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Military Children’s Family Relationships
April 12, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
About This Webinar
The well-being of military children depends heavily on the quality of their relationships with their parents and siblings. This presentation will focus on evidence about the role of military service in shaping children’s family relationships, how those relationships connect to their well-being and adjustment, and how practitioners can use this evidence to support military families.
Participants will:
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- Understand the history of military policies and their influence on the characteristics of the service force and military families
- Identify the demographics of children in military families
- Understand the challenges and resilience that children in military families demonstrate
- Identify how deployments shape children’s adjustment directly and indirectly through the family environment
Presenters
Shawn D. Whiteman, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Utah State University. Utilizing an ecological perspective, Shawn’s research investigates the connections between family socialization processes and youth’s health and socioemotional adjustment. He is specifically interested in the implications of youth’s sibling relationships for their health and well-being.
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth is a 
Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue University, where she directs the Center for Families, as well as the Military Family Research Institute, which she co-founded. Dr. MacDermid Wadsworth’s primary research interest is the relationship between work conditions and family life, with a special focus on military families.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit and Certificate of Attendance
Continuing Education credits for this webinar are no longer available.
