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Family Strong: Supporting Military Families through Child and Family Teams

Family Strong: Supporting Military Families through Child and Family Teams. Presented by Claudia Kearney and Jenny King The Center for Family and Community Engagement. Who We Are. Introductions Connection to Military Community Who are you? . Agenda. Military Culture

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Family Strong: Supporting Military Families through Child and Family Teams

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  1. Family Strong: SupportingMilitary Families through Child and Family Teams Presented by Claudia Kearney and Jenny King The Center for Family and Community Engagement

  2. Who We Are.. Introductions Connection to Military Community Who are you?

  3. Agenda Military Culture Engaging families through Child and Family Teams Activity Questions

  4. Military Culture

  5. Military Service Military Service — A branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, established by act of Congress, in which persons are appointed, enlisted, or inducted for military service, and which operates and is administered within a military or executive department. United States Army *United States Navy United States Air Force *United States Marine Corp United States Coast Guard.

  6. Types of Service Active Duty Reserve, National Guard Veterans

  7. Differences in Service • Active Component Employed 24/7, 365 days a year Full Benefits – Health/Medical Includes Enlisted, Officers, Warrant Officers • Reserve/National Guard Employed part time with military; Paid for the duties each month/training Healthcare Benefits-Tricare Reserve Select Includes Enlisted, Officers, Warrant Officers

  8. “If the Army wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one….”

  9. Military Culture Soldier/Servicemember/ Marine is most central Mission focused Chain of Command Applies to every aspect of family’s life

  10. Military Culture Values HONOR RESPECT COMMITMENT LOYALTY SELFLESS SERVICE INTEGRITY DUTY COURAGE EXCELLENCE

  11. Impact to Families Frequent moves, transitions, adjustments Cultures within the culture OPSEC (Operational Security Issues and Challenges) Deployments, Training, Schools, PCS/TDY

  12. Things to Consider Family Resiliency What support looks like to military families Affects of military service on families (Deployments, Injuries, TBI/PTSD) Challenges families face

  13. Child and Family Team Culture

  14. Child and Family Teams Child and Family Teams are family members and their community supports that come together to create, implement and update a plan with the child, youth/student and family. The plan builds on the strengths of the child, youth and family and addresses their needs, desires and dreams. Endorsed by the NC State Collaborative for Children, Youth and FamiliesDecember 2007NC Families United Newsletter, January 2008

  15. Child and Family Teams Welcome, Opening Introductions Review of Purpose Ground Rules Confidentiality Information Sharing Options to consider Planning Closing

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  17. Child and Family Team Culture Family, youth, children are central Purposed Focused Inclusive Planning Applicable to many ways of engaging with families

  18. Child and Family Team Values Everyone Desires Respect Everyone has Strengths Judgements can wait Everyone needs to be heard Partners Share Power Partnership is a Process Families are Experts about themselves Families and Community Members should be partners in determining solutions and making decisions

  19. Impacts to Families

  20. A C T I V I T Y

  21. QUESTIONS?

  22. Thank you! Claudia Kearney – cskearne@ncsu.edu Jenny King – jlking4@ncsu.edu Center for Family and Community Engagement COX HALL 2700 Katharine Stinson Dr. Raleigh NC 27607 www.cfface.org

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