FCCLA: Families First
- http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/programs/lessonplansactivities/flowerpots_and_families_lesson_plan.pdf
- http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/programs/lessonplansactivities/managingmultiplerolesff.pdf
- http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/programs/lessonplansactivities/familyreunionff.pdf
- http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/programs/lessonplansactivities/familygamenightff.pdf
- http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/programs/lessonplansactivities/discovering_why_i_am_who_i_am.pdf
- http://www.fccla.com/assets/files/pdf/programs/20102011_families_first.pdf
- http://www.iafccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Families-First-Training-Packet.pdf
Emily Manning
Parent Practice
- caring for children
- child abuse prevention
- child care careers
- costs of having a baby/raising a child
- family health and safety
- managing family resources
- nurturing positive self-esteem
- parental roles and responsibilities
- parenting skills
- parents' involvement in education
- reading to children in families
- sources of help for parents
Specific Lesson Ideas
- Families and Flowerpots
- Family Interviews
- Plan a family game night
- Family Reunions
Balancing Family and Career
Goals
- applying technology to make the most of family resources
- balancing school, work, and family
- balancing skills (managing time, setting priorities, sharing responsibilities, staying flexible)
- child care/elder care options
- choosing a career that fits with desired family lifestyle
- finding time for community involvement
- household jobs
- managing family finances
- shared responsibilities
- work of the family
1. help young people become strong family members and leaders for today and tomorrow
2. strengthen the family as the basic unit of society
You-Me-Us
Families First is...
Partners
The Five Units
Meet the Challenge
- conflict management
- dealing with change
- domestic violence
- family support networks/agencies
- helping family members who have special needs
- issues that affect families (unemployment, homelessness, stress, illness, abuse, special needs, etc.)
- living in an intergenerational household
- living in a step family
- stress management
- careers in family and community services
- communication
- decision making and problem solving
- effects of technology on family relationships
- family councils
- family fun times
- joint family learning/experiences
- volunteering as a family
- making friends with a parent or stepparent
- making friends with a sibling or step sibling
- family traditions
1. Families Today: Understand and celebrate families
2. You–Me–Us: Strengthen family relationships
3. Meet the Challenge: Overcome obstacles together
4. Balancing Family and Career: Manage multiple responsibilities
5. Parent Practice: Learn to nurture children
a national FCCLA peer education program through which young people gain a better understanding of how families work and learn skills to become strong family members
- National Family Week, www.nationalfamilyweek.org
- NRTA: AARP’s Educator Community, http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/nrta/
Awards
Families First Lesson Ideas
Families First cash awards include:
High School Award — $1,000
Middle School Award — $1,000
Runner-Up Award — $500
Special Recognition at the National Leadership Conference and in the Teen Times magazine
- definitions of family
- how cultural background influences families
- how your family influences you
- families' roles in society
- family pride
- family strengths
- legal issues related to families
- types of families
- celebrating family diversity
- careers that relate to families