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K-12 Military Kids Toolkit School Program 2012-2013. Agenda. Military Kids in Minnesota Effects of Deployment Resilience What’s In I t F or Y ou Sample Curriculum Contact Information . Military in Minnesota. MN Military Kids. Service Member Demographics. Army Active Duty: 4,765
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Agenda • Military Kids in Minnesota • Effects of Deployment • Resilience • What’s In It For You • Sample Curriculum • Contact Information
Military in Minnesota MN Military Kids Service Member Demographics Army Active Duty: 4,765 Army National Guard: 7,645 Army Reserve: 2,465 Air Force Active Duty: 159 Air Guard: 2,121 Air Force Reserve: 1,031 Navy Active Duty: 2,412 Navy Reserve: 733 Marine Active Duty: 1,436 Marine Reserve: 181 Coast Guard: 348 Coast Guard Reserve: 45 • 23,341 Military Connected School–aged youth in Minnesota • Over 3,000 families affected by deployment in 2011-2012 • ****These numbers are in constant flux
Military Kids: Effects of Deployment Cycle School-Age Youth: • Behavioral changes • Increased anxiety • Change in school performance/ attendance Teen specific: • Increased care of home and younger siblings • Behavioral changes, peer pressure, lower self-esteem • Difficulty understanding media coverage
SF Military Kids: Resilience • Resilience: is an ability to bounce back, recover from hard times or return to original form or position. • “Resilience is the capacity to rise above difficult circumstances, the trait that allows us to exist in this less-than-perfect world while moving forward with optimism and confidence even in the midst of adversity.” -Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg • Building Resilience in Children and Teens ;Giving them Roots and Wings. 2nd Edition
What Is In It For Your School • Proactively identify and engage military connected youth and families to ensure they have access to appropriate resources. • Opportunity to better serve military connected students and identify possible behavioral and academic changes. • Increase awareness of students in your school and the unique challenges they face
What Is In It For Your Parents • Support: The school will have the resources to better support military connected youth • Advocate: Educators can be an advocate for military connected youth • Resilience: Schools provide and foster resilience building in military connected students
What Is In It For Your Students • Opportunities to meet with other Military connected students at school • Self identify as a Military connected youth in a safe proactive environment • Learn about available resources • Have a place to express themselves with one another in a safe environment
How to Identify Military Connected Youth • Allow for families to self-identify on enrollment forms • Put a military-friendly window cling in your window • Send out a school-wide announcement about a peer support group • Recognize April as being Month of the Military Child
K-12 Military KidsToolkit: - Educators Guide- K-12 Curriculum
#1 Forward March: Gain awareness about military children, the Deployment Cycle and ”Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” #2 Chase that Stress right out the Door: Discover techniques for managing stress and strong feelings. #3 Buddies: Recognition of and the need for support systems. #4 Changing Flight Patterns: Coping with change, adjusting to a possible shift of family roles, and character traits as resilience builders. #5 Activate: I CAN! Discern the possibility of personal choices. #6 Coming in for a Landing: Build Resilience by reviewing the tools one already has in their “toolbox” and plan a strategy to meet life’s challenges ahead. Military Kids: PSI Toolkit Lessons for K - 3rd grade:
Military Kids: PSI Toolkit Lessons for K - 3rd grade: Leader page
Military Kids: PSI Toolkit Lessons for K - 3rd grade: Student page
Military Kids: PSI Toolkit Lessons for 4th-12th grade #1 Fall In: What is Deployment and what does it mean? What to expect in the 5 sessions. #2 Mobilization Unite: Understand who is a military connected kid, how the family roles change during the deployment cycle. #3 Obstacle Maneuvers: Discover techniques for managing stress and conflict. #4 At Ease: Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems and how to balance school, activities, and family life. #5 Positive Thought Activation: Explore coping skills for life events and how to identify alternative solutions to problems. #6 Decompression: Build Resiliency by reviewing the tools one already has in their “toolbox” and plan a strategy to meet life’s challenges ahead.
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Military Kids: Peer Support Initiative (PSI) SCHOOLPROGRAM MISSION 1: Formation- “Fall- in!”
MISSION 1: Formation- “Fall- in!” Objectives: * Assess baseline of basic military knowledge * Acknowledge/ and connect with other military connected kids * Understand the Cycle of Deployment Lesson: • 1. NAME TENTS: • Hand out a marker and a sheet of paper to each student. • Have them fold it lengthwise in half. • Put Name in the middle (large). • In each corner have them write the answer each question: • Students share the corners on their name tent, as time allows [10 minutes] • 2. PRE-ASSESSMENT: • Have students take pre-assessment, “What Do You Know” [Appendix A] • Using the “What Do You Know” pre-assessment, share answers and discuss. [15 minutes] • 3. INTRODUCTION to Material: Discuss what is ahead for the next sessions. • 4. STAGES of DEPLOYMENT : • Ask the students their definition of “deployment” and “reintegration” • Draw the Deployment Cycle so all can see [use Appendix B as a guide] • Ask what they think the stages of deployment are and what happens in each • Ask them the possible emotions a student might go through while their parent goes through each stage. [10 min] • 5. SKIT: • Read the Deployment Skit [Appendix C] [5 minutes] • Follow up with questions [Appendix D] [10 minutes] • 6. JOURNAL reflection: • Each student takes 2 minutes to write down 1 thing they learned today and any questions they might have. • (OPT to share now or next session)
Resources to supplement the curriculum 7th- 12th grade Curriculum 4th -6th grade Curriculum K -3rd grade Curriculum
Access to Curriculum • To register go to www.BeyondTheYellowRibbon.org/military-kids-toolkit • A member of the MN National Guard Youth Programs will e-mail you the curriculum and answer any questions you have after submitting your application • Promote Military Kids: Peer Support Initiative within your school or community • Implement the lessons in a small group setting • Your feedback is valued! Please feel free to comment on the lessons and share success stories through survey monkey
Operation: Military Kids Hidden Heroes Trainings Hero Packs/Comfort Pillows Speak Out for Military Kids (SOMK) Mobile Technology Lab (MTL) Youth Activities Amber Greeley – MN OMK Program Specialistrunk0014@umn.edu or 612-624-8198 www.operationmilitarykids.org
Contact: Laura Groeneweg: (651) 268-8695 laura.l.groeneweg.ctr@mail.mil Link to register and receive toolkit: http://www.BeyondTheYellowRibbon.org/military-kids-toolkit