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SUMMARY:How to Handle Workplace Expectations and Other Listener Q&A
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nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]ERIN CARLSON RIVERA: [00:00:00] Hi. Thank you for listening to the Practicing Connection Podcast. I’m Erin\, my co-host Jessica is here as well. Today we’re answering listener questions. \nHi Jessica. How are you feeling about today’s questions? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I mean\, this is the second time we’re doing this kind of episode\, and I was super stoked last time\, and I might be even more excited this time. I mean\, it’s really nice to\, I guess\, have more of an exchange\, right? Because podcasts are much more of a one-sided kind of thing. \nSo it’s nice to have at least a few moments like this where we can kind of have an exchange with people who listen. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. I love that. I think for me\, I also really love how it feels. Some of them almost feel like getting a case study\, where we’ve taught you a concept\, and then here’s a case study. “Here’s a real life example of using it\,” which is maybe a little bit easier to wrap your head around than our interviews\, which are combining a bunch of things altogether\, and this is a little more narrow [00:01:00] focused. \nSo all of that to say\, I am also very excited. Are you ready for our first question? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I am. Go for it. Do it. Floor is yours. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay\, question one. “I balance so many different responsibilities in my role\, and have found myself struggling more and more with transitioning between tasks. Do you have any practices to help? Please? I’m drowning!” \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Oh\, no. Oh\, that one sounds very – well\, we better say this really quick and like\, let’s publish this episode before the one we just recorded so that this person has help right away! \nNo\, so I mean\, really if only this were a simple answer and simple to implement\, it’s just like you and I always say\, you do need to find what works for you\, right? And try different things. \nBut I’m happy to share some of the things that have worked for me. And\, you know\, one of the reasons why it’s also not a super simple answer is that we don’t always have as much control over our schedules as we’d like. [00:02:00]\nI’ve been doing a lot of reading\, or I’ve done a lot of reading in the past\, but of course\, I do a lot of reading just in general about productivity\, and a lot of the things that I’ve read\, give you this advice or that advice\, or they give you a whole system to follow. \nI have not once found an entire system out there that I could follow\, the way the person set it up for themselves\, that worked for me. And so I always tend to find like a little piece of this system here\, a little piece of that system there\, and I pick what works for me. I try things out if it works for me. \nSometimes I only keep it for a few months\, because that’s when I really desperately needed that particular tool. Sometimes I drop it for a while and I come back to it later. \nSo here’s some of the things that I do. I like to hold aside about an hour in the morning to plan and do things like read articles\, kind of easing into the day a little bit. And by reading articles\, I’m not talking about like In Style Magazine or whatever. I’m talking about\, you know\, articles that are related to my [00:03:00] job. \nSo\, I’ll spend that time planning\, reading articles\, blocking time on my calendar\, and then during this time\, I choose no more than three things that I need to get done that day. \nThe reality is\, and this is what I used to do\, I would list out every single thing that needed to be done. I would copy over things I didn’t get done the day before from a list\, and I’d write them out again the next day. And a lot of times there would be like 10\, 15\, 20\, 25 things on that list. It was overwhelming. \nAnd if I could get 25 things done in a day\, that would be great. But guess what? Tomorrow there’s gonna be 25 more\, because it just seems like it never. Really. Ends. \nBut sometimes I only have time to get one thing done. That reality\, when I really realized that\, that was a huge wake up call. It just depends on what that one thing is\, and how many meetings I have\, right? Because we know sometimes the one thing on your list could be a 3\, 4\, 5 hour [00:04:00] project\, or your one thing could be a 30 minute email you have to write. \nAnd then if you have a lot of meetings\, well maybe you only have an hour here to get things done between meetings an hour there\, half an hour there. Sometimes I could only get one thing done in a day. So I choose the three priorities during that kind of one hour block where I do a little bit of reading\, a little bit of time blocking\, et cetera. \nAnd I think I’ve talked about how I like to put them on a small post-it note that doesn’t have much real estate\, so that I can’t keep adding to the list. But once I choose those three priorities\, I block off time that day to do each. And that’s where I start to realize\, “Oh\, I don’t have time to do these three things today. One of them’s gonna have to give and go on to tomorrow.” \nSometimes I have to drop an item because there’s not enough time between the meetings to get to it. So to me the biggest takeaway though\, from how I do this\, is that I don’t write out [00:05:00] everything that needs to be done in a big\, long list. This helps me focus and limit how many transitions I make. \nAnd that’s to me the key with the question that’s being asked about transitioning. And sometimes to be honest\, I’ll start out by only writing down one thing. Because I see my meeting load for the day\, I might add a second thing to it. If I actually get the one thing done\, I might add a second or third thing to it. \nBut I really have just gotten very realistic about what I can actually get done in a day. And it really does help me limit the number of transitions that I make. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I still have too many transitions\, I’ll be honest. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, it sounds like this is a thing you think about a lot\, because you immediately had a lot to say about this. I love that. \nI think that’s really useful to figure out ways to limit your transitions. One of the ways that I do that is I try to bundle things. So\, you know\, I think of my workload in different themed buckets\, and then I try to have like days or half of [00:06:00] days where I work on one particular bucket. \nAgain\, this is not always possible\, because sometimes I’m going from a meeting about one bucket to a meeting about another bucket\, and I just\, you know\, there’s no magic fix for that\, but some of the things that have helped me are scheduling buffer time in my calendar. \nSo I actually have a setting in Outlook where my default meeting length time is 50 minutes. Which I think is really helpful. It’s not always possible depending on the culture of where you’re at. But I think that’s really helpful. Or sometimes if I know I have a meeting right after\, I’ll say at the beginning of the meeting\, especially if it’s a one-on-one meeting\, this is a lot easier\, just say\, “I’m so sorry. I have a hard stop of this time. Does that work for you?” Kind of negotiate a little bit of like a five minute break. \nSome other things that have really helped me with transitions are physically moving my body when I’m moving between tasks. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I’ve sometimes gotten up and like [00:07:00] timed myself and gone on like a five minute walk around my office. It seems silly because I’m just doing a loop\, but – \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, literally. Sometimes it’s just\, ‘I’m gonna stand up and walk across the room to touch the other wall and then step back.’ It takes me 30 seconds\, but even just physically moving my body helps my brain unfocus and refocus\, which is great. \nSometimes when you’re in a work environment\, you don’t want to get up and have walks all the time\, because then there’s this appearance of you’re not working or something. \nYou know\, it can just be\, it can be messy. So other things that I’ll do is I’ll have water or a little snack that I can eat\, to transition between tasks and do some kind of care for my body\, help me be in my body\, and that helps my brain switch. \nI think the other thing that has been so helpful is to not start my day by reading emails or messages. So I [00:08:00] try to schedule like an hour buffer at the beginning of my day where I can sit and think about what are my priorities for the day? What’s important to me? What things do I need to think about? And really kind of figure out what’s going on in my work\, and bring myself back to focusing on work mode and not the rest of my life mode. \nAnd the thing that’s really helpful about that is if I start by reading my email\, I get decision fatigue immediately. So I like to try to make my decisions about my day before I get inundated with a billion messages. And that has been so helpful. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: This is also reminding me\, some of the things you’re saying\, remind me of this great activity you can do just sitting at your desk. \nIf you didn’t want to get up or\, or whatever\, and it’s the – have you heard of the 5\, 4\, 3\, 2 1 activity? \nOkay. So\, if you need sort of this little bit of a transition time\, because that’s another thing you can do is even if you can’t change how many transitions you have in a [00:09:00] day\, maybe you’ll be able to find like 30 seconds to a minute to do something like this\, just to kind of allow you a little bit of buffer time. \nAnd so\, it starts with five. You name five things that you can see around you. Chair. A plant. Your hands. Your laptop\, whatever. Just name five things that you can see. \nAnd then name four things that you can feel. So maybe it’s your feet on the floor\, maybe you’ve got a blanket in your lap. Like I often have maybe your smooth desktop\, your mouse\, whatever it is. Four things you can feel. \nAnd then name three things you can hear. So in my case\, it’s right now my laptop\, my voice because I’m talking\, you know\, and I have a space heater running right now\, and I can hear that. \nAnd then two things you can smell. So that one sometimes gets a little harder\, which is why it’s only two. \nAnd then one thing you can [00:10:00] taste. And so this might be\, you know\, lingering toothpaste or food from your maybe coffee breath\, whatever. It doesn’t matter. One thing you can taste\, and if you can’t taste anything\, then maybe just name your favorite smell or the favorite thing that you can see. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. \nThat’s a great transitional activity. Because I feel like it really pulls you out of wherever you are\, and it’s very like\, regulating activity. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Yeah. I really like it. It’s very calming too. Okay\, let’s go into the next question. I’m going to read this one. \n“It feels like I’m the only person on my team who cares about not giving ourselves burnout with unachievable workloads. We never say no to anything. Or even ask for an extension. How do I bring this up without sounding like I’m unwilling to take one for the team or without sounding like I’m uncooperative?” \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Oh\, oh wow. Okay. This is a good question. [00:11:00] I am this person a lot. \nOkay\, some things that are really helpful are appealing to underlying shared values. So do you have a shared value for quality of work? Do you have a shared value for relationships? Do you have a shared value for sustainability? \nWe have episodes where we talk about collaborating with people you disagree with. And I think that practice may also work here\, because there is a disagreement happening here\, which is you have a different tolerance for chaos and unreasonable achievements. So\, think that’s a thing that you can do. \nYou know\, often in a situation\, the only thing we can control is ourselves. That doesn’t mean that there’s not a systemic issue happening\, it just means the thing you can control is you. So if you need an immediate thing to do\, that’s one. Figure out where you have a shared value and then [00:12:00] connect the unachievable workload\, unachievable expectations\, conversation with a value. \nAnd I find if you talk about it too\, in terms of long-term stability or you know\, if you can really frame it from a place of\, “We want our deliverables to come quickly\, but we also want them to be accurate\, or quality.” \nSometimes that conversation can really help especially if you’re working with community members or clients\, or if you’re producing this work for somebody else\, quality does matter. You know\, like you don’t want to break trust by doing so much that you’re dropping balls. I think that can be really helpful. \nWhen it’s a situation of I am not in charge of a team\, or there isn’t shared leadership on a team and I’m just being asked to do many\, many things\, I will ask the question\, “What would you like me to stop doing to work on this new priority? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Mm-hmm.[00:13:00]\nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Or\, “What task would you like me to do later so that I can do this one right now?” \nAnd sometimes just asking that blunt question helps pull people out of the\, like\, ‘we have to rush\, we have to do all the things\,’ conversation into\, ‘Oh\, what’s the priority order for these tasks? Is there anything that we can do later? Does everything have to happen right now? Or are there some things that are more flexible?’ \nAnd that’s kind of a sneaky way to start helping people rethink about\, oh\, not everything’s immediate. Often I see this for people who have been in crisis mode for a long time and they don’t know how to shift out of crisis mode into a slower pace. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Any other thoughts? I said a lot there. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I do. And I love that we’re taking slightly different approaches here because what came to my mind when I saw this question was something I’ve learned [00:14:00] with systems thinking\, and that’s maybe one way to do this without seeming like you’re unwilling\, to whatever\, be a team player\, which is totally not the case here\, right? You’re just trying to raise the yellow flags and say\, “Hey guys\, we gotta think about this a little bit\, right?” \nBut I would suggest really fleshing out with your team a definition. Like\, “Let’s really define what success looks like here. Let’s define what we’re talking about with this project.” \nSo what are all the things that would define success for this project? And what do we not mean? Right? What are we leaving on the table? That’s still important\, but it doesn’t need to be part of this right now. Like\, “What do we mean by success and what don’t we mean?” \nI want to be clear here that I’m not talking about what does success mean and what does unsuccess mean? What does not being successful mean? I’m talking about at a minimum\, how are we defining this project\, [00:15:00] and how are we defining what’s not included in this project\, so that you can get really clear about all of the pieces and parts that make it up. \nAnd people can make choices when they see\, “Oh\, we mean all of these things by success.” That means now\, when we take a look at what our capacity is\, which is\, you know\, one of the other things you would think about with systems thinking\, that means we have a lot more thinking to do. It just sort of slows everyone down a little bit without you seeming like you’re being uncooperative\, right? \nYou’re just saying\, “Hey\, we gotta define this.” That’s all you’re saying. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. This made me think of another episode that we recently released called Everyday Practices for Organizational Resilience. And this talks about how to do a bit of a debrief\, which means you’re going to have to be strategic. \nYou might not be able to launch this one whenever you want to\, but after you’ve completed something\, if it was high cost and you’re all tired\, you can do some of the [00:16:00] questions. There’s like an inventory that we walk you through\, or you walk us through to help you figure out\, “Oh\, what were the warning signs?” \nThis feels indirect\, but it’s directly getting people to pause and reflect\, and kind of see a bigger picture of\, why was this so hard? How can we make it easier for ourselves? \nAnd I think one of the things that will come up if you can kind of encourage these conversations is\, “Oh\, we haven’t ever defined what done means.” Or\, “We have different definitions of what done means\,” or\, “Some of us don’t know the amount of work it takes somebody else to pull this off.” \n“We gotta communicate more. We need more lead time.” \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: “We need more cross training.” Yeah. