Bridging FYC http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/ Family, Youth, and Community announcements, activities, events, reports, and updates of interest to past, present, and prospective members of the FYC community (i.e., faculty, students, alumni, prospective students, and colleagues). FYC is a program area in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. en Copyright 2009 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:57:55 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Yvonne Gentzler helps Goldy Gopher get smart Yvonne GentzlerAssociate professor Yvonne Gentzler, Ph.D., (Curriculum and Instruction) helps Goldy Gopher learn to do laundry and manage his time. See Goldy learn new skills in the videos at the links below.

Goldy's laundry dilemma Goldy Gopher suffers from a lack of laundry knowledge. Can he wash maroon and gold together? Will a Badger shirt ruin his other clothing? Good thing U of MN Family Education Professor Yvonne Gentzler is there to lend a helping hand! Take a look ...you might even pick up a few tips yourself!

Goldy Gopher

Goldy learns time management skills Poor Goldy Gopher ...so much to do and so little time to do it! There are football games at the new TCF Bank Stadium, classes to attend, events with alumni ...he's one busy rodent! Fortunately for Goldy, U of MN Family Education Professor Yvonne Gentzler knows a thing or two about how college students can better manage their time as they head back to school.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/09/yvonne_gentzler_helps_goldy_go.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/09/yvonne_gentzler_helps_goldy_go.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:57:55 -0600 M.Ed. Student Profile: Tiffany Wilson-Worsley

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/05/profile_tiffany_wilsonworsley.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/05/profile_tiffany_wilsonworsley.html Tue, 05 May 2009 10:04:32 -0600 Ph.D. Student Profile: Heeran Kim Heeran KimHeeran Kim is completing her first year as a doctoral student in the family, youth, and community track with a focus in family education. Born and raised in South Korea, she received her B.A. in educational psychology and her M.A. in counseling psychology from Sookmyung Women's University. She has worked with children and their families with diverse backgrounds including low income families and people living in suburban areas of Korea. She is interested in family and parent education for minority people such as families and parents with ethnic diversity, lower socioeconomic status, and single parents. Her research interests include family resilience and multicultural education. After completing her Ph.D., she intends to return to Korea to pursue professional goals. One of her goals is to teach students in academic settings and the other is to work as a practitioner (or an activist) in educational organizations serving families and parents.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/heeran_kim_phd_student_profile.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/heeran_kim_phd_student_profile.html Students Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:27:32 -0600 Summer topic: Parenting after an unexpected outcome of pregnancy This course provides an interdisciplinary model of understanding the parent-infant relationship, beginning in pregnancy, from a developmental perspective.

Content examines the prenatal parent-infant relationship using attachment based theory, with special emphasis on how the developmental tasks of pregnancy and parenting are changed when there is an unexpected outcome such as premature birth, special needs, infant loss and the pregnancy that follows and adoption.

The role of fathers and their involvement will be addressed and emphasized. Additionally, how unexpected outcomes impact siblings, often forgotten in the trauma of an unexpected outcome, will be covered. Interventions useful in a variety of settings (health care, preschool program, church, social agency) will be explored.

Students should be prepared to explore their own belief systems around grief and loss.

Download flyer (pdf)

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Instructor: Joann O'Leary, Ph.D.
Class will be held 9:00 AM-4:30 PM
Tuesday, May 26
Wednesday, May 27
Wednesday, June 3
Monday, June 8
Room 215 Peik Hall

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/post_1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/post_1.html Family Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:34:24 -0600 Dissertation leads to work with local Hmong community members Melissa Shamblott, Ph.D., is a Family Education alumna whose doctoral dissertation was of interest to Hmong leaders and researchers at the University of Minnesota working to increase school readiness of children in "family, friend, and neighbor care" [video length: 4 minutes 11 seconds].

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/dissertation_leads_to_work_wit.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/dissertation_leads_to_work_wit.html FYC News Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:56:18 -0600 <![CDATA[CI 5900—Using Reflective Dialogue in Parent Education ]]> Graduate student Heather Cline introduces a new 1-credit special topic course offered Summer Session 2009, "Using Reflective Dialogue Videos and Teaching Methods in Parent Education."

Dates: Monday, June 29 and Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
Location: Room 28, Peik Hall.
Register now for Summer Session

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/new_summer_course_using_reflec.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/04/new_summer_course_using_reflec.html Parent Education Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:25:33 -0600 <![CDATA[CI 5937—Parent Child Interaction ]]> Betty Cooke, Ph.D., teaches CI 5937—Parent Child Interaction, a 3-credit course delivered online in 13 weekly modules. The course will next be offered Fall Semester 2009. Cooke discusses the nature of online learning in the course, reviews course goals and objectives, and describes who will benefit from the course content in a series of short video introductions to the course.

(72 sec.)

Course goals and objectives (72 sec.)
Who benefits from the course? (31 sec.)

Register now for fall (registration begins April 9)

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/03/ci_5937_parent_child_interacti.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/03/ci_5937_parent_child_interacti.html Parent Education Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:05:22 -0600 <![CDATA[CI 5946—Assessment and Evaluation in Parent Education]]> CI 5946 is a 2-credit online offering taught in 8 weekly modules March 26-May 20, 2009. The course focuses on assessment and evaluation in parent education. Dr. Susan Walker, the instructor, has provided an online introduction to the course for you in several segments, listed below. Watch each of the following short videos for an good introduction to this course. Please register for this course by March 26, 2009.

(19 seconds)

Why Take CI 5946? (50 sec.)
Dr. Susan Walker, instructor (59 seconds)
CI 5946 textbook (1 min. 23 sec.)
CI 5946 assignments (1 min. 23 sec.)

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Heather Cline is the chair of the very active Student Section of the Minnesota Council on Family Relations, which draws students from Family Education and Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota along with undergraduate and graduate students from other Minnesota colleges and universities that offer family studies program. One of the highlights of their year was the creation of a mentorship program matching professionals with students to promote engagement between current and future professionals focuses on families. If you are interested in serving as a student mentor, please contact Heather at fyc@umn.edu. The Student Section also initiated a student poster session at the fall conference, which provides students with an opportunity to present their research or practitioner-focused work.

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/01/mcfr_connections.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fyc/fyc/2009/01/mcfr_connections.html Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:37:53 -0600 Cooke, Walker, and Cline present at NCFR Conference Family Education faculty and students in have been very involved in both the Minnesota Council on Family Relations and the National Council on Family Relations (MCFR and NCFR) during the past year. Heather Cline, and faculty members Betty Cook and Susan Walker presented a round table on "Preparing Parent Educators Through Online Professional Development Programs" at the November 2008 NCFR conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. The presentation highlighted both the parent education licensure program and certificate program in family education. Susan Walker also presented a session on "What Can Family Life Education Learn From MySpace About Reaching the Next Generation of Parent?" Her presentation was of much interest to family life educators in attendance. Susan is an officer in the Education and Enrichment section of NCFR.

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Dr. Shu-Ching Kao, director of the Center for Family Education Research and an associate professor in the Institute of Family Education and Counseling at National Chia-Yi University, Taiwan, and a family education alumna (Ph.D. 1998, M.A. 1997) was recently in Minnesota to receive the 2008 Distinguished International Alumni Award. This award is jointly presented by the College of Education and Human Development and the CEHD Alumni Society to honor distinguished accomplishments by College alumni in their home countries. Dr. Kao is shown in the photo above with Dr. Ruth Thomas, professor and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Family Education alumni have received this award 3 times since its beginnings in 1997!

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