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Conference Proposal Dates Have Changed / Purchase NCFR 2024 Recordings / Vote in NCFR Elections / Family Life Education Month / FREE NCFR Webinar / More NCFR Events: Reserve Your Seat / Congratulations to 2024 NCFR Awardees / Feb. Issues of JMF & FR / NCFR Resources |
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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 |
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• Reimagining NCFR 2025: Complete Our Survey
• Purchase NCFR 2024 Recordings
• Family Life Education Month!
• Register for NCFR's FREE Webinar |
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• CFLE Conversations: FREE for CFLEs
• NCFR 2024 Award Recipients
• New NCFR Research PLUS JMF & FR Feb. Issues
• Video of the Week
• PLUS Employment Opportunities |
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Reimagining the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference
Proposal dates have changed
You are invited to be a part of a reimagined NCFR conference Nov. 19-22, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland! Exciting innovations are already in the works, including a timeline shift in the conference proposal submission period.
What's New:
★ New Opening: Submit proposals beginning the first week of March
★ New Deadline: Proposals are now due April 1, 2025
★ A simplified Call for Proposals
★ An intuitive online submission process
READ FULL UPDATE
Inspired by NCFR's new vision and Guiding Principles, we want your ideas! Please share your conference ideas in our quick survey. Please complete our survey by Friday, February 14. |
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ACCESS TO NCFR 2024 |
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Pictured above: An image from special session, Sociocultural Adaptation of Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth: A New Multisystem Model, just one of NCFR 2024 recorded sessions.
Experience NCFR 2024
Purchase NCFR 2024 Recordings
If you missed NCFR 2024, access to 15 video recordings is available for purchase. This package includes all 4 plenary sessions, 9 special sessions, 1 invited presenter symposium, and 1 symposium.
GET STARTED HERE
Access to recordings is FREE for all NCFR 2024 conference attendees (in person or Bridge) as a benefit of registration. Access recordings (login required)
Request a classroom license for specific conference sessions for use in your classroom, department, or organization. |
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CELEBRATE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION MONTH |
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Promoting Family Life Education (FLE) this month!
#FamilyLifeEd
All month in February NCFR will celebrate Family Life Education (FLE) month, increasing awareness and visibility of Family Life Education. Look for contributions in Zippy News and on NCFR social media from Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) as they share highlights of their career and what FLE means to them.
This week, NCFR member Alyssa McElwain, Ph.D., CFLE, shares a video on how students can navigate the CFLE-approved Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) program at the University of Wyoming. Dr. McElwain is an associate professor of HDFS in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. Consider using this video to help explain HDFS and its different career pathways to your students or creating a video of your own.
WATCH VIDEO
Use the #FamilyLifeEd on social media to bring visibility and highlight items related to Family Life Education! READ MORE |
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REGISTER FOR NCFR'S *FREE* WEBINAR |
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FREE Webinar for ALL Registrants— In Celebration of Family Life Education Month
Supporting Relocating Military Families
Mon., Feb. 17 / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT
Presenter: Teresa Banner, M.S., B.S.N., RN, CFLE
The U.S. Department of Defense reports that over 400,000 military families relocate annually. These families relocate on average every 2.5 years, which places stress on the family system and may reduce accessibility to a local social support system. Although support is available to service members and their families through the military, Family Life Educators can provide additional family-centered support that is needed to assist families as they experience the stress of relocating.
With an appreciation for military culture and the common strengths of this population, webinar presenter Teresa Banner, M.S., B.S.N., RN, CFLE, will outline practical ways Family Life Education professionals can support military families before, during, and after relocation across the country or world. Ms. Banner will discuss common strengths and challenges experienced by military families during relocation and provide evidence-based approaches Family Life Educators can use to support military families through the transition.
REGISTER FOR *FREE* WEBINAR
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CFLE CONVERSATIONS |
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CFLE Conversations
New Professionals in Family Life Education
Wed., Feb. 12 / 1 – 2 p.m. CT
Facilitator: Ashley Barksdale, LCSW, CFLE, CADC-II, PMH-C
Free for CFLEs / Renew your CFLE Credential
Are you a new CFLE? Join Ashley Barksdale, LCSW, CFLE, CADC-II, PMH-C, for this conversation to connect with and learn from other CFLEs currently working or aspiring to work in Family Life Education. All new professionals looking for an opportunity to meet and network with other Certified Family Life Educators are encouraged to attend. Ashley can help answer questions you might have and provide insight on navigating the expansive professional practice of Family Life Education.
