List of Current Topics in Library
Family
Information Services' mission is to promote strong and caring families where
every member is safe, loved, learning and growing to reach their full potential
in life and in relationships.
We do this by providing user-friendly professional development and resource materials that blend scientific research with practical wisdom from the field to be used by practitioners who work with, and/or teach about parenting, child/youth development, marriage and family relationships in many different settings.
By combining practical professional development with ready-to-use resources, Family Information Services will keep you...
Informed...
Inspired...
In
Touch!
Here's What You'll Get!
The Parent & Family Eductor's Resource Library is now provided in a convenient downloadable, searchable PDF format. When you enroll, you will receive a user name and password so you can easily access and download your materaisl at home or work! Each of the six Collections in the Library (originally published from 2001-2006).
Sections include: Trends & Events, Research
& Reviews, Methods & Materials, Marketing & Outreach, and the Couple's
Connection, Focus Issues (Presentaion guides/lesson plans on Parenting/Child Development,
Youth Development, Marriage & Family Development, Basic Parenting) and an
optional section for those who work in Christian education settings, Family Ministry
Connection (optional). Many of the handouts have been translated into Spanish
and are FREE when you purchase the Library!
An additional category, People & Programs, makes an important addition to your professional development. Each FIS Online Collection features six interviews with nationally recognized expert in the field. Interview transcripts with accompanying ready-to-use handouts will prepare you to present the topic yourself quickly and easily.
To read more about specific topics presented in each category above, click here.
| When you purchase
the complete FIS Parent & Family Educator's Resource Library, you will have
a unique resource that you will turn to time and time again as you, the expert,
select just the right materials to use in each particular situation. That's what being a family educator or practitioner is all about! |
Information you can use
to:
- get fresh ideas for groups, classes, workshops & seminars
- enhance your group facilitation skills
- expand your program or services
- reach “hard to reach” populations
- reinforce home visiting goals
- augment your newsletters
- supplement one-on-one or family counseling sessions
- expand employee assistance services
- prepare presentations and reports
- develop program rationale
- increase participation
- save preparation time and much more!
Content areas related to family life education include: parenting and child guidance; family communication; interpersonal relationships; family roles and systems; work-family issues; human development and sexuality; family health and safety; family stress and coping; family resource management; multi-cultural issues; and special needs of families and children (e.g. single parent, step families, special needs children, etc.)
Family Information Services does not provide a commercial curriculum or a program model, but rather provides resources for use within many different types of programs and services that will enhance your program and save hours of research and preparation time!
Our subscribers work
in areas such as:
- Family Support
- Parent Education
- Family Life Education
- Marriage Education
- University Extension
- Social Work
- Counseling/Therapy
- Family Ministry
- Military Family Support
- Head Start
- Child Care
- Child/Youth Development
- Secondary Consumer & Family Sciences
- Public Health Nursing/Maternal & Child Health
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- Child Birth Education
- Community Education
- Family Literacy
- Parent Involvement
- Chemical Dependency Recovery
- University Programs preparing learners to work with or teach about parenting, child development, couple and family relationships.
We
hope you will consider ordering today!
With the FIS Parent & Family
Educator's Resource Library...
You'll
save time...
You'll be inspired with
hundreds of new ideas...
You'll have current
topics at the click of a mouse...
You'll
be ready to respond with confidence...
And
the real benefit to you is that you will be a valued professional,
making
a difference in your community!
Family Information Services
has been recognized with National Awards
1997 Phoenix Award from the National Parents' Day Coalition for excellence in developing and implementing a program or overall agenda that creates awareness about the need for responsible parenting and parental involvement in the child's development.
The Award Committee of the National Parents' Day Coalition stated, “Family Information Services exemplifies professionalism in the field of study, while creating public awareness about the need for responsible parenthood. This unique professional development program offers practitioners a large array of resources for their work with families.”
Other organizations have recognized Dr. Joan Comeau for her work in providing Family Information Services to the Parent and Family Education community:
As part of their centennial celebration (1900-2000), Joan was recognized by the University of Minnesota's College of Human Ecology as one of the Century's 100 Outstanding Friends & Alumni “whose life and work illuminates the breadth, diversity, and spirit of the College of Human Ecology.”
In 2001, Joan was named Parent Educator of the Year by the Texas-based Practical Parent Education Program, for her leadership in providing resources and continuing education to parent educators across the country.
In 2005 she was recognized by the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers "in acknowledgment of significant contributions to family life ministry” and she received the Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award given by the Minnesota Council on Family Relations for her contributions to the family field.
In November, 2006 she received the Arcus Award for Life Long Achievement in Family Life Education from the National Council on Family Relations in recognition of her work as founder, director and editor of Family Information Services.
Meet
the Founder of FIS, Dr. Joan Comeau
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