Not exact matches
South Dakota uses the Connections curriculum, which focuses on
marriage and relationship communications
skills; a 2004 study of the
program found marginal success — some students felt somewhat more negatively about divorce and somewhat more positively toward premarital counseling.
In 2011, HRC was awarded a three - year Community - Centered Healthy
Marriage and Relationships grant to expand services into low - income populations by providing relationship
skills programs as well as job / career services in partnership with One - Stop Career Centers around the state.
MDRC designs and studies
programs that seek to improve parenting
skills and capabilities, build healthier couple relationships and
marriages, and promote responsible fatherhood.
As a married couple and as psychologists who provide a secular,
skill - based
marriage preparation
program, in every workshop we have given, we've listened to engaged and newlywed couples talk about the challenges of wedding planning.
The Third Option is a
skills - based
program that helps people build strong and healthy
marriages.
Title: Community - Centered Healthy
Marriage and Relationship Grants Estimate of Awards: $ 57 million through a estimate of 40 awards ranging from $ 300,000 to $ 2.5 million per award Purpose: Supports programs that have the capacity and proven track record of providing a broad range of healthy marriage and relationship skills t
Marriage and Relationship Grants Estimate of Awards: $ 57 million through a estimate of 40 awards ranging from $ 300,000 to $ 2.5 million per award Purpose: Supports
programs that have the capacity and proven track record of providing a broad range of healthy
marriage and relationship skills t
marriage and relationship
skills training.
The initiative involves supporting and strengthening secular and faith - based
marriage education
programs and using the media and the internet to motivate couples to learn relationship
skills.
In recent years, the responsible fatherhood field has expanded beyond its roots in employment and parenting services for low - income fathers to recognize the diverse needs of a wide array of fathers.1
Programs now include elements such as healthy
marriage and co-parenting
skills training, general fatherhood competency for all income levels, support for fathers involved with the child welfare and criminal justice systems, a focus on children's education and literacy, awareness of the needs of fathers who have children with special needs, and attention to issues of domestic violence.
The unique characteristics of healthy
marriage and responsible fatherhood education are explained, with an emphasis on the
skill - based structure of healthy
marriage and responsible fatherhood
programming.
The Houston
Marriage Project is a
program within Family Services of Greater Houston that provides couples with
skills and resources that will empower them to create healthy relationships necessary to provide emotional and financial stability for their families.
BRINGING BABY HOME - RELATIONSHIP
SKILLS FOR COUPLES Bringing Baby Home is a nationally - recognized
program developed by Dr. John Gottman based on 30 + years of
marriage and family research.
One effort already under way consists of
programs to improve the relationship and communication
skills of unwed fathers and mothers and, in turn, increase the likelihood of
marriage and marital stability.
This course presents guidelines for the design and development of
programs to help interested unwed parents acquire the
skills and knowledge they need to form and sustain a healthy
marriage.
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Marriage counseling, like the
programs we offer at Perspectives Of Troy Counseling Centers in Michigan, is a great way to build those
skills and gain the tools necessary to keep your relationship going strong.
Our family and
marriage counseling
programs are designed to strengthen your communication
skills so you can overcome obstacles in your
marriage.
The Building Strong Families (BSF) evaluation assessed the impacts of eight
programs offering a similar model of healthy
marriage and relationship
skills and support services to interested low - income unmarried parents around the time of the birth of a child.
More and more, pastors are realizing the value of
skills - based
Marriage Education
programs to complement the spiritual messages they give to their members.
Will participation in marital education
programs by low - income couples lead to an increase in
marriage and in marital harmony and, in turn, have lasting effects on couples» satisfaction, on parenting
skills and practices, and on children?
Will the
skills taught in marital education
programs be a match for the poverty - related stresses experienced by low - income families, or are additional supports such as employment and income also needed to reduce divorce and increase the number of healthy
marriages?
Healthy Relationships California is a nationally - prominent provider of
skills - based and research - supported Relationship and
Marriage Education
programs through which they have served over 120,000 participants in the past five years through a statewide network of local partnering organizations.
The Supporting Healthy
Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a
skills - based relationship education
program designed to help low - income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for children.