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Those kinds of conversations are really hard to have in the moment when you’re in the weeds. But if you have any sort of built in evaluation or reflection time\, you can bring some of these really strategic\, targeted questions\, and really help get at [00:17:00] the\, ‘how do we not burn ourselves out’ conversation. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. And no one will know that you’re actually panicking about the amount of work that they’re talking about trying to do. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Exactly. Okay. We should do our last question so this episode doesn’t get too long. \nQuestion three\, “Why are so many of your practices just different kinds of reflection? LOL.” \nI think the LOL means like\, they’re not mad about it. I’m not sure\, but that’s the question. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Okay\, so no\, this is great\, and I was very excited about this question\, and Erin\, you probably noticed that when this question first was added – because you choose the questions – that when the question was first added to this document\, I immediately started typing. \nAnd I would say that it’s because I have a very strong belief that knowing yourself and knowing how you show up\, like kind of out in the world and in your interactions with others\, is the foundation for interacting with and collaborating with others. \nAnd so\, I worked with some colleagues a while [00:18:00] back\, we’ve talked about on the podcast over the years. I don’t know that I’ve talked about it very much lately\, but we developed programming on collaborative work. \nSo developing collaborative relationships that center the kind of trust and connection needed to effectively work together to solve big\, hairy community issues. And a big focus of the research behind that program is that it all starts with knowing yourself. Often you’re getting to know yourself partially through reflection\, at least partially. \nAnd so it starts with reflection\, and it starts with knowing yourself\, and bringing what you know about yourself into your interactions with others. Then again\, reflecting on how those interactions helped you learn about an issue\, helped you learn about a perspective and even helped you learn about yourself\, right? What maybe changed about your own views or your own understanding of an issue or of a particular perspective? \nSo to me\, knowing yourself is [00:19:00] foundational work\, and a huge part of knowing yourself can happen through reflection. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. I’m also really glad someone asked this question. My answer did not come as fast as yours\, but it did help me realize kind of a bunch of connections. \nAnd one of them is this idea of curiosity\, and how I really love both science and poetry\, and I think both of them are lenses to view the world in which you’re coming from a place of curiosity and wanting to know more. \nAnd that’s kind of from a personal place\, and I think especially when we’re talking about inner critics\, I don’t know if we’ve talked about that\, but that idea of like\, if your inner mental monologue is pretty critical of yourself\, coming from a perspective of curiosity reflection can feel really scary if you’re used to criticizing yourself. \nAnd so a lot of our reflections are trained to teach us how to be curious about what happened\, rather than judgmental about what happened. [00:20:00] And I think that leaves space for being kinder to ourselves\, and being kind to ourselves really helps us stay healthy. \nLike it’s such a shift in terms\, and when you’re healthy\, it’s easier to do your job. It’s easier to show up in your relationships. That’s why I think it’s a priority\, even though it’s kind of personal and squishy. I do think it is a professional practice\, because you’re teaching yourself to be curious and kind to yourself. And when you’re curious and kind\, it’s way easier to start solving your problems if you’re immediately blaming yourself or being critical. \nIt’s challenging to process through all of that\, and then be creative about how you solve your problems. When you do reflection\, it’s this way to empower yourself to start seeing solutions and finding them yourself\, rather than feeling like you need some expert to tell you. Because you have lived your experience\, and so you probably know [00:21:00] what you need\, and the reflection helps you identify\, “What do I need? Who can I ask for it? What’s going on? What happened?” \nEspecially if you’re like the last question\, you’re in a place where you’re just doing stuff all the time. If you never have a moment to pause down reflection\, practice it as a practice can be such a helpful way to help you identify\, “Oh\, here’s where I know what too much was.” \nSo you can figure out your capacity limits. You can figure out all sorts of things to make your life easier by reflecting and being curious about your own experience and your own work and your own life. \nAlso I have been thinking about space a lot recently. There was\, you know\, NASA did some stuff in space recently and one of the practices that I have always loved about NASA is when something goes wrong\, they don’t immediately fire people\, because they don’t want people to be afraid to admit what the mistake was. Because they want to know what the mistakes are so they can avoid them in the future. \nAnd it [00:22:00] means that when you hear people talking about working on teams at NASA\, it’s this very collaborative experience and it’s very rigorous\, and the stakes are really high. But they don’t come from this place of being really judgemental and blaming each other. \nThey come from a place of curiosity\, and it’s had really impactful results on the quality of work and the amazing things that they can do. And even\, you know\, scientists pause and reflect. \nSo just throw it out there as\, reflection is actually a really cool tool that you can use to be curious and love the world\, even when you’re overwhelmed and tired. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I love it. And before you do our little outro here\, Erin\, I just want to say that as of the recording of this episode\, I got my third thing done for the day and it’s the end of the day. So I feel like I won. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Hey\, see\, this is what I mean by setting winning conditions. We talked about this a while ago. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yes. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Give yourself a sticker. I’m an adult who’s still motivated by sticker charts. I know that’s not everybody’s life\, [00:23:00] but I’m a little magpie. \nOkay. That’s it\, that’s the episode. Thank you for joining us. If you have a question or if you have additional thoughts about any of the questions we’ve asked here\, we would absolutely love to hear from you. \nYou can email us at practicingconnection@oneop.org. There’s a link in the show notes if you don’t know how to spell that. We want to hear from you. We see and respond to every message\, and we promise not to share your question without asking permission and erasing identifying details. \nWe’ll be back next week. Until then\, keep practicing. [00:24:00]\n  \nCREDITS: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of One-Op and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award number 2 0 2 3 4 8 7 74 3 3.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Who's Missing From Your Network?
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In this episode of Practicing Connection\, hosts Jessica and Erin walk you through a simple\, five-minute exercise to map your work network and make the invisible visible. \nYou’ll list the people you’ve talked with about work over the past month\, then explore patterns across sectors\, roles\, geography\, and experience. Along the way\, you’ll surface quiet assumptions\, notice who’s overrepresented\, and identify whose voices are missing from your conversations. \nFinally\, Jessica and Erin invite you to choose just one gap to focus on this month—and to reach out for one conversation that takes you a step outside your silo. It’s a gentle\, practical way to start building a more intentional\, inclusive network that strengthens your work and your community. \nLinks and resources from this episode: \n\nSign up for our monthly newsletter: https://oneop.aweb.page/practicing-connection-newsletter\nJoin our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12879756/\nSend us a message: practicingconnection@oneop.org\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]JESSICA BECKENDORF: [00:00:00] Think about the last five people you talked to or collaborated with on your work. \nYou’ve got them in mind? \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Now ask yourself\, do they all work in the same sector as you\, the same organization\, same type of role? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: If the answer is yes\, you might be working in more of a silo than you know. \n– intro – \nWelcome to Practicing Connection. I’m Jessica. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: And I’m Erin. Today we’re giving you a short practice-based episode\, where we give you something you can actually do to strengthen connections in your work and in your community. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And today we’re talking about something that sounds kind of obvious\, but can actually be really hard: to see the shape of your network. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Ooh. I’m gonna be honest. I don’t even think about the shape of my network at all\, so I’m glad you’re bringing this forward. Because I don’t conceptualize it as a shape at all. So that’s [00:01:00] super fun. But I’m guessing that we’re talking also about the kinds of people who are in our network? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. It’s like\, is it lopsided in ways that we don’t want it to be lopsided? \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. Sure. That makes sense. You know\, I think most of the time you don’t wake up and say to yourself\, “Well\, I’m only going to talk to people who already do exactly what I do\, and think exactly what I think.” But I imagine that happens pretty easily. It certainly has with me in the past\, where you get busy and it feels good to have somebody agree with you. And maybe you’re avoiding conflict if you’re a mid-westerner. \nAnd then you just kind of stay in your lane. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Yeah. And sometimes we stay in our lanes because of that time issue\, like you were saying. And before you know it\, you are operating in a silo\, right. And being in Wisconsin\, I guess\, many of us operate in silos naturally. \nI’m just kidding. Terrible joke. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Nah\, we love farmers. Don’t fret. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: We do\, we do. But [00:02:00] seriously\, before you know it\, you’re operating in a silo\, right? You’re solving problems with the same few people. \nYou’re hearing the same perspectives\, and you might be missing entire groups of people who are working on the same issues that you are\, but they’re working on it from a different lens or a different experience\, or different part of the community or state. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay\, so today’s practice is about making the invisible visible. We’re going to walk you through a simple exercise to map your network and spot the gaps. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And then we’ll talk about what to do with that information\, because awareness without action is just\, I guess\, it’s just sort of interesting. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: That’s nicer than I would’ve said. Sure. A very diplomatic action is good. All right. How do we get to the action? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Okay\, here’s what you’ll need: \nA piece of paper\, a pen\, and if you’re MacGyver\, maybe a rubber band and a nail. No\, I’m kidding. \n[00:03:00] You need a piece of paper\, a pen\, and about five minutes of uninterrupted time\, maybe 10 at the most. You could do this right now if you want to pause us along the way\, or you can do it later. It’s totally up to you. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: And full transparency\, this might feel a little uncomfortable. You might notice things that you wish were different. That’s okay. And that’s actually the point. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, we’re not here to judge your network\, and you shouldn’t either. Just be open to seeing it more clearly so that you can be more intentional about where you build your network in the future. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: All right\, let’s walk through it. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: All right. \nFirst step\, make a list of the people you’ve talked to about work in the last month. The people that you’ve talked to substantially\, right? Maybe you’ve even collaborated with them on something. \nIt’s not just meetings. Include things like emails\, phone calls\, coffee conversations\, text threads\, anyone that you’ve engaged with about your work. \nSo you’re making this list. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: [00:04:00] And you don’t need to overthink it. Just write down the names that come up for you\, and aim for at least 10 to 15 people if you can. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Once you’ve got your list\, move to step two. This is where you’re going to look at patterns. If it’s easier\, you could\, if you’re like me\, you could find a way to visually see these patterns by using color coding or symbols. But if you do that\, just make sure that you create a key\, so that you know what it all means later on. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Are you speaking from practice\, Jessica? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I am speaking from experience. Yes. But you don’t have to do it that way. You can really just consider our questions while you’re looking at your list. That’s totally fine too. And write down your observations\, on the side. \nSo we’ll start by posing some questions\, and I want you to just look at your list of names that you just came up with\, and just notice what comes up as we ask these questions. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. The first question\, “What sectors or fields are [00:05:00] represented?” Are they mostly nonprofits? Government education\, private sector\, faith-based\, military connected. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: – Not military connected. \nSo just look at your list and consider what’s overrepresented for your context. What’s overrepresented\, and what might be missing entirely. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: And the next question\, “What roles do these people have?” Are they mostly peers or people who do similar work to you\, or are there supervisors\, funders\, directors\, community members\, frontline staff\, people with direct experience of the issues you’re working on? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Again\, just notice\, who’s on the list? Who’s not on the list? Whatever matters for your context\, for the work you do\, who’s there\, and who should be there but isn’t. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Third question. “What about [00:06:00] geography?” Are you talking to people mostly in your town\, in your county\, in your state? Are there rural voices? Are there urban voices? Are there suburban voices? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Here’s a big one: “Are you talking to people most impacted by the issues you’re working on\, or are you mostly talking to other professionals about them?” What’s important for your role and for the people you serve? Just notice what you notice. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. Now take a breath and look at your list again. What stands out to you? