Students receiving special education services (IDEA, 2004) periodically transition to new programs (e.g., early intervention [EI] to early childhood special education [ECSE], middle to high school). Many students, including students from military families, will move to a new location at various points in their lives (see Williams et al., 2020).
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Students who receive special education services will transition into new settings, such as from early intervention (EI) to preschool or middle to high school (IDEA, 2004). Although many families make transitions at other points such as a military family’s deployment, here transition refers to moves between programs when a child “graduates” from one setting to the next.
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Military family transitions, such as relocations, whether for permanent change of station orders, or other reasons, can be stressful on families and often require time to ensure that the family’s needs are met following their arrival.
September is Suicide Prevention Month and it’s an important time to focus on suicide awareness and ways we as service professionals can support our clients. As we all know, suicide awareness and prevention isn’t just a one-month-a-year concern; it is an everyday concern. Suicide prevention efforts are also critical in our work with military service members and their families.
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