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 Chris Koehler is a WSU Extension faculty member providing
programs in family relations, parenting, and life skills for Spokane
County residents. Her interests include family meals and traditions;
balancing work and family time; and literacy. Working with community
partners, Chris has started the Strengthening Families Program for
Parents and Youth 10-14 Years in the county. Family meals are an important
part of this seven-week family program and made possible with financial
assistance from a county DASA grant.
Chris is part of the team
that helped develop the original award-winning Family Focus life
skills program and shape it into the statewide Caring Families:
Parenting Choices which brings communication skills, stress management,
personal finance and parenting to the Extension Family and Nutrition
Education Program.
Chris is a member of WSU
Cooperative Extension's State Parenting Team and is conference chair
for Extension's 2001 Northwest Regional Parenting Conference, planned
for Spokane. She received her BS in Social Work for Salem State
College in Massachusetts, and her MS in Home Economics from Arizona
State University.
Email: koehler@wsu.edu
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