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Maybe you’re really connected across sectors\, but everyone’s in leadership roles. Maybe you talk to lots of peers\, but no one from the communities you serve. Maybe your network is geographically narrow for the work you do. Where is your network rich and where might it be homogenous? \nThere’s no perfect network\, but there are intentional networks\, and that’s what we’re aiming for. \nSo now that you’ve mapped [00:07:00] it\, here are a few reflection questions for you to sit with a bit. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Question one. Where are my silos invisible to me? What perspectives am I not hearing from? Because I’m not in a relationship with people who hold them. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Question two\, if I’m trying to solve a problem or serve a community whose voice is missing from my network and how does that limit my effectiveness? \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: On question three\, what’s the gap? I could start to close this month? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And I want to emphasize: one gap\, just one\, Not\, what are all the gaps that I could start to close this month? One gap. \nYou know\, that’s all we’re asking for. I really don’t want to overwhelm anyone who are trying to develop the perfect network\, because they notice that there’s a whole bunch of gaps in their network. \nThe perfect network doesn’t exist\, like I already said. So choose one gap that you noticed. Maybe it’s a sector you don’t know [00:08:00] well. Maybe it’s a type of role you don’t usually engage with. Maybe it’s a community you serve\, but you don’t have many relationships in. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: And then reach out to one person in that gap just to learn. You could say something like\, “I realized I don’t know much about the work that you do\, and I’d love to understand it better. Would you be up for that conversation sometime?” \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And that’s it. I mean\, I’ve said this before\, that change happens one conversation at a time\, and I really do believe that. \nBut in this case\, in this context\, one conversation can mean one step outside your silo. And what I think is most exciting about this is that when you start to step out of your silo like this\, you’re not just expanding your network. You’re sowing the seeds of becoming a network weaver\, and making collaboration and resource sharing easier and more possible. \nIt’s not going to make your work harder\, but it does take these moments of stepping out. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, I can [00:09:00] see that. I think this also can help you model something to other people on your team\, or maybe in your circle that you collaborate with\, that it’s worth the effort to reach out and learn from each other. \nI don’t know how much we’ve touched on it here\, but part of the goal of helping you to notice where the gaps are in your network\, it’s not just to give you more work to do\, right? We’re not here trying to make your life harder. \nBut because genuinely hearing more perspectives helps you be better at your work\, and sometimes it makes your work easier\, and sometimes you can solve problems that you didn’t think could ever be solved when you start talking with new kinds of people about it. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. So their needs stay close to the top of your mind. Your needs stay close to the top of their mind. \nYou might meet someone else\, and you realize\, “Oh\, I know just the person to connect you with and you close that triangle.” \nAnd you introduce people\, and that’s sort of how all of this\, you know\, grows. And [00:10:00] it’s how our jobs can be made easier\, by spending a little bit of upfront time to get to know each other\, and find out where those resources are. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: I love that. Okay. I know\, I know\, we’re trying to be very on track. And also if you have never had the high of connecting two people who don’t know each other and having them be a perfect fit\, and then them doing really cool stuff\, you’ve never worked for extension as a community educator! But like you just don’t know that professional high. \nIt is so satisfying. Whether it’s like connecting someone with a mentor\, or a project partner\, or helping somebody get a job\, it is so satisfying. This is what makes networking worth it. \nFor me\, I’m not a big small talk person necessarily. I love talking about weird stuff and deep stuff\, but small talk is sometimes not my favorite. \nAnd I can see how having the kind of small talk\, “What’s going on with you\,” conversations have led [00:11:00] to some of the most interesting deep conversations. But you’ve got to know where the deep waters are before you can dive into ’em. Right? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Right. And you know what\, I do think in a future episode\, we should talk about the difference between network building and networking\, because those are two different things. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: So\, yeah. We’ll handle that in a future episode. \nBut that’s it for today’s episode\, and we’d really love to hear from you\, about how this went. \nWhat did you notice when you mapped your network? What gaps maybe surprised you? You can reach us at practicingconnection@oneop.org. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: And you can click the share button in your podcast app to share this with a friend or a coworker. \nWe’ll be back next week. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[00:12:00]\nCREDITS: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of One-Op and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award number 2 0 2 3 4 8 7 74 3 3.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Supporting Academic and Social Continuity for Mobile Elementary Students
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/s97U_YSOI6I”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]When elementary students change schools\, even motivated students can struggle. They may lose interest in learning\, miss their old friends\, and not get the help they need right away. This webinar provides practical strategies to keep children engaged\, connected\, and successful through relocation and other school transitions.\n \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify strategies to promote and maintain academic continuity for mobile students\, including timely transfer of IEP and 504 plans.\nApply practices that support social integration with peers and teachers during school transitions.\nRecognize and address the unique educational needs of mobile and homeschooling families.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”220138″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Natasha J. Cabrera\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Dr. Cabrera is a Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland whose research centers on father involvement\, parenting\, and the social and cognitive development of children—particularly within low-income and ethnically diverse families. She is a widely published scholar and editor\, has held national and international leadership and visiting scholar roles\, and currently co-leads fatherhood and healthy marriage research at the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families and Children.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Continuing Education Survey” url=”https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eFCaj0nRgaLcpqm”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2028.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2026.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2029.\nMichigan Certified Teachers: This webinar is approved for 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2029.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 5/14/2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\nIf the button above does not appear\, please access the continuing education survey at this link: https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eFCaj0nRgaLcpqm. 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URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160133/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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UID:10001594-1779274800-1779280200@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Innovative Strategies for Stronger Military Nutrition Environments
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The military nutrition environment includes all foods\, drinks\, and dietary supplements available on military installations and ships\, thereby creating the food environment where service members live\, work\, and train. Improvements to the food environment start with the Military Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool (mNEAT)\, a standardized War Department web-based app to assess the nutrition environment of military settings. mNEAT scores healthy food policy\, availability\, and behavioral design across a variety of food service venues. This webinar will describe research efforts to improve the nutrition environment at Camp Lejeune\, North Carolina\, as well as outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) installations. Attend this webinar to learn how nutrition and health promotion experts and leaders can improve the food environment using tools\, including mNEAT\, to strengthen nutritional readiness for service members and their families.  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe how the nutrition environment impacts nutrition security for military service members and their families. \nIllustrate how the Military Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool (mNEAT) can be used by public health professionals\, registered dietitians\, food service leaders\, health promotion specialists\, and providers to assess the food environment.\nIdentify practical ways to improve the nutrition environment at your installation or workplace.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”226420″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Capt. Amanda Diaz\, MS\, RD\, LD” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nHealth Promotion Element Chief\nRegistered Dietitian\nRamstein AB\, Germany \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” 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custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ms. Katie Kirkpatrick\, MS\, RD\, CSSD” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nMilitary Nutrition Environment Project Manager\nHJF employee collaborating with the USU Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP) \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” 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SUMMARY:School Liaisons and Extension: A Network of Support for Military Youth
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In this episode of Practicing Connection\, we talk with Karen Watkins-Diouf\, Army School Liaison at Fort Campbell’s Army Child & Youth Services\, and Jeremiah Johnson\, Christian County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development at the University of Kentucky. \nKaren and Jeremiah describe what school liaisons and county Extension educators actually do\, how their roles intersect\, and how their partnership creates a wider network of support for military families—on and off the installation. They share practical stories about bridging military and civilian systems\, navigating “two languages\,” and keeping families at the center when youth are dealing with repeated transitions. \nYou’ll hear concrete ideas for connecting with school liaisons and 4-H in your own area\, and a simple first step any school\, organization\, or community leader can take to start building similar collaborations to support military-connected youth. \nLinks and resources from this episode: \n\nLook up the 4-H military liaison in your state: https://www.4-hmilitarypartnership.org/find-your-liaison.html\nFind a Military School Liaison near you: https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/search?program-service=12/view-by=ALL\nSign up for our monthly newsletter: https://oneop.aweb.page/practicing-connection-newsletter\nJoin our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12879756/\nSend us a message: practicingconnection@oneop.org\n\n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]ERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Hi\, welcome to the Practicing Connection Podcast. I’m Erin Carlson Rivera. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And I am Jessica Beckendorf. I’m really excited for this episode because I’ve been learning a bit about the important role of school liaisons\, as a hub and a connector in the networks of support for military families\, and I’m looking forward to diving into this conversation to learn more. \nOur guests today are Karen Watkins-Diouf\, Army-School Liaison at Fort Campbell’s Army Child and Youth Services\, and Jeremiah Johnson\, Christian County Extension agent for 4-H Youth Development at the University of Kentucky. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Karen has been a dedicated Army school liaison for four years now with the Army Child and Youth Services\, to expand over 25 years of CYS experience to her mission of supporting military connected families. Her journey includes roles as a teacher\, curriculum specialist\, and a director within Army childcare programs\, when she isn’t serving military families. \nKaren is a published children’s book author [00:01:00] and currently working on her second book. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s so cool. And with over a decade of experience in 4-H youth development\, Jeremiah focuses on leadership\, agriculture\, and supporting military connected youth through programs in STEM\, financial literacy and civic engagement. \nHe’s also a published author and a nationally recognized leader in 4-H\, including receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. \nHi\, Karen and Jeremiah. Thank you so much for joining us on Practicing Connection. \nKAREN WATKINS: Good morning. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: So Karen I’d love to start with you. Could you walk us through what a school liaison actually does\, day to day? Because I think a lot of people might not fully understand the scope of your role\, or maybe I should just speak for myself\, because I don’t fully understand the scope of your role. And the more I learn\, the more I want to learn. \nWhat does it look like? \nKAREN WATKINS: A pretty large scope. School liaisons are located at each installation\, and we are the [00:02:00] main contact for military families\, local school systems. And we also work hand in hand with our command team\, the installation leadership on the installation\, so we work with our top commanders on the installation for school related matters. \nWe’re their subject matter experts for school related matters\, pre-K through 12th grade. We also build partnerships with the civilian and military community to help address common education challenges that military families have. We help with school transitions\, when military families are moving stateside or overseas to other schools. We contact other school liaisons to help with that school transition process. \nAnd we do so many other things\, but school transitions are our main job. We help with deployment support\, college and career readiness. We do parent and educator workshops\, me and the other school liaison that I work with here. It’s two of us\, and I work with Laquvia Garrett. We are both Certified Master [00:03:00] Resiliency trainers. \nSo we do a lot of resiliency training for military students in the schools. We work closely with counselors – military life consultants. We also work closely with the military interstate compact\, the Mik 3\, to make sure that schools are in compliance with military children. \nIt’s a lot. We do a lot every day\, all day\, and we work all summer. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Oh\, you work all summer? \nKAREN WATKINS: Yes\, planning for the next school year. And we’re also before and after school programs\, doing workshops and things like that for the youth. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: So Jeremiah\, for listeners who might not know what a county extension educator does\, can you give us a quick picture of your role in general\, and then share how 4-H youth development fits into supporting the military community? