Marriage Resource Center of Miami Valley

Why Marriage Education Matters

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Marriage education matters because the experts have learned that:

People can learn the skills they need to have a healthy marriage.
These skills can be passed on to couples by trained leaders.
Both men and women can learn and benefit from using these skills.
These techniques can be adapted to many types of social and cultural settings.

People can learn skills which can lead to greater fulfillment in marriage and relationships.

Learning about healthy marriages can also help dating or engaged couples determine if their relationship is not healthy.

For married couples with healthy relationships these skills could prevent a future divorce.

-From National Healthy Marriage Resource Center

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PROGRAMS
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RINGS

Relationship Smarts

Within My Reach

Basic Training for Men

Why Knot?

The First Dance

Marriage Mentoring

Marriage Mentor Training

OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS

	Relationship Smarts (click for more info) Offers ten 50 minute activity-based lessons to guide teens in building healthy relationships and making wise choices. A new kind of curriculum for teens that looks beyond the "do's and don'ts" of sex to the context of sexuality: namely, relationships. The program was adapted from PREP and is distributed by the Dibble Institute. Facilitators: Lori Maute, Stephanie Gillespie
	Within My Reach (click for more info) 8 hour program for women to learn relationship and decision-making skills, “deciding, not sliding”. The program was developed by PREP. Facilitators: Jackie Jaudon, Candy Guyselman, Barb Dotson, Colleen Geondeff, Lisa Beair, Becki Robinson, Beth McCain
	Basic Training for Men (click for more info) 8 hour program that teaches men healthy relationship skills and how to treat a woman; includes 7 Habits of Highly Effective People principles. The program was originally developed by Dr. Rozario Slack and adapted by Eric Smith. Facilitators: Eric Smith, Lavern Nissley
	Why Knot? (click for more info) 8-10 hour program for unmarried men to provide skills and tools needed for healthy, happy and lasting marriages. Delivered by Urban Light Ministries. Facilitators: Darryl Grayson, Eric Smith
	The First Dance (click for more info) A 75 minute relationship class for couples planning a wedding, a breakout module of the RINGS class. The class focuses exclusively on managing the people stress of wedding planning. Facilitator: Candy Guyselman
	RINGS - Real Intimacy and Growth Skills (click for more info) An 8-hour marriage education class that helps couples create loving, lasting marriages. Offered as daylong or four weekly 2 hour sessions. The program was developed by Lavern & Ronda Nissley, Marriage Resource Center of Miami Valley. Facilitators: Lavern & Ronda Nissley, Eddie & Jackie Jaudon, Rex & Becki Robinson, Sean & Julie Savage
	Marriage Mentoring (click for more info) For premarital couples preparing for marriage or for already married couples seeking enrichment or restoration. Trained and supervised mentor couples provide mentoring sessions in conjuction with an online Couple Inventory. Facilitator: Barb Dotson
	Marriage Mentor Training (click for more info) Recruitment, training and supervision of qualified mentor couples; includes both premarital and enrichment/restoration training. Facilitator: Barb Dotson

ACF Disclaimer

Marriage Resource Center of Miami Valley receives funding for this project from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant 90FE0009/02. Any opinions, findings, & conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Dept. Of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families.