The Supporting Healthy
Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a
skills - based relationship education
program designed to help low - and modest - income married couples strengthen their relationships and to support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for parents and their children.
In fact,
skills - based marital education
programs have been proven to strengthen
marriages.
Couples come to MarriageTeam for pre-marital
skills, to strengthen their
marriage, and also re-
marriage programs.
McDonough is a data manager who has worked on several projects at MDRC: Supporting Healthy
Marriage (SHM) is an evaluation of marriage education programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting Program (MIECHV) in improving outcomes for at - risk children and f
Marriage (SHM) is an evaluation of
marriage education programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting Program (MIECHV) in improving outcomes for at - risk children and f
marriage education
programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social
skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting
Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting
Program (MIECHV) in improving outcomes for at - risk children and families.
Posted below are supporting documents associated with the November 16, 2010 National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse Technical Assistance Webinar, «Integrating Healthy
Marriage Skills in Responsible Fatherhood
Programs.»
In these
Marriage Coaching Programs you and your partner will become (more) conscious of both the positives and negatives that drive the relational dynamics in your marriage; you'll stop the emotional and relational downward spiral; and find new answers and acquire new skills to get your marriage back to being loving and
Marriage Coaching
Programs you and your partner will become (more) conscious of both the positives and negatives that drive the relational dynamics in your
marriage; you'll stop the emotional and relational downward spiral; and find new answers and acquire new skills to get your marriage back to being loving and
marriage; you'll stop the emotional and relational downward spiral; and find new answers and acquire new
skills to get your
marriage back to being loving and
marriage back to being loving and strong.
With this
program, you will also teach how to use powerful communication and negotiation
skills to strengthen the
marriage.
Dr. Hirsch says she uses the
skills in her own
marriage, and says her husband attributes the
program to enhancing their
marriage during the stressful period of their second child's birth.
A new business model was born: a membership - based Internet
marriage skills training
program.
CHMC also trains leaders in a variety of
skills based
marriage and relationship education
programs.
Qualifying continuing education activities include the following: Courses offered or approved by the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) or its affiliates; courses accredited, approved or offered by the Commission on Accreditation for Marital and Family Therapist Education (COAMFTE), National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the American Association of Social Workers (AASW), the American Psychological Association (APA), or their affiliates, provided the coursework is clearly related to maintaining
skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of marital and family therapy; courses offered or approved by institutions accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marital and Family Therapist Education (COAMFTE); graduate coursework in or related to the discipline of marital and family therapy field offered by a regionally accredited academic institution, either audited or by credit; or
programs in or related to the discipline of marital and family therapy sponsored or approved by a regionally accredited academic institution, provided the coursework is clearly related to maintaining
skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of marital and family therapy.»
With this
program, you will learn solid step - family parenting advice and parenting tips such as when and how to use powerful communication and negotiation
skills to strengthen
marriage and family.
Susan Brown, co-director of the National Center for Family &
Marriage Research, says the U.S. has spent «hundreds of millions of dollars» on its Healthy Marriage Initiative, a George W. Bush - era program that aimed to promote marriage among lower - income couples, which bankrolled advertising campaigns, skill - building workshops and parenting
Marriage Research, says the U.S. has spent «hundreds of millions of dollars» on its Healthy
Marriage Initiative, a George W. Bush - era program that aimed to promote marriage among lower - income couples, which bankrolled advertising campaigns, skill - building workshops and parenting
Marriage Initiative, a George W. Bush - era
program that aimed to promote
marriage among lower - income couples, which bankrolled advertising campaigns, skill - building workshops and parenting
marriage among lower - income couples, which bankrolled advertising campaigns,
skill - building workshops and parenting classes.
The purpose of the Leadership Training Workshop is to help married couples develop
skills for leading
marriage enrichment
programs, classes and events.
The following is a guest post by Naomi Grunditz with Power of Two, an online
marriage education
program that teaches the
skills couples need to have a healthy, loving, and joyous partnership.
As Kathryn Edin of Harvard has noted, many of these
programs are equipping poor and working - class couples with the relational
skills that their better - educated peers rely upon to sustain their
marriages.