This networking event is free to CFLEs.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
If you are interested in facilitating a future CFLE Conversation, contact Jessica Oswald.
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CFLE Conversations
Death, Dying, and Bereavement in Family Life Education
Wed., March 12 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Facilitator: Susan Maxymiv, M.A., CFLE-Retired, CT
FREE for CFLEs / Renew your CFLE Credential
Are you a CFLE with experience in death, dying, and bereavement? This networking event welcomes your questions, experiences, resources, challenges, and successes. Connect with professionals who work in similar fields or share your interests!
For more than 30 years, Susan Maxymiv, M.A., CFLE-Retired, CT, has worked passionately in the fields of thanatology (dying, death and bereavement), gerontology, and Family Life Education. As a practitioner, she has been the director of a community senior center and a funeral home bereavement care program. Ms. Maxymiv has worked with first responders utilizing critical incident stress management/debriefing and in hospice bereavement care. As an academic, she taught bereavement courses at Kent State University.
Join Ms. Maxymiv and fellow CFLEs for an insightful discussion on end-of-life work.
This networking event is free for CFLEs.
SECURE YOUR SEAT |
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CONGRATULATIONS, NCFR MEMBERS |
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NCFR Awards & Recognition
Jessie Bernard Outstanding Research Proposal Award
Congratulations to Min Xu, Ph.D., LMFT, AAMFT-Approved Supervisor, as the Jessie Bernard Outstanding Research Proposal from a Feminist Perspective Award, which recognizes a graduate student or new professional who has demonstrated excellence in research and potential contribution to feminist scholarship.
Dr. Xu is an assistant professor in the marital and family therapy program at the University of San Diego. Dr. Xu’s scholarship primarily focuses on emotion regulation, particularly within romantic relationships. Her work also emphasizes predictors, mechanisms of change, and outcomes in couple therapy, including attachment and family-of-origin experiences. Dr. Xu's research proposal is entitled "Gendered Emotional Work in Romantic Relationships."
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NCFR Awards & Recognition
Congratulations to 2024 NCFR Focus Group Award Recipients
NCFR congratulates the following members who were recipients of Focus Group Awards in 2024. More award recipients will be highlighted in coming weeks in Zippy News.
Men in Families Focus Group
Best Research Article Award
Kari Adamsons, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
"Longitudinal transmission of risk behaviors between mothers, fathers, and adolescents"
Best New Professional Research Article Award
Priscilla Leticia Zambrano, M.A., University of Arizona
"Mother-father and parent-grandmother coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement in adolescent parent families"
Diversity and Inclusion Research Article Award
Olena Kopystynska, Ph.D., Southern Utah University; Jeffrey Scott Crapo, Ph.D., Utah State University; Kay Bradford, Ph.D., Utah State University
"Dimensions of father development and parenting: A person-centered approach of men attending a responsible fatherhood program"
Military and Veteran Families Focus Group
Outstanding SNP Proposal Award
Clairee Peterson, Ph.D., Kennesaw State University
"Service Members’ Financial Attitudes and Romantic Relationship Processes and Outcomes: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effect"
Outstanding Professional Proposal Award
Catherine Walker O'Neal, Ph.D., University of Georgia
"Identifying Factors That Contribute to Military Families’ Financial Well-Being: Using a Social-Ecological Lens to Inform Program and Policy Implementation"
Sibling Relationships Focus Group
Best Student Poster Award
Somayeh Naderi, University of Minnesota
"The association between sibling interactions and gender identity on family support among sexual and gender minority individuals"
Latino(a) Research Focus Group
Best Student Paper Award
Rosalba Alvarado, M.A., M.Ed., Southern Illinois University
"Language Inclusion and Resilience among Rural Immigrant Low-Income Latina Mothers: Exploring the Transformative Potential of Culturally Responsive Practices"
SEE ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS |
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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research, PLUS Feb. Issues of JMF & FR
Keep up with the latest research from all three of NCFR's scholarly journals advancing Family Science — Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR).