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Yeah\, definitely. So as a county extension agent for 4-H here in Kentucky\, our role is to\, in short\, [00:04:00] take research-based practices and educational opportunities for families and youth in our counties from that university. And using a list of needs that our county has identified\, we take those back to the county so that we’re able to have the most impact and meet the needs of our county. \nWe cover a ton of different areas ranging from agriculture\, natural resources\, communications\, expressive arts\, healthy living\, leadership\, civic engagement\, the list goes on. But we have a ton of different opportunities. \nAt the end of the day though\, it’s all about that research based curriculum and resources that we have. I think that sets us apart. And allows us to have the greatest impact for families in our community when it comes to military audiences. \nWe add another level to that in that you look at military families\, oftentimes they’re very transient\, so they’re moving all over all the [00:05:00] time. And extension is national. \nWe exist all across the country\, and we are that consistency for families\, for youth\, so that whenever you move and you’ve got a kid that maybe they’re in Georgia a week ago and now they’re in Kentucky\, 4-H can be that consistency. \nSo it’s a lot of similar programs. Maybe not exactly a mirror of each other\, but it’s a lot of similar programs for those families\, and it creates that sense of consistency and belonging for those youth. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Wow\, I hadn’t thought about that. I’ve worked at Extension for a long time myself\, but I can see that kind of continuity piece being really impactful\, especially for young people. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Yeah\, definitely. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I wish I had known about 4-H when I was a military kid. It’s funny though because my mom was really involved in 4- in Wisconsin\, before she met my dad when she was a kid\, [00:06:00] and when I started working for Extension and I saw all the things that 4-H does\, I was like\, “Mom\, it’s not just animals! It’s all these other things. I could have joined that.” And she was like\, ‘Oh yeah\, I know. I used to do sewing all the time.” \nAnd I’m like\, why didn’t you tell me?! \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Right. 4-H has grown so far beyond what you traditionally expect. One of our largest areas in our county is consumer and financial education. Just basic finance for families\, and who doesn’t need that\, whether you’re a kid or an adult\, like that is something that we have found that transcends generations. \nBut also it doesn’t matter your background and which installation you’re transferring from or anything like that. Like that is something that is needed. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Just before this meeting\, Jeremiah\, you and I talked a little bit or we were all talking a little bit about how your collaboration with Karen\, or Karen\, your collaboration with Jeremiah\, has been [00:07:00] ongoing since you guys met on different projects. \nSo how did the two of you first connect\, what was that initial spark that kind of brought a school liaison and an extension educator together? I mean\, already we see all of the reasons why you should connect\, but tell us your story. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: So I think what’s that saying? ‘Hindsight’s 2020.’ When I first started this journey\, trying to find ways to partner with military youth\, I didn’t really know where to go. I didn’t know I guess where that door was to walk in. \nAnd it all happened by accident. Karen and I just happened to be on a Zoom call that was talking about 4-H programs and resources that were coming out\, and a new curriculum that was coming out\, and it was one of those\, I mean\, we’ve all been on those Zoom calls. \nIntroduce yourself in the chat. And I saw her name pop up and it said\, Fort Campbell\, Kentucky. \nAnd I said\, hold on a minute. So I’m immediately chatting over here\, “Hey uh\, Ms. Karen\,[00:08:00] let’s set up a meeting and talk. I’m in Christian County\, I’m right here with you.” \nThat’s really how we met the first time. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yep. And the rest is history. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Right. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Well\, and I think\, Jeremiah\, you were mentioning that one of the things Karen was working on at the time was homeschool kids. And I guess\, how did you start realizing that there’s a potentially great partnership here? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I think it was after that call. I emailed Karen\, we chatted\, we sat down and had a meeting\, and then it was one of those we already had some programming going on at Fort Campbell. It wasn’t to the level it is now by any means. \nAnd so we talked about that\, and that’s when I learned a lot about what Karen’s job is and how she is extremely connected with every aspect of the installation. And she had that pulse on what was going on and what was needed. And so Karen brought up the idea of homeschool [00:09:00] groups and how we serve that population. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah. Because one of the services to include what a school liaison does is non-traditional homeschooling options for families and including homeschooling. We have a large population of homeschool families on the installation. \nAnd most people don’t think of military families as homeschooling because we have schools on the installation. If we have an installation that has schools\, you know\, civilians assume\, Oh\, they don’t do that. But no\, we have a large population of homeschool families. \nBut the other school liaison that I worked for\, me and Mr. Revia\, we were in the process of rebuilding our homeschool program to offer lots of options. And I was getting a lot of questions from parents. They would call the office and they would want resources\, but the parents were asking the same questions. It was like different parents with same questions. And I’m a data person\, so I’m like writing this down and I’m putting little check marks by the questions that were asked again. \nAnd [00:10:00] so I went to my coworker and I was like\, “Hey. I’ve got a lot of homeschool parents asking a lot of the same questions\, wanting resources. They want different things just for homeschool families.” \nBecause you know\, home school families can feel isolated\, because they’re kind of set apart. And so I went to her and I was like\, “Why don’t we have a meet and greet or something?” So then I started asking parents what they would like to have for their children? And they were like “Well\, can’t we have some of the same things that the schools have and things like that.’ \nSo I start researching\, and I’m a 4-H kid\, I grew up in a rural town\, and I was like\, man\, we should try to get some 4-H programming in. And then that’s when Jeremiah\, I was talking to him about it and then when he reached out to me and I was like\, “Hey\, how can we incorporate 4-H into our homeschool program?” \nSo that’s how we like really got that started because I started asking the parents and pulling the parents\, “Hey\, [00:11:00] would you like 4-H?” And again\, that continuity of care with 4-H\, it’s national. Then parents were like\, “Oh my gosh\, I was a 4-H kid and I did this. Yes\, we would love to have that.” And we didn’t have that here\, in our homeschool program. \nSo Jeremiah and I got together and we started building it in our program. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Wow. That’s great. So it sounds like you guys work pretty closely together. What do you think is the thing that really makes collaborating work for the two of you? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: We talked a lot about this the other day. I think it’s just open and consistent communication. \nKAREN WATKINS: Mm-hmm. I think a lot of times whenever you’re trying to partner with folks\, like\, we both ask a lot of questions to each other about the program. You name it\, we’ve talked about it. And it has really blown my mind. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I’ve learned a lot about Karen’s job through that\, but I’ve also learned a lot about the installation and what things there are. And so it’s just those open lines of communication with each other [00:12:00] to better understand what all we can each offer and through discussions we were like\, oh\, we can join together on this project. \nAnd so we’ve found some other avenues of involvement with the installation now too\, because of that. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, the more you’re in contact with someone\, the more opportunities and the more you think of them too\, when you’re like\, “Oh\, I wonder if Karen’s thought about this before\,” and then you just keep the conversation going. \nIt sounds like you guys have done that really well. Cross sector partnerships\, and this is one of them I think\, even though you guys have a lot in common\, but cross-sector partnerships can be really tricky. Military and civilian organizations don’t always speak the same language. What’s been your approach to bridging that gap? \nI hear this\, by the way\, from all of the cross-sector folks that I’ve talked to that ended up collaborating. I think this was one of the biggest things they had to overcome. “Sometimes I don’t know that it was yours\,” but yeah. What’s your approach to bridging that? \nKAREN WATKINS: So one of the things\, [00:13:00] me being on the military side\, there are lots of regulations. Okay. So there are lots of regulations\, acronyms\, you know\, limits to things that I explained to Jeremiah. \nHe’ll say\, “Karen\, what about this?” And I’ll be like\, “Oh\, well\, according to article so and so regulation this\, we can’t do that.” So me understanding the military side of what can be done\, what can’t\, as far as military children and installations\, that helps us a lot. \nAnd me explaining acronyms to him\, “Hey\, Karen\, what does that mean?” And blah\, blah\, blah. And then I’ll explain to him. So on my side\, that helps us a lot. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Yeah\, I was definitely going to say both the military and extension love some acronyms\, and none of them makes sense to anybody if you’re not in that circle. \nKAREN WATKINS: Exactly. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: So it was like\, we have had to sit down and be like\, “What are you talking about? I don’t know what this is..” or\, “Oh\, [00:14:00] that means this for us.” \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: And then even within organizations\, and Karen\, I’m not sure if this is true for the military\, but within Extension\, like I don’t know what 4-H acronyms are and Jeremiah\, I’m sure that if I told you some of the acronyms from\, you know\, community and economic development\, you’d be like\, “What?” \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Right\, right. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Does that happen in the military as well\, like across the silos? The acronyms are difficult. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I would say so. We talked the other day because we work with a lot of other 4-H agents that are working with other installations\, and even from the different branches\, school liaisons sometimes are called different titles\, or they’ve got just school liaison officer or school liaison. So it’s really knowing that branch of the military and how those positions work. \nBecause I’m telling you\, we love some acronyms. They love some acronyms. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: What about\, I want to take this in a different way [00:15:00] as well\, there’s the language\, there’s the literal language\, but what about ways of working also\, did you find anything that you had to navigate there? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I think it’s more of a reporting piece on the backside\, but again\, we just call them different things. \nKAREN WATKINS: Mm-hmm. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Got it. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Where the army might call it a storyboard\, I’m calling it a success story. Like it’s the same thing. We’re highlighting what all we’ve done and the statistics and all that. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah. And we do have to report that. Because the army\, yeah\, we have 4-H and BGCA programming in our programs\, our youth programs. So it’s expected of us\, and then we have to show\, “Okay\, you’re utilizing this\, is it useful for you?” And things like that. \nBecause the Army wants to make sure that the programming is very useful for youth. So the more we use it\, the more the Army is looking into it. Like Jeremiah and I with this homeschool [00:16:00] programming\, it’s like it got recognized at the top\, “Wow\, look at what Fort Campbell’s doing with homeschool.” \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Oh. \nKAREN WATKINS: So that data is important. Yeah. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s great to hear. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: So this is either\, one of you can answer or both if you both feel passionate about it\, can you share a specific moment or story where you saw that your collaboration made a real difference for a military family? \nKAREN WATKINS: We were talking yesterday\, but I did\, ’cause I have to\, again\, data with the Army\, I have to write everything down. \nBut I have a family that came for – we have to send homeschool resources. There’s a process. If they’re on the installation\, they send a letter of intent to the superintendent. Then the superintendent just sends their name to our office and we supply them with tutor.com resources\, and other things that parents are asking about. \nAnd I had this one parent\, and Jeremiah\, I don’t know if you remember her\, but she was at the homeschool meet and greet last September. And she sat in on the session that [00:17:00] you gave for the parents\, the workshops\, and she was a 4-H kid herself and things like that. \nAnd she sent me what we call an ice comment\, where parents or patrons\, on the military base\, they can gripe or they can brag about an experience they had\, and she put in an ice comment and it was a good one. And she was so excited about homeschool program and how helpful we were to her. \nAnd then she just went on and on about 4-H\, and she says\, “My children are going to get to experience 4-H\,” you know\, like she did\, as a youth. So I thought that was really cool. I can think of it yesterday\, Jeremiah\, but yeah\, she put in an ice comment. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I love it. \nKAREN WATKINS: Really cool. You know you’re doing the right thing when those simple things like that\, when parents let you know that it was an asset to them. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I think even that day at the kickoff for homeschool families\, we received a lot of comments that were [00:18:00] like\, “We finally have something that we can do with our kids\, and we’re not left in the dark\,” because so many things are just tied directly to the schools or the centers. This was something that we could just make happen. \nAnd I will say\, go back to partnerships. And those communications. When Karen came to me with the idea or the need of homeschool programming\, she had already found a partnership on the installation where we were going to have access to a facility. It had gymnasiums in it. It had a computer lab\, it had a kitchen. \nSo we could do all the things that a traditional club would do\, and have the resources there available with staff that were ready to help make it happen. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah\, our CYS sports program\, shout out to Ms. Page. And she was excited about it because years ago\, you know\, they had some 4-H\, activities going on in the building and then she was [00:19:00] like\, “Oh my gosh\, this would be great.” \nAnd so when we all met\, then we just started expounding on stuff. We knew that we were having our homeschool PE. Because we have homeschool PE there\, and so when we have our homeschool meet and greet on the day of the meet and greet\, they sign up for homeschool PE. They get to meet the staff that’s going to be working with their child. Then of course they get to meet Jeremiah and get to have a parent workshop\, a 4-H parent workshop\, and then they get to see my face. \nIt’s so funny when we have the meet and greets because I only connect with them through email. So when they come to the meet and greet\, they go and then they’re hugging me. So the whole school is like this little\, this one little community. So it’s like really cool when they see me\, and Ms. We are face to face\, when they know us over email  all year and they finally get to see us. \nAnd Jeremiah and I\, we’re planning more things to do for the homeschool families. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s awesome. