Certified Family Life Educator

The Child and Family Development major includes a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) option. Ours is currently the only undergraduate program in Georgia with the CFLE designation granted by the National Council on Family Relations. Graduates of the CHFD program who have completed selected FLE-related guided electives are eligible to apply for provisional certification status by submitting a transcript and application with a small fee to the National Council on Family Relations. This certification provides recognition of a CFLE's extensive knowledge base in the variety of issues impacting today's families. Upon completion of additional CFLE experience, those who are provisionally certified may apply for full certification.

Family Life Education has ten content areas:

Families in Society	Parent Education & Guidance
Internal Dynamics of Families	Family Resource Management
Human Growth & Dev.	Family Law & Public Policy
Human Sexuality	Ethics
Interpersonal Relationships	Family Life Education Methodology

Family Life Education is prevention-focused and education-based. Its ultimate goal is to "strengthen and enrich individual and family well-being."

Family Life Educators are employed in many settings including county extension; non-profit organizations; state, local, and federal government agencies; colleges/universities; primary and secondary schools among others.

Please contact me if you are interested in obtaining additional information about this noteworthy certification. You may email questions about certification to cfle@georgiasouthern.edu.

To learn more about the National Council on Family Relations which administers the CFLE program, follow this link: www.ncfr.org.