Drawing on the best scholarship and their own years of professional experience, the authors of this thoroughly updated edition begin by discussing the foundations of family life education and encourage readers to develop their own outreach philosophies. The book then helps readers learn principles and methods for reaching out to the public and how to form and use community collaborations and use principles of social marketing to promote programs. The Second Edition contains five new chapters on education for personal well-being, marriage and relationship education, parenting education, sexuality education, and narratives of family life educators. The authors' practical, hands-on experience is used to demonstrate how readers can put principles from the latest and best scholarship into action and reinforced with the Interactive Explorations sections throughout.

Foundations of Family Life Education
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Defining Family Life Education
A Brief History of Outreach Family Life Education
Evolution in the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge about Families
Varied Approaches or ARoles@ in Family Life Education
Developing a Working Philosophy for Outreach Family Life Education
Development of Family Life Education Programs
Designing Comprehensive Family Life Education Prevention Programs
The Science and Profession of Prevention
Prevention Education Models in FLE
A Comprehensive Model for the Design of Family Life Prevention Programs
Assessing Elements of Program Quality in Existing Programs
Characteristics of Strong, Sustainable Family Life Education Programs
Conclusion
Explorations
Principles of Program Evaluation
Evaluation as Friend and Foe: Stereotypes and Opportunities
Establishing the Target: Vision and Goals
Developing a Vision
Getting Specific: Program Goals and Objectives
An Example of an Evaluation Framework in Parenting
Defining the Kind of Information Needed: The Evaluation Questions
The Logic Model Approach to Evaluation
Innovations in Evaluation
Using Evaluation Data
Conclusion
Explorations
Implementing Family Life Education Programs
Designing Effective Instruction
Component Display Theory
First Principles of Instruction
A Definition of Class and Classism
Explorations
Engaging an Audience
The Art of Teaching
What Changes People? Challenging Ideas from Personality Theories
Relationships as the Basis for Helping
Practical Applications
Conclusion
Explorations
Teaching Skills and Tools in Family Life Education
Select Methods for Family Life Education
Conclusion
Explorations
Working with Diverse Audiences
Sensitizing to Differences
Diversity of Learning Styles
Diversity of Learning Styles
Skilled Dialogue
Group FLE Examples
Programming for Diversity
Conclusion
Content and Contexts for Fle Programs
Education for Personal Well-Being: Flourishing People Make Better Family Members
Models of Well-Being
The Practical Messages of Positive Psychology
Educational Frameworks
Conclusion
Explorations
Marriage and Relationship Education by Stephen F. Duncan, Alan J. Hawkins, & H. Wallace Goddard
Early Beginnings of Marriage and Relationship Education
Current Theoretical and Empirical Foundations and Models for Practice
Examples of the Three Emphases: Foundational Processes for Enduring Marriages
Educational Frameworks
Programs and Approaches
Effectiveness of Marriage and Relationship Education
Extension Service Programs and Results
Creating Your Own Marriage and Relationship Education Program
Challenges for the Future and Future Directions
Explorations
Parenting Education by Heidi E. Stolz
History and Current State of Parenting Education
Understanding Effective Parenting
Understanding Effective Parenting Education
Theoretical Models of Parenting Education
Evaluating Parenting Education Resources and Curricula
Summary and Future Challenges
Explorations
Sexuality Education by Susan Calahan
Sexuality Education Historical Overview
Why is Sexuality Education Important?
Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives Used in Programming
Sexuality Education Programs
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
STDs and HIV/AIDS Prevention
Youth Development Programs
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Parent-Based Sexuality Education
Best Practices in Sexuality Education
Conclusion
Explorations
Family Life Education on the Technological Frontier by Steven Dennis and Aaron Ebata
The Technological Landscape
Assessing the Credibility of Online Programs for Family Life Education
Developing Online Programs for Family Life Education
Conclusion
Explorations
Working with the Media in Family Life Education by Tonya Fischio
Mass Media and Outreach Family Life Education
Understanding Traditional Media: Walk a Mile in its Shoes
Working with the Media: Playing on the Same Team
Writing Guidelines
Media Interviews
Conclusion
Explorations
Writing for the Lay Audience
Purposes of Written Material
Tips on Writing
Examples of Effective Writing
Conclusion
Explorations
Promoting, Marketing, and Sustaining Fle Programs
Creating Effective Collaborative Partnerships
Defining the Collaborative Process
Advantages of Collaboration
Challenges to Collaboration
A Community Linkages Framework
Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Collaboration
Getting Started: Steps for Creating Effective Collaborative Partnerships
Examples of Effective Family Life Education Collaborations
Conclusion
Explorations
Marketing Family Life Principles, Practices, and Programs
The Social Marketing Mix
Crafting Marketing Messages to Foster Change
Conclusion
Explorations
Narratives of Family Life Educators
Where Do Family Life Educators Work? Venues, Settings, & Profiles
Pathways into the Profession of FLE - the Authors
Conclusion
Explorations
Improving the Practice of Family Life Education
Professionalization of Family Life Education
Program Rigor
Program Effectiveness
Marketing of FLE Principles, Practices, and Programs
Reaching Diverse, Underserved Audiences
Conclusion
Explorations
A Statement of Principles by H. Wallace Goddard and Charles A. Smith
Family Life Education Content Areas: Content and Practice
Family Life Education Program Resource Review Form
A Selection of Favorite Movie Clips for Family Life Education
Ethics and Family Life Education
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
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