Family Life Education (FLE):
Family Life Education is an educational effort to strengthen and improve our daily lives, through providing people with basic skills to make their lives more productive, satisfying, and happier. It is through FLE that people can develop healthy lifestyles for variety of different varieties.
Education Required: To become a Certified Family Life Educator, one must complete a Baccalaureate degree and course work in the ten family life content areas (for list, see link below).
Where can you find FLEs: Family Life Educators hold many different positions that involve teaching, education, management, lobbying, and many more!
Definition by NCFR, National Council on Family Relations:
"Family life education focuses on healthy family functioning within a family systems perspective and provides a primarily preventive approach. The skills and knowledge needed for healthy functioning are widely known: strong communication skills, knowledge of typical human development, good decision-making skills, positive self-esteem, and healthy interpersonal relationships. The goal of family life education is to teach and foster this knowledge and these skills to enable individuals and families to function optimally."
For more information about FLE, we provided the link below
NCFR, National Council on Family Relations
http://www.ncfr.org/cfle-certification/what-family-life-education
