Family Resource Center
Family Research
The Family Resource Center (FRC) is invested in conducting research to inform prevention and intervention services and improve the lives of children and families.
Current Projects
Currently, the FRC is engaged in several research projects related to:
- children's experiences of hospitalization
- parents' and siblings' experiences of the death of a child
- birthing person's wellbeing in pregnancy and the postpartum period
- families' access to parenting leave
Effectiveness of Parenting Education
We're interested in whether the parenting education courses that we offer through the FRC are actually helping families. We use an empirically-supported parenting education curriculum, the Incredible Years program, which means that the program has been evaluated in many research studies and found to be effective. However, we want to ensure that our use of the program in a community-setting and delivered through a university resource center is equally effective for families. We're examining whether attending the program is associated with improved child behaviors, positive changes in parenting practices and parent mental health, and healthy parent relationship processes.
CWU News
CWU to highlight student research at next week’s SOURCE conference
May 8, 2024
by Rune Torgersen
CWU Theatre and Film to present ‘Footloose’ the next two weekends
May 8, 2024
by University Relations
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