of Change for Families: Education, Income, Work, and Divorce

• Minding the Children: A History of Childcare in America (1/00 The Communicator-archived)

• Fathers in America: 100 years of change (6/99 The Communicator-archived)

• In the Good Old Days: Fact or fiction on the nostalgia trip (8/99 The Communicator-archived)

Contemporary Family Dilemmas

• Raising Children: What research can tell today's parents (9/04 The Communicator)

• Welfare Reform: How have families and children fared? (9/02 The Communicator)

• Life After Divorce: People and possibilities (6/02 The Communicator)

• Welfare Programs: Who needs them? (4/02 The Communicator)

• Children in Kincare: How do they fare? (2/02 The Communicator)

• Better Living Through Marriage: Wedding vows and adult well-being (8/01 The Communicator)

• Back to the Future: American Families on the brink of the 21^st Century (2/00 The Communicator-archived)

• The Good Divorce: Is it possible? (3/01 The Communicator)

• Divorce and Children: What hurts, what helps? (2/99 The Communicator-archived)

• Child Custody: No easy answers (4/99 The Communicator-archived)

• Hard times on the Farm: Economic stress and family life. (7/99 The Communicator-archived)

• Who’s raising the kids these days? (9/99 The Communicator-archived)

Children and Youth

• Safe Passage to Adulthood: Preparing youth for the years ahead (11/02 The Communicator)

• Down on the Farm: Pathways of resilience for rural youth (9/01 The Communicator)

• Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth (1/01 The Communicator)

• Positive Outcomes for Youth: Roles for family, friends, and community (2/01 The Communicator)

• Teen Pregnancy: Recent trends and implications (5/99 The Communicator-archived)

• Academic Engagement: In-school performance and out-of-school time

• Teen Pregnancy and Family Poverty: Which comes first? (8/00 The Communicator-archived)

Community Resources and Family Life

• Community-Based Literacy Environments: Some have it and some don't (11/03 The Communicator)

• After 9-11: What changed? (4/02 The Communicator)

• Plain Talk: Increasing sexually responsible behavior among youth (3/02 The Communicator)

• Civic Participation and American Life: Where have all the voters gone? (3/99 The Communicator-archived)

• Connecting with Others: Social capital and the quality of American life (12/00 The Communicator-archived)

The Early Years

• Public Funds and Early Childhood: The return on investment in quality programs for young children (5/04 The Communicator)

• Parents as Teachers Program Found to be Ideal in Addressing Emergent Literacy in the Home (2/04 The Communicator)

• Moms and Dads Talk to Kids: Parent practice and emergent literacy (9/03 The Communicator)

• Birth to Three: What's so important about the early years? (5/02 The Communicator)

• Tuning in to Infants: Responsive caregiving in the early years (1/02 The Communicator)

• The First Three Years: Putting the brain research in context (10/01 The Communicator)

Welfare to Work

• It Just Doesn't Work: Challenges of low income parents balancing work and family (10/03 The Communicator)

• Welfare to work programs and children's well-being (10/01 The Communicator)

• Making Ends Meet: Balancing the budget on low wage work (11/01 The Communicator)

• Working Moms and Family Life: What do kids think? (7/00 The Communicator-archived)

• Balancing Work and Family: What’s a mother (or father) to do?

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