When military kids move, their whole world shifts—schools, friends, routines, and support systems. In this episode of Practicing Connection, school liaison Karen Watkins-Diouf and 4-H educator Jeremiah Johnson share how they work together across military and civilian systems to make sure those kids don’t fall through the cracks.
This course builds understanding of early childhood autism and provides practical, family-centered strategies to support military-connected and civilian families across home, community, and educational settings, with a focus on continuity of care, collaboration, and inclusive practices that promote resilience and positive outcomes.
Empathy mapping is a simple tool for helping you imagine someone else and their experience. In this From the Archive episode, Bob and Jessica explore a powerful tool designed to deepen your connection with others—empathy mapping.
This presentation will inform practitioners about challenges unique to children in the military population. Additionally, it will inform and bring awareness as to how these challenges can affect the acquisition of developmental milestones. It will examine how early interventionists utilize the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) recommended practices to achieve...
Middle schoolers face big changes in identity, independence, and peer relationships. These challenges that can be made harder by deployments and relocations. This session will equip professionals to help students advocate for themselves, keep friendships across distance, and access extracurricular activities soon after a move. We'll highlight the role of...
In this episode, Jessica and Erin explore a simple but powerful two-part practice that can transform how collaborative work unfolds: engaging with people before decisions are made, and closing the loop afterward by showing how their input shaped the outcome.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2023-48770-41333.
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