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: So I know that Fort Campbell spans multiple counties and [00:20:00] states. I’m wondering\, do the extension educators from those other counties\, and the others in Tennessee as well\, do you all get together and coordinate? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: So I’ve met with some of them a few separate times. So as you all are aware\, every state has different extension resources. So there are some things that I do not have as much of that Tennessee might have. So they’re helping out with some of those things. \nThey’re also doing a lot of military programs for those families that live off the installation in their community\, and we keep\, again\, open communication with them\, because we have some families that are homeschooled-associated with Fort Campbell\, but maybe live on the Tennessee side. \nSo we still have those conversations with those agents to keep them in the loop and work with them on providing opportunities for their families regardless of what their zip code is or where they live. \nKAREN WATKINS: And [00:21:00] we make sure we invite them to the meet and greet. And we had a lot more this last time from the Montgomery County area that came to the meet and greet. Some of them come on the installation for their homeschool PE requirement and things like that. And because we have the 4-H\, we’re getting a lot more families coming to do the enrichment programming. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s great. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah\, it is. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Let’s talk a little bit about the off-installation stuff. So Karen\, you are available to work with any school or organization in the state that wants to support military kids. And maybe I should say military school liaisons or school liaisons are available to work with any school or organization in the state that wants to support military kids\, not just those that are near the installation. \nDo you get a sense that like everyone knows that\, I mean\, how do you get the word out about that? Because that’s something that I had not heard and I had no idea. \nKAREN WATKINS: We not only serve the schools wherever there are military [00:22:00] connected students\, we are there for everyone. We not only serve the M post schools\, but we have Clarksville\, Montgomery County\, and she and I split the county because it’s a large county. \nAnd then we have Stewart County\, Tri County\, Todd County. So we have surrounding counties\, wherever there are military connected students\, we are there to offer services. So we are in those schools. \nAnd we really had to introduce ourselves\, reintroduce ourselves when we got this job to the schools again: who we were\, let them know what school we are assigned to and that we are here to assist you. And once those principals and assistant principals and counselors realize who we are and what we can offer them\, but we had to put ourselves out to let them know that it’s\, “Wow they utilize our service.” \nAnd then we’re in a community. We’re at the autism walk. We set up information booths. We have the gold star wives festival\, we set up a table there. So we are [00:23:00] out there in the community. We just finished our month of the military child fest last weekend\, and Jeremiah was there. And he and I set up a table together\, and there were so many parents coming in when they saw the 4-H. \nSo that’s how we get that word out\, we have to put ourselves out there. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Wow. \nKAREN WATKINS: We get out\, and then we get invited to a lot of different things. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: If there’s a school across the state that has a few military connected kids in it and they’re like\, “Hey\, we’d like to know how we can make sure these kids feel welcomed and stuff\,” is that something they can call you about? \nKAREN WATKINS: Yes\, because we have a program called Army Youth Sponsorship\, and just like years ago\, soldiers\, when they would go to installation stateside or overseas\, they would be assigned a sponsor for that family\, and that sponsor would help that family get acclimated to the area. Help them with where to go to register for school\, basic things when you move to a new place\, you want to know [00:24:00]. \nThe Army had sponsors\, well now we have Army Youth Sponsorship\, so we have youth sponsors for the children\, yes. We train the counselors and the administration on Army Youth Sponsorship Training\, explain to them how it works. They get a banner for their school. So they know that they get excited for being an Army Youth Sponsorship School\, they get this big Army youth sponsorship banner. \nSo when military families move and they come to a civilian school and they walk in\, they go\, “Oh\, wow. They have an Army Youth Sponsorship program for my youth.” And it is youth driven. We train the staff and then they incorporate it in their programs. We have Purpose Star schools. Purpose Star schools are schools that are in the state that are recognized as military-friendly. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Mm-hmm. \nKAREN WATKINS:So we have Army Youth Sponsorship and we have purple star schools\, and we let the administration know\, “Hey\, this is what we can do for you.” \n[00:25:00] The training is free. This is part of our job that we have to do. And they get recognized. We get proclamations from the mayors in Christian County and Montgomery County every year to be recognized as purple star schools and purple up day. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: It’s a whole community of support. \nYou know\, I ask that partly because I think not a lot of people realize that military families are more spread out than we think they are. A lot of times they’re not just on or right next to the installation. \nKAREN WATKINS: Right. Because they may be in a reserve unit\, yeah. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yes. Reserve guard and active duty. They’re more spread out than we often think. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Okay. I think this one is for Jeremiah\, so extension educators are in nearly every county\, and school liaisons are positioned near every installation. That’s a really powerful alignment as you’ve talked about earlier. \nDo you see potential for [00:26:00] that to be leveraged more broadly outside of the two of you across Kentucky\, or in other places nationally? Do you think this is a type of partnership that could be duplicated in other places? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Definitely. That was something we talked about the other day. When Karen and I first met\, it was just by happenstance. I did not know what her role was. I didn’t know how it fit in\, and I’m gonna be honest\, the school liaison officer is\, I don’t want to say the gatekeeper\, but they’re the front door to the installation. They know all the connections. \nAnd I think if there are other extension educators out there that don’t know that\, it’s going to be more difficult for them to build those partnerships with the installation\, it’s going to be more difficult for them to find those connections. And I think if they start with school liaison or school liaison officers\, it opens a lot of doors for them. \nAnd it also helps create partnerships that are meaningful because like I said earlier\, Karen [00:27:00] has a pulse on the needs of Fort Campbell\, so she knows where we need to help as far as programming and curriculum and specific things. And if she doesn’t know\, she knows who to talk to to get that answer. \nSo this partnership has been very good\, and it is something that can be replicated very easily elsewhere in the country. Even in Kentucky\, we’ve got folks with our other installation\, there’s some active duty soldiers that are at that installation\, but their kids are located four or five counties away. Because when they came back to Kentucky\, the mom wanted to live with a grandparent\, and it just made it simpler for the family. \nYou know what I mean? But the school liaison folks are still able to help that family out\, even though they’re not really right there next to the installation. So I think just recognizing that partnership and then on the extension side\, I’m able to communicate that with some of the other extension agents so that they know that that’s a good resource for them and that they can continue to build [00:28:00] partnerships there to support all kids. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Thank you so much for sharing that\, Jeremiah\, it sounds like the two of you\, like you said\, it was a happenstance kind of meeting. But in a way\, you know\, Karen\, you chose to be at that meeting that day. Jeremiah\, you chose to be there also. I have meetings that\, or I should say Erin and I have meetings now\, that we go to in our state where we get the word out about even just OneOp. \nAnd I’ve been carting around some 4-H cars\, because Wisconsin 4-H has had some activities going on for military families\, and so I’ve been carting around some slides for them\, and so I make sure that this information’s being shared. And we’ve had people come up to us after meetings saying\, “How have I never heard of you?” \nIf we don’t get out there\, that’s not going to happen\, or people aren’t going to know. And so I guess where I’d like to go next with this is\, maybe Karen\, I’ll start with you. And Jeremiah\, please chime in as well. [00:29:00]\nYou guys met by chance. And it’s great. And now you both know so much more about the work that you all do and you can build off of that. So keeping that in mind\, what do you wish more community organizations understood about how to support military families? \nKAREN WATKINS: I wish they understood\, first of all\, that it’s possible\, and then the possibilities. Utilize the resources that we have. \nA lot of times when we go to schools and we tell them what’s available to them\, just like you said\, they’ll say\, “Oh\, I didn’t know you existed!” Or they don’t really take on the opportunity of utilizing the resources that we have. \nAnd in schools we are assigned at\, I wish that schools knew to utilize\, when we make our visits\, we have mandated visits that we have to make. So when we come in and do a visit and we say\, “How can we help you? Could we help with this? Could we do this?” [00:30:00] Take advantage of that. \nI just don’t think schools realize the advantages and the bridge that school liaisons have. We don’t want to come in just when there’s issues or problems\, or when a parent comes in and wants us to help resolve an issue with their child’s education. \nSo we really want them to know that we are there to help with other things too. Really positive things\, yeah. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Yeah\, and I\, backing that up\, honestly simply put\, it’s easy to partner. I think as a community partner\, sometimes when you think of military installations\, you know\, there’s regulations\, there’s rules\, there’s specific things you have to follow. And I think for some partners they think about that and they’re like\, “I just don’t have time. I can’t make this work.” \nAnd that’s where Karen comes in. She already knows those policies\, she knows the connection\, she knows all of that. So [00:31:00] Karen and school liaison officers are able to put your fears at ease\, but also say\, “Here’s the things\, here’s the areas we can focus on. Here’s the resources we need\,” and really open those doors. \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah\, the support is easy. I really want them to know that it’s simple. The support is so easy and we’re so willing. Our command team on the installation\, our garrison commander\, our command Sergeant Major\, they want to help. \nWe have a meeting every year called the start meeting. It’s a strategic meeting where all of the local superintendents and school directors come in and they express the needs that they have\, and they talk about what’s going good and what’s not going good in the schools. \nSo our command\, our Army command is very interested\, and want to help support not only our military connected students\, but our military community\, our community as a whole. They just need to see how easy it could be and how helpful it could be\, that’s what I wish they [00:32:00] knew. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Well\, at the end of the day\, it’s about supporting kids and the families\, and so how awesome it is that there are so many people out there that want to do this. And I would say extension and the school liaisons\, the more I learn about the school liaisons\, you guys both make it easy to partner. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: We try to. The CYS folks at Fort Campbell are absolutely amazing\, and Karen has been that gateway to make it happen and just to have those open discussions about partnerships and things\, it’s been wonderful. \nKAREN WATKINS: Fort Campbell is pretty cool. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I agree. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: You’re not at all biased though! \nKAREN WATKINS: Great leadership. We have great leadership though\, you know\, our leadership is awesome\, \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. \nOkay. I have one final question. I often hear this idea\, and I think probably both of you can answer this\, but I’ll probably start with Jeremiah and then Karen\, you can do the follow up. But I often hear this [00:33:00] idea that the military takes care of their own\, and then there’s this silent addendum of\, “Oh\, so we don’t have to care about it.” \nAnd I am curious what would you say to people who don’t conceptualize military families as being a part of their community? \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: I look at it as I serve everyone in my community\, period. It doesn’t matter about background or anything like that. We’re here to serve our entire community\, and I do think the military provides a lot of wonderful resources for their families\, but we also have additional resources for them. \nBut part like Ms. Karen said earlier\, part of some of the requirements for the installation is they have to have extension and 4-H programming there. So yes\, they provide for families\, but we are part of that. We’re providing that piece for them\, I guess is what I’m trying to say. And it helps us serve all youth\, period. \nKAREN WATKINS: And like our youth\, like you said\, the programming is through that programming. \nWhen me and Ms. Laquvia\, when we go [00:34:00] into public schools and we do resiliency programming\, that’s not just for military connected students. So we touch everyone. Yes\, it’s for everyone. \nSo when we do these things\, just like youth sponsorship\, when we go in and we train counselors and administrators in schools on youth sponsorship\, that programming\, it touches every student. So it doesn’t matter who moves to that new school\, they’re still going to have a youth sponsorship team of youth welcoming them and something like that. So our programming\, what we do\, our services\, what we do for the military community\, it serves all youth. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Mm-hmm. \nKAREN WATKINS: We happen to be there because of the military\, but our programming and what’s so awesome about it\, it spills over into the community. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s wonderful. That’s wonderful. I mean\, creating places that people can feel like they [00:35:00] belong includes\, you know\, including everyone in that discussion. \nIf there’s an organization or a school that wanted to make sure they were supporting their military families\, whether that school is\, across the state from the nearest installation or right next to the nearest installation\, what’s the first step you would tell them to take? \nAnd this could be for either one of you. Maybe I’ll start with you\, Karen. Of course. \nKAREN WATKINS: Start with me. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Start with the – so even if they’re across the state\, they should contact the liaison at the nearest installation. Okay. \nKAREN WATKINS: Because even if they contact me from another state\, I can contact another school liaison in that state. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: So everyone contact Karen! \nKAREN WATKINS: Yeah\, Yeah. You know\, I can connect them with the school leads. And that’s what we do for our soldiers when they’re moving and they fill out paperwork and say\, “Hey\, I’m moving to Alabama.” And we’re [00:36:00] like\, “Oh\, okay\, I got that.” They fill out paperwork\, I get all their information. I send that transition referral to the school liaison in Alabama\, and that’s how that works. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Yeah\, definitely your first stop should be to call your school liaison office. I will add that is one area that we communicate the same on. There is a national network of 4-H military liaisons\, and every state has one point of contact. So if you’re on the school liaison side and you’re wondering how to get in touch with 4-H and you don’t have that local connection yet\, simply do an internet search and you will find a searchable database by state of 4-H liaisons\, and they can connect you with the local folks or they can help you work through that and how to have that partnership. \nSo the word of the day is liaison\, whether it’s school liaison or the 4-H one\, but it will get you to the right direction. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: [00:37:00] Thank you so much for joining us\, Karen and Jeremiah. I have really learned a lot about the school liaisons\, and I would love to talk with more of them. So\, Karen\, I’m going to call you since you’re the first point of contact for school liaisons. \nThank you so much for joining us\, both of you. \nJEREMIAH JOHNSON: Thank you for having us. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: That’s it for this episode. Thank you so much for joining us. If you’ve enjoyed today’s episode\, click the share button in your podcast app to share it with a friend. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: We’d like to thank our announcer Kaylyn Gobel\, Maggie Lucas\, and Joyce Fond for their help marketing and Nathan Grim\, who composed and performed all the music you hear on the podcast. We hope you’ll listen again soon. \nUntil then\, keep practicing. \n[00:38:00]\nCREDITS: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of One-Op and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award number 2 0 2 3 4 8 7 74 3 3.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Sunrise to Sunset: Supporting Children with Autism Throughout Their Day