Fortunately, Bonnie decided to get help via a
marriage communication
skills program.
Because
marriage skills and education
programs hold more promise for couples earlier in relationships, reaching younger people before anti-
marriage attitudes and patterns are set makes sense.
The
program permits funds to be used for parenting
skills training and «to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy
marriages.»
Her books and online
program, PowerOfTwoMarriage.com, teach the
skills couples need to be able to enjoy a strong and loving
marriage relationship.
Marriage programs would also provide marriage and relationship education to unmarried couples at the «magic moment» of a child's birth and offer marriage - skills training to low - income married couples to improve marriage quality and reduce the likelihood of
Marriage programs would also provide
marriage and relationship education to unmarried couples at the «magic moment» of a child's birth and offer marriage - skills training to low - income married couples to improve marriage quality and reduce the likelihood of
marriage and relationship education to unmarried couples at the «magic moment» of a child's birth and offer
marriage - skills training to low - income married couples to improve marriage quality and reduce the likelihood of
marriage -
skills training to low - income married couples to improve
marriage quality and reduce the likelihood of
marriage quality and reduce the likelihood of divorce.
Over 100 separate evaluations show that
marriage skill education
programs, of the sort that would be used in the healthy
marriage initiative, are effective in reducing strife, improving communications
skills, increasing couple stability and enhancing marital happiness.
The initiative would utilize existing
marriage -
skills education
programs that have proven effective in decreasing conflict and increasing happiness and stability among couples.
Some helpful books on
marriage are the following: Loving Solutions by Gary Chapman; Passage to Intimacy: Key Concepts and Skills from the Pairs Program Which Has Helped Thousands of Couples Rekindle Their Love, by Lori H. Gordon and Jon Frandsen; Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. B
marriage are the following: Loving Solutions by Gary Chapman; Passage to Intimacy: Key Concepts and
Skills from the Pairs
Program Which Has Helped Thousands of Couples Rekindle Their Love, by Lori H. Gordon and Jon Frandsen; Fighting for Your
Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. B
Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg.
The following titles and authors may be a good starting place for you: Loving Solutions by Gary Chapman; Passage to Intimacy: Key Concepts and
Skills from the Pairs
Program Which Has Helped Thousands of Couples Rekindle Their Love, by Lori H. Gordon and Jon Frandsen; Fighting for Your
Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg.
Three of Dr. Heitler's adult children have created an interactive, online
marriage education
program, PowerOfTwoMarriage.com, that teaches the
skills she writes about in these books.
-- 1997 Family Empowerment
Program —
Program Director and Supervisor 1998 - 2000 Redirecting Children's Behavior Parent Educator — 1999 Certified Hypnotherapist — 2000 Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida — 2000 Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom Trainer — 2003 Certified Psych - K Practitioner — 2007 Landmark Education Introduction Leader — 2008 - 2010 Licensed Clinical
Marriage and Family Therapist in Maryland — 2011 Developing Capable Young People Facilitator — 2011 Conscious Discipline Summer Institute — 2011 Post Graduate Degree Bowen Center for the Study of the Family — 2012 - 2013 Emotional Focus Therapy Training for Couples Externship — 2013 Discernment Counseling Certified — 2013 Landmark Education Communication Course Curriculum — 2013 Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience Level 1, 2, 3 — 2014 Emotional Focus Couples Therapy Training Externship — 2013 Core
Skills — 2013 - 14 Core
Skills Plus — 2014 - 15 Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training & Education Level 1 & Level 2 — Lisa Ferentz Trauma Certification Level 1 & Level 2 AEDP — Diana Fosha Ph.D Immersion — 2015 Essential
Skills — 2015 - 16 Working with a Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma — Janina Fisher Ph.D — 2015 - 16
Although the record for these
programs is mixed, the most established
program, the Oklahoma
Marriage Initiative, has achieved successes in improving the quality and stability of low - income relationships.59 Given the fragility of family life among low - income, twentysomething couples with children — especially cohabiting couples — federal and state policymakers should continue to experiment with
programs that give these couples
skills that will help them stay together and thrive.