Choose the type of material to be reviewed.

Type of Material:

› Promotional materials
      This category includes materials or information whose purpose is promoting or linking to other
       information, services, or programs. These may include pamphlets describing a program or service,
       booklets with "testimonials" and program descriptions, or main pages of web sites. These materials
       have minimal educational content.

› Informational pamphlets, newsletters, booklets, online articles
      These materials provide information, recommendations, and other educational content to be used
       by families. Additional programs or materials may be mentioned, but the reader can clearly get
       educational benefit from the materials without consulting other resources. To be considered a Family
       Life Education materials, it must include information that addresses family roles, functions, and
       relationships and should be written with the purpose of enhancing family functioning or preventing
       problems.

› Magazines
      These are publications that provide a collection of topics and authors, usually distributed on a
       periodic basis. The purpose of articles may be education or entertainment. To be considered
       Family Life Education materials, magazines need to include articles that address family roles,
       functions, and relationships and that are designed to enhance family functioning or prevent problems.

› Trade books
      This category includes bound volumes with information for families. It does not include textbooks
       or other materials intended for professionals as the primary readership. To be considered a Family
       Life Education book, it must include information that addresses family roles, functions, and
       relationships and should be written with the purpose of enhancing family functioning or preventing
       problems.

› Curriculum guides/workshop outlines
      To be included in this category, items must be designed for a program leader or facilitator to use
       and must include instructions for leading one or more workshops or educational sessions to
       groups of family members or family professionals. To be considered Family Life Education
       curriculum materials, the workshops or educational sessions must address family roles,
       functions, and relationships and be designed to enhance family functioning or prevent problems.
       One subcategory of materials in this type describes workshops to be delivered to families. A
       second subcategory includes workshop outlines for sessions to be used to train professionals
       to work effectively with families in educational settings.

› Web sites
      Online definition: "A set of interconnected web pages, usually including a homepage, generally
       located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a
       person, group, or organization" (retrieved Dec. 2007 from http://www.answers.com/topic/
       website?cat=biz-fin). Items in this category may be extensive sites with hundreds of links while
       others may be simpler with only a handful of subsections. A single web page does not qualify as
       a web site. To be considered Family Life Education material, at least a significant portion of the
       web site must address family roles, functions, and relationships and be designed to enhance
       family functioning or prevent problems.

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