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CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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SUMMARY:Empathy in Action: Going Beyond Surface-Level Interactions
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families\, service members\, or anyone navigating life’s challenges\, this practice can help you step into their shoes and understand their experiences on a whole new level. \nJessica shares her insights on how empathy mapping can move us beyond surface-level interactions\, offering practical steps to apply this tool in your work or personal life. \nLinks and resources from this episode: \n\nEmpathy Map Activity\nOpening to Joy and Love by Sebene Selassie\nSign up for our monthly newsletter: https://oneop.aweb.page/practicing-connection-newsletter\nJoin our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12879756/\nSend us a message: practicingconnection@oneop.org\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” 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I’m Erin\, and today we’re diving into empathy mapping as part of our From the Archive series. \nIn this series\, we’re updating and re-releasing retired content that we feel is still relevant today. I picked this episode for two reasons. One is in the first half\, Bob and Jessica have a short discussion about Joy that I absolutely love. \nI’ve been on the “work should be more joyful” train since my very first episode. So anytime I can bring joy into the conversation\, you know I’m going to do it. \nThe second reason is that empathy mapping is a really simple tool for a thing that we all need to do all of the time\, and that’s imagining someone else and their experience more complexly. \nA huge part of being a service provider or even just being a part of a community is working with people who are different from you. This is a nice tool to have in your back pocket for when you get stuck. \nI hope it’s as helpful to you as it is to me. \nBOB BERTSCH: [00:01:00] Thanks for listening to the Practicing Connection Podcast. I’m Bob\, my co-host\, Jessica is here as well. And today we’ll be diving into a tool that can really enhance our ability to connect with the people we serve. And Jessica will be sharing a practice with us related to that. Hi\, Jessica. First of all\, happy birthday. \nDid you have a good birthday? How was it? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: I did. It was actually exactly what I needed several years ago. It kind of happened quite by accident. I started to take the day off from work\, which that part’s not an accident\, but I started to take the day off from work\, and that first year I just kind of tooled around town. \nI just went where I felt like going. And it felt so freeing and it reminded me of how much I enjoy an adventure\, even though\, you know\, I was really just kind of going around town. But I was going to different places and that I don’t normally go to\, and I was spending\, you know\, two hours in a bookstore just kind of [00:02:00] looking at books and\, you know\, looking at all the possibilities. \nSo yeah\, that’s what I did this year. I took the day off\, you know\, I went to some thrift stores. I enjoy the adventure of finding interesting\, odd antique pieces and I didn’t really find anything though. Yeah\, I just did a\, a few things like that. \nBOB BERTSCH: Well\, that’s awesome. It’s not about what you find\, right? It’s the journey \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Exactly. \nBOB BERTSCH: Looking for. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s exactly what it was for me. And I just kept gut checking\, like\, just because last year I went to a yarn store doesn’t mean this year I need to go to one. And\, uh\, just because in the past I’ve gone to a bookstore\, didn’t mean this year I needed to go to one and I didn’t. Even though that’s one of my favorite things to do on my birthdays to go to a bookstore. \nBut you know\, last year I bought two books and I am three quarters of the way through one of them at this point. So I’m like\, I don’t want any more books. Let me get through the ones I have. So \nBOB BERTSCH: well\, that sounds You doing awesome? I’m doing great. Yeah. I’ve been thinking about [00:03:00] joy\, \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: ah\, \nBOB BERTSCH: because of some meditations that I’ve been listening to. \nThe Zen teacher\, Charlotte Jo Beck has a quote and she said\, joy is exactly what is happening\, minus our opinion of it. And the. Recorded meditation I was listening to was led by\, uh\, seven A ssi and she shared that quote\, which I hadn’t heard before. And seven A said that Charlotte Jo Beck was trying to get at the distinction between happiness and joy. \nAnd that’s something I really hadn’t. Thought about and one distinction that seven A shared was like\, happiness has an opposite\, right? Unhappiness\, but what’s the opposite of joy? And that was pretty thought provoking for me. Seven A describes joy as the capacity to appreciate the good in each moment without pushing away what might be unpleasant. \nSo I’ve been thinking about that a lot. Trying to get in touch with that feeling of joy in that sense that I’m willing to take things [00:04:00] as they are willing to let things be as they are\, and not confusing joy with happiness. So that’s not super inspirational or anything like that\, but it’s what I’ve been thinking about. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Oh\, that’s really interesting. And Snet is actually one of my favorite meditation people. I feel like anything she says\, I get some sort of inspiration out of this idea that it’s a joyful act to appreciate the good in the moment\, even when there might be some unpleasantness going on that is really thought provoking. \nI’m really glad you shared that. I’m\, I’m gonna have to think on it a little bit. \nBOB BERTSCH: So Jessica\, I know you’ve chosen to talk about empathy mapping today\, so could you share a little bit more about the activity and why you thought it was important to highlight it? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, absolutely. Um\, I’ve used [00:05:00] this activity quite a lot for developing communication strategies. Um\, so when we first talked about the idea of perspective taking\, um\, this of course kind of leapt to my mind. \nI pulled up my empathy mapping activities and started pouring over them and remembering really the successes I’ve seen people have as they’ve used it. So empathy mapping is often used in the context of marketing to design customer profiles. Communication strategy\, but I’ve also seen empathy mapping work really well as a tool for building understanding of a person. \nOr a group as we’ll talk about later. It’s not a perfect tool. It should be one of several tools\, but we’ll\, we’ll talk a little bit about that later. But for example\, I’ve used it to help community members get a better sense of where county board members are coming from. Recognizing that these officials really want to be good stewards of public dollars\, even when it might seem like they’re just kind of focused on the budget\, and that’s it. \nJust the dollars. It’s meant to help you [00:06:00] get past your assumptions and begin to understand someone else’s perspective. Um\, which is really important when working with military families and service members. \nBOB BERTSCH: Yeah\, that’s a great point. This idea of perspective taking is important to understand\, uh\, the unique challenges that military connected individuals face\, especially during transitions like deployment\, relocation or reintegration into civilian life. \nAnd really just to\, you know\, try and understand better everybody’s experience. ’cause we all come from different experiences and bring. Our experiences to whatever we’re dealing with in that moment. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, I appreciate that you put it that way. And you know\, this also ties into\, um\, something that we’ve talked briefly about called the Military Transitions Theory\, which provides a framework for understanding the various phases that military personnel and their families go through during their transitions. \nThe theory highlights the importance of understanding\, not just the physical changes [00:07:00] like moving to a new duty station\, but also the psychological and social adjustments that come with those changes. By taking the time to kind of see the world from a different perspective\, we can better support military families through these transitions and well\, that’s kind of why I thought of this activity. \nBOB BERTSCH: So how does it help us apply sort of our understanding of different perspectives in\, in practice\, in a practical way? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Um\, because it’s structured as a way to step into someone else’s shoes\, it can help us move beyond the surface level observations and really dig into what a person is experiencing. \nAgain\, we’ll go into this in a minute. This is one tool of many\, right? You are using your own knowledge of that person. To fill this out. So unless you’re ground truthing it\, you’re not really digging into what they’re experiencing. But it’s a way for you to start to see the perspective\, the different perspective. \nSo for military families\, this means understanding not just what they’re [00:08:00] doing or saying\, but also what they’re thinking and feeling as they navigate these transitions. Right? You might be hearing what they’re saying and seeing a little bit of what they’re doing\, but this really helps you dig a little bit into what they might be thinking and feeling as well. \nBOB BERTSCH: This is really interesting. I’m excited to learn how to use this. Could you walk us through how to put empathy mapping into practice? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Absolutely. So we’ve provided a link in the show notes where you can download the template. This template has kind of a goofy looking individual in the middle of the paper and around this individual are some different areas for you to focus on. \nAnd\, um\, add your notes too. So in the first box\, you’re gonna wanna start with defining who you’re focusing on. It’s often really\, really helpful to think of someone specific. So even if you are trying to think of a group of people\, try to think of someone specific. A military spouse who’s just relocated\, perhaps a veteran transitioning to civilian life\, or a kid [00:09:00] coping with a parent’s deployment. \nDepending on what your role is\, think about a person. Then consider their goal something that they need to do. So for example\, maybe a military spouse needs to build a new support network after a move\, depending on what your role is\, figure out what kind of goal they’ve come to you for. This goal should be something observable\, something you can see them trying to achieve. \nThen you’re gonna move on to thinking about what they see around them. So there’s another box there that says\, what do they see? What’s their environment like? Are they surrounded by new places\, unfamiliar faces\, or challenging situations? So understanding what they see can give us insight into their daily reality. \nAnd then move on to looking at what they might be saying to others. So what are they communicating about their experiences? This can reveal a lot about their mindset and what’s important to them\, which will be really helpful to you later. And then after you move on to thinking about what they’re [00:10:00] doing to reach their goal. \nSo are they already taking steps to connect with others? Are they seeking out resources? Are they trying to maintain their routines and trying to maintain some structure in their lives? Finally\, you would listen to what they are hearing. So this sounds kind of confusing because I said we’ve gone through. \nUh\, what are they seeing\, saying\, doing\, but what are they hearing? What are the advice\, the opinions and expectations that they might be hearing from those around them? And then finally\, look inward after considering these external experiences. So what they’re seeing\, saying\, doing\, and hearing\, we shift to their internal world. \nThis is where you can focus on their thoughts and feelings. So what emotions might they be dealing with? I think there’s a lot of information out there for some of these transitions about the typical emotions that people go through as they’re experiencing things like deployment\, for example. So what emotions are they dealing with? \nWhat worries or hopes might they be carrying? And [00:11:00] this part of the empathy map helps us connect with their experience on a deeper level. All of that said\, I have some tips. I’ve alluded to it a couple of times already. I really want you to consider a tool like this to be one tool among many\, and the practice should really be approached with care\, using it together with other methods and feedback mechanisms. \nSo what I mean by that\, for example. Keep in mind that empathy mapping starts with what you know of a person you can\, and you should find ways to ground truth your map\, or you could end up with superficial insights. Um\, you could also end up with some stereotyping. And things like that. Another tip I have is just like any activity\, try to go into it with an awareness of the biases and assumptions that you have that may affect the results. \nSo for example\, with financial clients\, you could do the financial genogram activity we talked about some weeks ago on this podcast. Um\, that could help widen your awareness of your biases and [00:12:00] assumptions when it comes to financial applications. Otherwise\, the process could end up being more of a reflection of your views than the actual experiences of the person being mapped. \nAnd then lastly. Consider the systemic or structural factors that affect people when completing your map. The empathy map activity often focuses on individual experiences\, so definitely keep those other things in mind. So I know that those are three really big tips\, but I would not let that scare you away from going through this activity ’cause I’ve gone through it many\, many times with people and it is really a helpful tool. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: That’s it for this episode. Thank you for joining us. If you do this empathy mapping exercise\, we would love to hear how it went. You can email us at practicingconnection@oneop.org or use the link in the show notes. \nWe’ll be back next week. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[00:13:00]\nCREDITS: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of One-Op and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award number 2 0 2 3 4 8 7 74 3 3.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Early Intervention Support for a Unique Population: Serving Those Who Serve
