ISU Extension Satellite: The Impact of Couple and Marital Relationships on Parenting and Child Outcomes

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Kimberly Greder
56 LeBaron Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
kgreder@iastate.edu
phone: 515-294-5906
fax: 515-294-5507

Joyce Howard
Secretary
jahoward@iastate.edu
phone: 515-294-8754
fax: 515-294-5507

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Diana Broshar
dmbro@iastate.edu
phone: 515-294-8204

Going Further: Community Planning for Healthy Couple and Marriage Education Programs and Support

A national online training opportunity for Extension professionals and educators introducing the Leader Guide for the Impact of Couple and Marital Relationships on Parenting and Child Outcomes

Family professionals spend a lot of effort helping parents learn the skills to guide their children’s development and behavior. Often, little time is spent on nurturing the parents’ relationship with each other. Why should we focus on the quality of their couple relationship and foster the development of skills to strengthen the relationship?

Explore Guiding Principles for Planning Programs and Supporting Healthy Couple Relationships and Marriage
Better understand this connection and begin to build the case for supporting families in this critical area
Explore strategies to bring community members together to plan for couple and marriage education programs and support

A lesson guide based on the Iowa State University Extension 2005 satellite program, Impact of Couple and Marital Relationships on Parenting and Child Outcomes, was introduced.

Presenters


Karen Shirer, Ph.D. Capacity area leader, Family Development Associate Dean for Extension University of Minnesota Extension	Kimberly Greder, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Human Development and Family Studies Iowa State University

Recording View a recording of the May 16, 2007 presentation: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p46648131/ Resources Leaders Guide (27 pg, pdf) Leaders Guide PowerPoint file (ppt) Leaders Guide PowerPoint Handout (6 pg, pdf) Participation Instructions US Times Zones Additional Resources National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network NERMEN's strives to support Extension educators, as well as our professional partners, who are working with youth and adults in relationship and marriage enrichment programming. Their website provides information on healthy relationship and marriage education efforts and resources available across the Extension system. Cultivating Healthy Relationships and Marriage: A Trainers Guide to Effective Programming Based on the 2006 Family Life E-seminar, Relationship and Marital Enrichment Education.