Check out this early-view article published in Family Relations:
Exploring the use of AI avatars by marriage and family therapists practitioners as a therapeutic intervention — Alex D. Colvin, Ph.D., M.S.W., and NCFR member Crystal Benjamin, Ph.D., CFLE (pictured)
This article shows how the integration of AI technology can improve upon therapy accessibility, enhance the delivery of marriage and family therapy practices, and help alleviate therapist burnout.
View more new early-view articles published between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 across NCFR's journals, PLUS NEW February issues of JMF and FR.
NCFR members with journal subscriptions have access to the full text of articles on the journals section of the website. Additionally, you can get immediate notifications of new articles submitted to NCFR's journals by signing up for email alerts. Seize the moment — get your manuscript published in an NCFR journal! Check out some tips & strategies before doing so.
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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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NCFR Member Opportunities
Vote in NCFR's 2025 Elections by Feb. 28
Nominations for 2026 Elections also sought
NCFR members will receive a link to this year's 2025 NCFR election ballots in their email on Saturday, Feb. 1. Check your junk mail, spam, or clutter folders. The deadline to vote in the elections is Feb. 28. See the nominees for national offices including the NCFR Board president-elect, board members-at-large, and members of NCFR Board committees. These are the NCFR member candidates who will represent YOU!
NCFR members: nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2026 election slate. Submit a nomination.
Explore more about the possibilities for leadership at NCFR — watch our on-demand webinar. Free for members and CFLEs!
LEARN ABOUT NCFR ELECTIONS
If you are an active NCFR member and could not find a ballot in your email, please email Alicia Jaworski. |
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NCFR Member Volunteers
Thank You, Résumé/CV Reviewers!
NCFR wishes to thank those that volunteered to review résumé and CV submissions in the most recent cycle. Your partnership and dedication mean so much. Without the help of our member volunteers, programs such as these would not be successful.
Thanks to these members for offering their time and dedication in contributing their expertise to the past cycle of this program:
Farin Bakhtiari, Ph.D.
Aya Shigeto, Ph.D.
Nicole McAninch, Ph.D., CFLE
Amy Claridge, Ph.D., LMFT
Heather Hessel, Ph.D., LMFT |
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NCFR Focus Groups
Join an NCFR Focus Group – Connect, Collaborate, and Contribute!
Are you looking for a way to engage more deeply with a professional community? NCFR Focus Groups offer a free and unique opportunity to connect with individuals who have common interests, to collaborate on projects and ideas, and to contribute to the advancement of family research, education, and practice. With 28 Focus Groups to choose from, there’s a place for you!
By joining a Focus Group, you can:
· Exchange ideas with others who share your interests
· Stay informed about emerging research and trends
· Help shape NCFR’s initiatives and resources
· Expand your network and build valuable relationships
Find the Focus Group that’s right for you and start making meaningful connections today!
Focus groups are free for NCFR members to join. To add or remove a focus group from your membership, log in at MY NCFR, click "Join Additional Focus Groups," check or uncheck the boxes for the focus groups you wish to join or leave, then save.
Note: Focus Groups are free to join and only available to NCFR members.
Not an NCFR member? JOIN HERE |
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NCFR RESOURCES |
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Tools for Ethical Thinking and Practice in Family Life Education, 4th Edition
This popular NCFR publication is useful for teaching about professional ethics in the classroom and as a resource for practicing family professionals. Learn more
Purchase this text in the NCFR online store. |
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Video of the Week
New Memoir on Black Divers Dives Deep Into History
This week's video is in celebration and recognition of Black History Month. The video features an interview of National Geographic explorer, Tara Roberts as she talks about her new memoir which details a group of divers' journey towards uncovering and preserving artifacts from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Through her 6-year journey, Tara is telling stories, writing history, in which she finds pride and beauty.
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area? Email a link to Kristal Johnson and maybe we will feature it in Zippy News!
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NCFR JOBS CENTER |
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New Employment Opportunities
Employers: Get your job opening included in Zippy News by posting it in
NCFR's online Jobs Center! Get started here. |
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