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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 improved outcomes for children and their families who are impacted by these challenges. 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With extensive experience in Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS)\, she supports developmentally delayed and medically fragile children and trains providers to implement evidence-based practices. 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URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160144/
CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260605T145645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T145645Z
UID:10001765-1780300800-1780333200@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Understanding Service Animal Rights When the Law Gets Ruff
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nService animals play an important role in supporting individuals with disabilities\, yet confusion surrounding service animal laws remains common across workplaces\, housing\, schools\, healthcare settings\, restaurants\, transportation\, and public accommodations. This direct-to-learning session provides an overview of federal laws governing service animals\, emotional support animals (ESAs)\, and assistance animals\, while clarifying the rights and responsibilities of handlers\, businesses\, employers\, housing providers\, educators\, and service professionals. \nParticipants will explore the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)\, Fair Housing Act (FHA)\, Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA)\, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act\, and relevant state laws through practical examples and recent legal cases. The session also addresses common misconceptions\, permissible questions\, direct threat considerations\, service animals in training\, and best practices for navigating accommodation requests in real-world settings. \nThis learning opportunity is ideal for professionals working in education\, healthcare\, housing\, disability services\, human resources\, law enforcement\, transportation\, hospitality\, and community-based organizations seeking to better understand disability rights and service animal accommodations. \nLearning Objectives \n\nDifferentiate between service animals\, emotional support animals (ESAs)\, and assistance animals under federal law.\nIdentify key federal laws that govern service animal access in public accommodations\, housing\, employment\, transportation\, and educational settings.\nExplain the rights and responsibilities of individuals\, businesses\, employers\, and housing providers regarding service animal accommodations.\nRecognize permissible and impermissible questions related to service animals under the ADA.\nApply legal principles and best practices to real-world scenarios involving service animal access and accommodation requests.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” 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animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Denette Vaughn” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Senior Attorney\nDisability Rights Texas \nDenette Vaughn joined Disability Rights Texas (formerly Advocacy\, Inc.)\, in 1998\, and is currently assigned as a Senior Attorney on the CAPE team which handles disability issues in employment and accessibility. Since 2012\, Ms. Vaughn has handled cases involving discrimination against service animal handlers beginning with a case involving a combat veteran who was denied access to a local business. \nBefore joining DRTX\, Ms. Vaughn was the Civil Division Chief\, Juvenile Division Chief\, and Narcotics Prosecutor for the Lubbock District Attorney’s office. Subsequent to her time as an Assistant District Attorney\, she was in private practice for 12 years working primarily in the areas of criminal\, family\, employment and civil service law. Much of her practice involved representing police officers and firefighters in employment disputes\, including the case memorialized in a book called Substantial Evidence. She has also been an adjunct professor for Texas Tech School of Law\, Wayland Baptist University\, Lubbock Christian University and South Plains College\, teaching courses in law\, sociology and communications. She has a BA degree in Communications and a BS degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. She obtained her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (JD)  from Texas Tech University School of Law. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/28.\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/28.\nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/27.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/27.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/29.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/28.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 8/1/29.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: iStockphoto ID 2260040738; 24K-Production[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160152/
CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260216T170733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T185207Z
UID:10001732-1780484400-1780489800@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Helping Preteens Thrive Through Change
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/jTol_ajEH2Y”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]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 caregivers as steady anchors and professionals as guides through unfamiliar school cultures. Participants will learn approaches that build confidence\, adaptability\, and leadership in preteens navigating changing environments. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nApply two techniques to build self-advocacy skills in new school contexts.\nIdentify two ways to maintain friendships during transitions.\nDevelop a plan to connect preteens to extracurricular activities within 60 days of relocation.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”220506″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Brent Edwards” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Brent Edwards serves as the Youth Programs Coordinator for Commander\, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Navy Child and Youth Programs\, where he leads the development of Navy-wide policies and supports the operational and professional needs of 104 Youth Centers across 71 installations worldwide. Since joining CNIC in 2010\, he has strengthened the quality and consistency of School Age Care\, Teen\, and Youth Sports and Fitness programs\, helping ensure military and DoD families have access to safe\, high-quality youth experiences that support overall family readiness. 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SUMMARY:Why Community Engagement Efforts Fall Flat
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And by then\, the decisions are already made. \nWhat if the biggest issue with community engagement isn’t whether you do it – but when and how? \nIn 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. \nThey unpack why even well-intentioned teams often bring in community voice too late\, how that affects trust and participation\, and what it looks like to embed engagement into the way you work – not just treat it as a final step. \nIf you’ve ever wondered why engagement efforts fall flat – or how to make them more meaningful – this episode offers a small shift that can make a big difference. \nLinks and resources from this episode: \n\nEpisode: “What the Room is Telling You: How to Read the Room”\nSign up for our monthly newsletter: https://oneop.aweb.page/practicing-connection-newsletter\nJoin our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12879756/\nSend us a message: practicingconnection@oneop.org\n\n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” el_id=”trans”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” el_class=”entry” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Transcript” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”trans-title”][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” nofollow=”true” el_class=”read-it” button_id=”read-it” text=”Read More” url=”#trans”][vc_column_text el_class=”pod-trans”]ERIN CARLSON RIVERA: [00:00:00] I feel like this is something we do all of the time. We bring really smart people together to address a big important community issue. We have great conversations. We design something really thoughtful\, and then we ask for community input after every decision is already made. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: It’s like\, “Here’s what we’re thinking. Any feedback?” \nAnd really I want to be clear that I think we mean it sincerely. And most of the time\, all the groups I’ve worked with\, they mean it sincerely. But by that point\, even if the group doesn’t think this is the case\, a lot of the big choices have actually already been made. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yes\, I agree that it usually comes from a really good place. It’s usually\, “Oh\, we don’t have time\,” or\, “This is so important\, we have to be moving on it. We have to get something done.” \nBut then they put all this energy and effort into it\, and they’re surprised when people push back or when they get no engagement at all. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Right. Or\, people show up and it feels like they’re reacting to what you’re saying instead of helping to shape the project. When maybe your intent was\, you were hoping people would come and [00:01:00] help shape the project\, but they seem to be reacting. Yeah. It’s an issue. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Mm-hmm. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: So let’s explore a small shift that can make a really big difference in how all of this plays out\, especially in collaborative work. \n​- intro music – \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Today we’re talking about a practice that connects really closely to the kinds of collaboration we often focus on in this podcast\, it’s this idea of engaging with people before decisions are made and then closing the loop on it\, showing your work and sharing it back with the people you engaged with. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yes. I love that you’re saying both of those things\, because you really need both. You need to ask for input and then close the loop or else it isn’t effective. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: We talk a lot about cross-sector collaboration\, like bringing together different organizations\, different perspectives\, different kinds of expertise\, but one thing we haven’t really focused on as much is [00:02:00] what it looks like to fully include community voice in that work\, not as a separate step so much as part of the collaborative work itself. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, that makes sense. Because it’s really possible to have a strong collaboration across organizations and still not be meaningfully engaged with the people most impacted or affected by an issue. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, and pretty often when engagement does happen\, it happens later than we think it does\, like later in the process. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Hmm. Or later than it should happen. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Yeah\, exactly. Which brings us to the first part of this practice: Engage before you decide. \nThe first part of this practice is really about timing. It’s about bringing people in when things are still open\, when there’s still real opportunity to shape what happens next. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: So I think one thing that’s helpful to say here is that we’re bringing them in at the beginning\, because part of the community voice that you need is having the community shape how the problem is defined\, not [00:03:00] just responding to a proposed solution. \nAnd I think that’s so important because sometimes your solution doesn’t hit what the community needs because you aren’t aware of what they need. \nRight? You don’t know their side of the problem. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Or you’re not aware of all the perspectives\, because once a group has spent time developing a plan\, even if it’s informally\, right\, you’ve just kind of gotten together and you’re like\, “Hey\, wouldn’t it be cool if we were addressing this issue?” \nIt becomes much harder to change direction\, there’s already momentum and some of those on the planning team might even become defensive of the plan\, even if they truly do want to hear feedback. \nLike we said\, we think people genuinely do want to hear feedback most of the time. And when it’s gotten to the point where you’re like\, you crafted something and you’re like\, “okay\, what does everyone think?” It’s already a little bit too late because there’s a plan in place\, right? \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yes\, and people can tell\, people know when you’re railroading them. If you’ve already put down the tracks and there’s already a car on the tracks and you’re like\, “See\, we’re [00:04:00] going to the zoo\,” or whatever\, and you’re like\, what is happening? The zoo is maybe a bad example\, but you know\, people can feel when you actually are willing to change things or when you’re just performing. \n“Oh yeah\, we care about your opinion\,” and it can really be demoralizing and just kind of like stop things before they get started. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, and I mean\, in all the reading I’ve done on this topic\, one thing that really stands out to me is that engagement isn’t just a set of tactics. I think a lot of times it’s how are you going to do your engagement? How are you going to do that? Is it going to be through surveys? \nAre you going to have community forums? Are you going to have a booth at the local fair where you\, you know\, have a clipboard and you’re asking people at the fair their opinion on things. \nIt’s more than that. This is something that needs to be embedded in how you work\, and timing is a really big part of building that embeddedness. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: So in practice\, this could be a pretty simple shift. Like before you move forward with a plan or a [00:05:00] decision\, you pause and ask who or who else has direct actual experience with this issue? And have we talked with them yet? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. And\, have we talked to them in a real way\, right? Like that old 80/20 rule. You should be doing only 20% of the talking and the rest is all listening. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, I think those percentages are probably imaginary\, but I think the point behind them is so true because when you’re engaging the community\, you need to listen to what’s being said and also to what’s not being said. \nAnd small plug for our own podcast: we have a great episode called How to Read the Room. If you feel like you need more help figuring out what the community’s not saying\, you can check that out. We’ll put it in the show notes. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: All right. So the second part of this practice is called Closing the Loop\, this is also though where a lot of engagement efforts can break down. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, that makes sense. Imagine if people are asked for their input\, and then never hear what [00:06:00] happens or what decisions were made\, or they listened to the input session and absolutely none of it makes it into the final progress or project. \nAnd then they don’t explain why. Like there’s nothing at all about why the decisions were made the way they were made. Oof. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. And that’s a good way to put it. When there’s no clear connection between what they shared and the decisions that were ultimately made over time\, that makes it a lot harder to sustain engagement. So if you need to go back and get more engagement in the future\, they’re not sure that their input’s actually gonna be making a difference. \nSo the trust breaks down\, and engagement is ultimately about building trust. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. I think that that’s such an important thing to keep in mind as you’re deciding how you do engagement\, is that trust aspect because it’s easy to think\, “Oh\, they’re gonna be disappointed that we’re not doing what they asked us to do.” \nAnd the answer is like\, yeah\, they [00:07:00] probably might be disappointed. And that doesn’t inherently mean that you’re going to break trust. If you can explain\, “Here’s our reasoning\, here’s why we made the choice that we made. We understand you might be disappointed and we feel like this is the best path forward to meet x\, y\, z things.” \nAnd just even communicating an acknowledgement of\, “We know this isn’t what you expected\,” can leave space for trust to not be broken and completely destroyed. