FLE Exam 1 with answers
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-the premier professional association for the
multidisciplinary understanding of families
-established in 1938, NCFR is a nonpartisan, nonprofit professional
organization focused solely on family research, policy, and practice
-publish 3 major scholarly journals; certified family life educator
(CFLE) credential; host the premier annual conference in the family
field and much more
-3,200 members represent the leading family researchers, educators,
and practitioners in the U.S. and the world
What is family life education? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
educational effort to strengthen family life through a family
perspective
-objective of family life education: enrich and improve quality of
individual and family life
-any organized effort to provide family members with information,
skills, experiences, or resources intended to strengthen, improve, or
enrich their family experience
-National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) sponsors the only
program to certify family life educators
,Preventive and educational approach of FLE - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-FLE emphasizes processes to enable people to develop into
healthy adults, help people work together in close relationships,
facilitate the ability of people to bring out the best in others
-FLE incorporate preventive and educational approach to individual
and family issues
The CFLE framework - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NCFR's CFLE
framework:
-10 content areas: Families and individuals in societal contexts,
internal dynamics of families, human growth and development
across the lifespan, human sexuality, interpersonal relationships,
family resource management, family education and guidance, family
law and public policy, professional ethics and practice, and family life
education methodology
-3 emphasizes: lifespan approach, family systems perspective, and
respect for diversity
-certification (CFLE) program
-GSU coursework can lead to provisional certification
Career Opportunities for FLE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-family life
educators work with individuals and families in varying capacities
,-they have specific training in family systems and development that
enables them to bring a family perspective to their chosen career,
regardless of the employment sector
FLE's employers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-practice: teaching,
education, program or curricula development
-administration: leadership or management, organizing, or
coordinating
-promotion: public policy, lobbying, and advocating for system
change and awareness
Benefits of certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-increases
credibility as a professional by showing that the high standards and
criteria needed to provide quality family life education have been met
-validates experience and knowledge
-adds credibility to the field by defining standards and criteria
needed to provide quality family life education
-recognizes the broad, comprehensive range of issues which
constitutes family life education and expertise in the field
2 levels of certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Full certification:
-demonstrated knowledge in the ten family life content areas and
work experience in family life education
, Provisional certification:
-demonstrated current knowledge in the ten life content areas but
lacking sufficient work experience in family life education
-provisional certification is intended for applicants who have met the
academic requirements of the CFLE designation
-provisional CFLE's upgrade to full certification status after they
completed 2 years of FLE work experience
Full certification work experience hours - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-the number of hours of work experience needed depends upon
the level and relevancy of the degree
-family specified bachelor's degree (3,200 hours)
-family specified master's or PDHD (1,600 hours)
-non-family specific (4,800 hours)
2 paths to certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-regular:
successful completion of CFLE exam (150 multiple choice questions)
-abbreviated: graduation from an NCFR-approved program including
completion of all NCFR-approved CFLE coursework (must be
complete within the past 5 years)
-NCFR allows for two substitutions (must cover required content
area and must turn in forms at graduation because courses expire
after 5 years
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-the premier professional association for the
multidisciplinary understanding of families
-established in 1938, NCFR is a nonpartisan, nonprofit professional
organization focused solely on family research, policy, and practice
-publish 3 major scholarly journals; certified family life educator
(CFLE) credential; host the premier annual conference in the family
field and much more
-3,200 members represent the leading family researchers, educators,
and practitioners in the U.S. and the world
What is family life education? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
educational effort to strengthen family life through a family
perspective
-objective of family life education: enrich and improve quality of
individual and family life
-any organized effort to provide family members with information,
skills, experiences, or resources intended to strengthen, improve, or
enrich their family experience
-National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) sponsors the only
program to certify family life educators
,Preventive and educational approach of FLE - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-FLE emphasizes processes to enable people to develop into
healthy adults, help people work together in close relationships,
facilitate the ability of people to bring out the best in others
-FLE incorporate preventive and educational approach to individual
and family issues
The CFLE framework - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NCFR's CFLE
framework:
-10 content areas: Families and individuals in societal contexts,
internal dynamics of families, human growth and development
across the lifespan, human sexuality, interpersonal relationships,
family resource management, family education and guidance, family
law and public policy, professional ethics and practice, and family life
education methodology
-3 emphasizes: lifespan approach, family systems perspective, and
respect for diversity
-certification (CFLE) program
-GSU coursework can lead to provisional certification
Career Opportunities for FLE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-family life
educators work with individuals and families in varying capacities
,-they have specific training in family systems and development that
enables them to bring a family perspective to their chosen career,
regardless of the employment sector
FLE's employers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-practice: teaching,
education, program or curricula development
-administration: leadership or management, organizing, or
coordinating
-promotion: public policy, lobbying, and advocating for system
change and awareness
Benefits of certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-increases
credibility as a professional by showing that the high standards and
criteria needed to provide quality family life education have been met
-validates experience and knowledge
-adds credibility to the field by defining standards and criteria
needed to provide quality family life education
-recognizes the broad, comprehensive range of issues which
constitutes family life education and expertise in the field
2 levels of certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Full certification:
-demonstrated knowledge in the ten family life content areas and
work experience in family life education
, Provisional certification:
-demonstrated current knowledge in the ten life content areas but
lacking sufficient work experience in family life education
-provisional certification is intended for applicants who have met the
academic requirements of the CFLE designation
-provisional CFLE's upgrade to full certification status after they
completed 2 years of FLE work experience
Full certification work experience hours - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-the number of hours of work experience needed depends upon
the level and relevancy of the degree
-family specified bachelor's degree (3,200 hours)
-family specified master's or PDHD (1,600 hours)
-non-family specific (4,800 hours)
2 paths to certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-regular:
successful completion of CFLE exam (150 multiple choice questions)
-abbreviated: graduation from an NCFR-approved program including
completion of all NCFR-approved CFLE coursework (must be
complete within the past 5 years)
-NCFR allows for two substitutions (must cover required content
area and must turn in forms at graduation because courses expire
after 5 years
