Approaching stigmatization from the individual level can be helpful, but it is just one part of the environment that allows stigmatization to exist. One way to help people overcome those fears is to increase psychological safety in our organizations.
Young children often receive supports, services, and care in a variety of settings (e.g., early intervention programs and childcare, preschool and private occupational therapy). Children often engage in challenging behavior across settings; therefore, adults should collaborate across settings to prevent and address challenging behavior (DEC, 2017).
The period following childbirth can be challenging for many new mothers, particularly within military families. Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), encompassing conditions like postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety (PPA), and postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder, often pose significant mental health hurdles during this vulnerable time for families. When factoring in race and ethnicity within military communities, these challenges take on additional nuance.
Between birth and age 3, a child’s brain develops one million neural connections per second (Center on the Developing Child, 2007). These connections are built through repeated experiences with their caregivers. Babies are born wired for connection, instinctively drawing responses from their caregivers that help strengthen the bond between them (Sullivan et al., 2011). The building of this bond, or attachment, is a two-way street between baby and their caregivers as they both respond to each other’s cues and seek interaction with one another.
The U.S. Air Force’s “Spectrum of Resilience” model emphasizes supportive connections with family, friends, peers, and service providers in helping airmen and their families thrive. Effective efforts to improve resilience and readiness should go beyond individual, internal factors to address the network of relationships at all levels.
To effectively serve clients, Personal Financial Managers must stay current with trending financial topics. By doing so, they can deliver relevant content in briefings and anticipate questions to prepare responses for. Below is a brief description of five trending financial topics including high inflation, increased insurance costs, increasing debt, entrepreneurship paths, and online gambling. Implications for military families are described.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new medication for weight management in adults with obesity (FDA, 2023). This is just the latest advancement in the management of obesity.
To be an effective financial educator, your work should be informed by personal finance research. Below are findings and implications from three recent studies on economic well-being, financial literacy, and using “Buy Now Pay Later” to pay for groceries:
Children’s relationships with their primary caregivers are foundational to their emerging social-emotional development (Morris et al., 2007), which intersects with children’s challenging behavior (DEC, 2017). The Division for Early Childhood’s position statement on challenging behavior outlines five practices practitioners can use to partner with families to address challenging behaviors (DEC, 2017).
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