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Welcome to the Institute for Family Education

Vision
Our vision at the Institute for Family Education is to play a role in creating nurturing environments where children can thrive, by providing guidance to the adults responsible for their care. Our role in the community is to provide insight early so that our children are given the proper emotional and academic abilities to become successful young adults.

History & Mission
The Institute for Family Education was founded in 2002 and has been offering research-based workshops, classes, and programs focused on the issues parents face at home and related issues teachers face at school in regard to child development. IFE is dedicated to helping parents and educators work together and focus on critical success outcomes for their children such as academic achievement, social competence and physical health. IFE is dedicated to reaching as many parents and educators as possible with our classes, thereby nurturing success in early childhood and for life.

What we do
We provide programs that address real problems for parents and teachers who care for children of all ages.  Infant topics focus on handling common challenges such as sleeping, feeding, and interpreting baby’s cries as well as helping young parents recognize signs of depression.  Our classes for toddlers focus on topics ranging from handling power struggles and defiant behavior, increasing cooperation and respect, developing social skills, helping with separation anxiety and understanding toddler’s fluctuating moods. Adolescent topics include bullying and social exclusion, disrespect, power struggles, and handling stress.

Many parents and educators are unaware of not only the ways they contribute to these problems but do not understand how they can help.  The Institute for Family Education offers solutions.

The effectiveness of our program has been documented by a number of sources and is noted by the approval of our programs by the Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Child Care, The National Association of Social Workers, The Board of Counselors and Therapists as well as Continuing Education Credits for all workshops through Professional Academic Review Council.