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Balancing the Big Picture with the Small
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Coping Compass: Working in the Wake of School and Community Violence and Disaster
October 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
This webinar is designed to equip professionals who work with middle and high school students from military families with the skills and knowledge necessary to support students and communities affecte...
2024 Personal Finance Year in Review
December 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
The tenth annual OneOp Personal Finance Year in Review webinar highlights legislation and events that impacted military personal finances during 2024. Join this annual review webinar to explore the fi...
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Balancing the Big Picture with the Small
September 19
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Leveraging the Community Assets to Support Military Families
September 12
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Communicating Across Generations with Corie Weathers
September 5
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Recent Blogs
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…
Identify ways for service providers to intervene with service members experiencing shame including rapport building, externalizing, spending diaries, and more.
Practitioners working with children and families must intentionally use and advocate for practices that support inclusion for all children and address systemic inequities and trauma. One way that practitioners can advance equity and inclusion is by using equity-centered trauma- informed practices, which are grounded in six principles (Venet, 2021).
Culture is community, and the military has its own distinct culture. Living in the military community can be difficult for some children, youth, and their families. For the MDT (Multidisciplinary Team) who work with those children, youth, and their families, it is important to be cognizant of the importance of…
