09 Jan
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Healthy Relationships: Successful Families

Successful Families gives individuals and couples the skills needed to improve their ability to interact positively in intimate relationships, de-escalate volatile relationship situations, and provide role modeling for their children. Target Population: Individuals Couples Engaged Couples Expectant Couples Newlywed Couples Married Couples Cohabiting Couples Unmarried Parents Stepparents Distressed Couples Low-Income African American Hispanic/Latino Languages Available […]

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09 Jan
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Military Service and Marriage: A Review of Research

Why is it important to understand the challenges to a healthy marriage that people in the military face? Some compelling reasons come readily to mind. First of all, married military personnel represent a sizable population, and that, in itself, merits attention. Nearly one-half of the nation's military personnel are married, amounting to almost 700,000 individuals. […]

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09 Jan
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Tips for Facilitators – Adult Learning Styles

Adults like to be involved in their learning process by directing it themselves. A class or workshop for an adult audience can be a fantastic avenue for thoughtful questions and meaningful discussions. In order to connect with this audience, a facilitator must consider the general learning styles for individuals and possess the necessary skills to […]

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09 Jan
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Case Study: Coalition Building

Community healthy marriage initiatives have developed throughout the past decade with different goals and objectives.1 Most are spearheaded by a community- or faith-based leader who brings likeminded people together with the common goal of strengthening marriage in their community. This Case Study examines a statewide approach to delivering healthy marriage and relationship education (MRE) through […]

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09 Jan
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Tips for Facilitators – Dealing with Difficult Class Participants

Some people are perceived as being difficult by everyone who encounters them. We have all had the experience of encountering difficult people in our lives. Invariably, one of these “difficult people” will show up in a class you are facilitating. It is important to recognize who these people are and understand them so that you […]

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Marketing and Outreach in Hispanic Communities (HARP)

This Case Study examines successful approaches to conducting marketing and outreach for healthy relationship and marriage education (MRE) services for Hispanic communities. The Hispanic Active Relationship Project (HARP) in Cameron County, Texas, has developed unique marketing, outreach and recruitment strategies to engage Hispanic communities and encourage participation in marriage and relationship education services.

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Tips for Facilitators -Teaching Styles Quiz

This brief quiz is designed to get you thinking about your teaching style. Read each statement and decide whether it is true or false. Then review the Teaching Styles Tip Sheet in this Toolkit.

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09 Jan
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Domestic Violence and Pregnancy

Marriage/relationship education (MRE) programs are uniquely positioned to identify risk for abuse and to promote healthy and safe relationships. Domestic violence (DV) or intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive and costly problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 4.8 million episodes of IPV occur every year in the United States […]

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09 Jan
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Learning Styles Assessment Quiz

The Learning Styles Assessment is a fun way to learn about your class and the people in it. You can administer this assessment to your participants and also take it yourself. You may want to review the Adult Learning Styles Tip Sheet in this Toolkit as a supplement to this assessment. The Adult Learning Styles […]

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09 Jan
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Living Arrangements of Children in the United States Over Time

The percentage of children under the age of 18 who live with two parents decreased steadily for several decades (from approximately 85% in 1970 to approximately 68% by the mid-1990s1). Beginning in the mid-1990s, this decrease leveled off and the proportion of U.S. children who live with two married parents has since remained at approximately […]

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