Family Resiliency Center

Stay tuned for more about our Strategic Plan Launch Party!

The future is bright for the Family Resiliency Center! Stakeholders and administration gathered together at Doris Kelley Christopher Hall to launch the new Strategic Plan last Friday.

"The plan includes three overarching goals, six strategies, and related action steps. It incorporates built-in flexibility and room for growth to meet emerging needs. This plan outlines how we will achieve our mission and vision over the next five years. We want to make thriving the norm." - Jacinda Dariotis, Director of FRC

Ye Rang Park, a research assistant professor at FRC, discusses in a new FRC podcast a study she conducted on mindful parenting as well as her new community-based participatory project through cross-discipline collaboration. Parents who are interested in how mindful parenting can reduce conflicts with their children and promote positive youth behaviors will want to hear this interview at https://tinyurl.com/yb66wk3u.

The Family Resiliency Center offers innovative training opportunities for community members, academics, service providers, policy makers, and students to build their transdisciplinary, participatory, and translational capacity. See what courses our team members lead at https://lnkd.in/d3jP8gjM.

A classic FRC podcast from 2017 covers why cooking in the kitchen with your children during the holiday season is important, and how it can improve your family's health. Give it a listen on Spotify at https://tinyurl.com/dhacw3ja.

Equity and public health were the focus of this year’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo in Boston. Read about the November event via an article by Andi Schwingel, one of our steering committee members, at https://lnkd.in/gvr5j8Kn.

We are so excited for 2023 with our upcoming strategic plan launch, putting action plans into effect, and partnering in ways that move us closer to making thriving the norm. We wish you a joyful and healthy winter season and a Happy New Year!

Give our latest newsletter a read at https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/717223725.html.

Have you heard of FRC’s SPROUTS Growing Healthy Habits Curriculum? It’s a series of lessons with hands-on activities, interactive book reading, and podcasts designed to increase awareness and knowledge of healthy routines for children ages 4 to 6. Start your children with Lesson 1, “Farm to Table," at https://tinyurl.com/zdeac94p!

SPROUTS Growing Healthy Habits: Lesson 1 | Family Resiliency Center | UIUC Farm to Table In this lesson, children will learn where food comes from and the various steps starting from the farming process to meals ending up on the table. Activities include an interactive crafting layout and planting radish seeds. View Lesson 1 Listen to the Lesson 1 Podcast Image View the Le...

See how the Family Resiliency Center has helped others thrive over time.

History | Family Resiliency Center | UIUC The Family Resiliency Center Over the Years

FRC has a whole bunch of new recipes to share, such as the baked salmon and soffritto rice pilaf dish pictured below and made by Alex Greifenkamp, a technology analyst at Doris Kelley Christopher Hall. Give them a look at https://tinyurl.com/ys724496 and let us know if you make any!

FRC's new website is now live at http://familyresiliency.illinois.edu/!

Members of the Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative had a great end-of-semester party at the Illini Union with food, games, and crafts as well as a visit from the Girls Next Door A Ca****la group on campus. “We appreciate the efforts of Mia Jayes, an undergraduate intern at The Autism Program, for organizing such a fun event,” said Jeanne Kramer, the organization’s director. “Our I-N-I members had a fantastic semester!”

Learn more about the Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative at https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1582536861.