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, I love that. You know\, really taking what they said and sharing out ‘here’s what we heard.’ \nAnd not only that\, but having a little bit of sharing or sharing your work about how the input was not used\, right? Because both of those things matter. So sharing back about “Here’s how your input was used\, and oh\, we also have this input and we weren’t able to use it\,” because\, you know\, fill in the blank. \nClosing the loop tells people what you heard\, [00:08:00] what changed because of what you heard from them and what you couldn’t change and why you couldn’t change it? I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen decisions that were made\, like new policies created\, things like that\, and they don’t share why they made the final decisions or what all went into those final decisions. \nThey don’t show their work\, but they expect everyone to get on board. It’s just so frustrating. And you know\, they don’t understand why people either reacted\, like we said earlier\, reacted to it\, or why they’re just not engaging with it. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah\, sorry\, I’m having flashbacks here. Sounds like that hit on some reality with you. There are many times where I wished that people just hadn’t even asked for my opinion because they didn’t even address it. And I was like\, “Well\, why did I waste my time with this? Right.” Oh\, ooh. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Not that you need more examples\, [00:09:00] I’m sure people have had a similar experience at some point\, so I am so on board with the showing your work. \nEven if you can just tell me why you made a different choice\, that is so helpful to me. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, even if I don’t agree with that\, like there have been times when someone did share with me why they didn’t go a certain direction\, it was a direction that they were just kind of showing their work about it in this way that we’re talking about. And I was able to disagree with the direction they went in\, yet I could go along with and support what was being done in the end because I understood\, I at least understood. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yeah. Okay. So we just had a great long conversation. Can we just\, like\, in the shortest way possible\, can we just re-talk about the two components together? \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Absolutely. \nSo I mean\, really what we talked about today was concepts that can be turned into practices\, right? So the first one is\, engaging with people before you [00:10:00] make any decisions. This is front loaded listening or front loaded co-creation\, whatever you want to call it. \nThis is about just taking that moment to pause when you’re in a collaborative effort\, especially one that calls for some community engagement and you say\, “What kind of engagement do we need? Who needs to be here? And\, “How can we engage with them? \nAnd then once you’ve done that\, do not forget to go back after the final decisions have been made. You’ve chosen a direction\, your project is going to go one direction or another. You need to go back then and say\, “Hey\, thank you so much. Here’s how your input is making a difference\, and here’s what we weren’t able to address and here’s why we weren’t able to address it.” \nThose are the two things that we’re asking you to do. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Beautiful. Thank you so much for that summary. \nSo I imagine that not every collaboration you work on will require community [00:11:00] engagement\, but those that do would benefit a lot from both of these strategies being used\, and specifically these two pieces being used together\, because they really do reinforce each other. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah\, you could think of them as bookends in a way. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: I like that. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. They really do reinforce each other\, and when you engage with people before you make any decisions about the direction you’re going to go in\, you get better input and better alignment right from the start. \nAnd then when you close the loop\, you build the trust that makes future engagement stronger. \nIf we’re thinking about collaboration as a system\, working toward addressing important issues\, community voice has to be part of that system\, not something that sits outside of it. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: Yes. While community engagement can feel like one more thing and you don’t have time for it\, folding it into your process can help you build trust for the implementation [00:12:00] phases for future projects. \nAnd it’s so worth giving it a shot\, because if you think you don’t have time to do community engagement\, you don’t have time to do this project three or four times. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: Yeah. Love that. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: I mean\, three or four is maybe not every project\, but if you think you don’t have time for engagement\, you definitely don’t have time to have to start all over two years from now. So just a little plug\, try it out. \nJESSICA BECKENDORF: That’s it for today’s episode. We’d love to hear what you thought about this episode. Send us your thoughts and questions at Practicing Connection@oneop.org. \nERIN CARLSON RIVERA: You can click the like or share button in your podcast app to share this with a friend or a coworker. \nWe’ll be back next week with a new episode. Until then\, keep practicing. \n[00:13:00]\nCREDITS: The Practicing Connection Podcast is a production of One-Op and is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy\, US Department of Defense under award number 2 0 2 3 4 8 7 74 3 3.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:OneOp’s Impact on Military Family Readiness
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The data shows that providers are applying what they learn to make meaningful changes in their work. Reflections from OneOp learners bring that data to life\, demonstrating how professional development is leading providers to improve their practice and better support the Military Family Readiness System. \nBuilt on a powerful partnership between the Land Grant University System\, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, and the War Department\, OneOp was created to fill a gap that no other organization had addressed: the ongoing\, specialized professional development needs of every service provider working across the Military Family Readiness System. \nOneOp is the only entity of its kind. Open to all and at no cost\, OneOp brings together distinguished professionals and War Department subject-matter experts to deliver research-based\, evidence-informed programming that reflects the existing and emerging needs of military families and the professionals who serve them. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”212571″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Kyle Kostelecky\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Dr. Kostelecky is the National Project Director and Principal Investigator for OneOp. 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Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 1 year].\n\nCDR: \n\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR):\n\n14.3.1 CPE Activity Submission Approved\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpon notification of completed CDR staff review and approval of CPEUs\, Providers shall use the following language: “[Title of activity] awards [number of CPEUs] CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.” Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 3 years].\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.3.2 CPE Activity Submission Denied\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf an activity submission is denied by CDR staff\, Providers shall notify learners of denial using the following language: “[Title of activity] was not Prior Approved by CDR for CPEUs.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.3.3 CPE Activity Submission Review Pending\n\nIf an activity submission has not been reviewed by CDR staff\, Providers shall notify learners using the following language: “The CPE activity application for [title of activity] is pending CDR review and approval for [number of CPEUs] CPEUs.”\n\n\n\n\n\nD-SAACP: \n\nSexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC) and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocates (VA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from D-SAACP Credentialing. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date].\n\nEITP: \n\nEarly Interventionists and Early Childhood Educators: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the Early Intervention Training Program (EITP) at the University of Illinois. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 1 year].\n\nFincert:  \n\nCertified Personal Finance Counselors (CPFC): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from The Center for Financial Certifications (FinCert.org). **Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close date [expiration: 3 years.] \n\nNCFR: \n\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 3 years].\n\nNCHEC: \n\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 2 years].\n\nNACP: \n\nDomestic Abuse Victim Advocates: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 2 years].\n\nSCECH: \n\nMichigan Certified Teachers: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 3 years].\n\nSHRM: \n\nHuman Resource Professionals: This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credit from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 1 year].\n\nUTSW: \n\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [Enter Date expiration: 3 years].\n\nCertificates of Attendance: \n\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776181130018{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar materials will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160149/
CATEGORIES:Military Service and Family Life
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/89350796480
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260416T202719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T134710Z
UID:10001715-1781175600-1781181000@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Insights and Best Practices from the USDA Summer Meal Programs
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Summer Meal Programs are USDA-funded\, state-administered programs providing free\, nutritious meals and snacks to children 18 and younger in low-income areas during the summer\, when school is not in session. Join experts from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service and leaders from a summer site near Fort Bragg for a professional development webinar focused on expanding access to nutritious summer meals for children. This session will provide an overview of federal program priorities\, highlight practical strategies from a successful summer meal site\, and discuss opportunities to strengthen community partnerships and program operations. Participants will gain both policy insights and on-the-ground perspectives to support effective planning and implementation of summer meal programs. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nExplain the goals\, structure\, and key requirements of the Summer Meal Programs as administered by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.\nIdentify effective strategies used by summer meal sites to increase participation\, improve meal service\, and reach children in underserved communities.\nDiscuss opportunities for collaboration among schools\, community organizations\, and local partners to strengthen summer nutrition programs and improve nutrition readiness.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” 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background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”224770″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Eric Marshall\, JD\, MBA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Program Analyst\nSummer Policy and Demonstrations Branch\nCommunity Meals Policy Division\nUSDA Food and Nutrition Service[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” 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desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Danielle Thompson\, MPP” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nProgram Analyst\nSummer Policy and Demonstrations Branch\nCommunity Meals Policy Division\nUSDA Food and Nutrition Service \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” 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Beth Maynard\, MBA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nExecutive Director\nChild Nutrition Services\nCumberland County Schools\nFayetteville\, North Carolina \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 11\, 2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 11\, 2028.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): This webinar is pending Commission on Dietetic Registration review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 11\, 2028.\nCertificates of Attendance: OneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Storyblocks[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160129/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/82442866674
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260415T184851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T235716Z
UID:10001737-1781780400-1781785800@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Coping with Client Loss: Professional Approaches for Service Providers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Client loss — whether through suicide\, combat-related death\, illness\, or other traumatic circumstances — carries profound implications for those who serve military-connected populations. This webinar explores the historical\, clinical\, and systemic realities surrounding client death\, particularly within high-stakes\, high-responsibility roles such as counseling\, advocacy\, chaplaincy\, and case management. \nParticipants will examine the personal\, professional\, and spiritual dimensions of grief that arise when a client dies\, including secondhand trauma\, moral distress\, and the often-silenced grief of providers. We will explore how organizational culture\, role expectations\, and systemic pressures shape the experience of loss — and why this topic deserves greater attention in military-serving communities. \nThis session lays the foundation for Part 2\, which will focus on coping strategies\, healing practices\, and post-crisis growth. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the historical and systemic context of client loss in military-connected care settings.\nDifferentiate personal\, professional\, and spiritual grief responses to client death among service providers.\nIdentify indicators of secondary traumatic stress\, moral injury\, and disenfranchised grief following client loss.\nExplain the rationale for and core elements of organizational postvention and structured support for providers following a client’s death.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” 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Richardson McFarland is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor\, Board Certified Chaplain\, and Board Certified Telemental Health Provider. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Houston\, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary\, and a Ph.D. in Advanced Studies of Human Behavior from Capella University. In addition to her clinical work\, she serves as an adjunct professor in the counseling ministries department at Dallas Theological Seminary. She specializes in grief and loss\, trauma\, compassion fatigue\, burnout\, chronic illness\, stress management\, and spiritual distress.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2028. \nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2027.\nSexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC) and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocates (VA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from D-SAACP Credentialing. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2029.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2028.\nDomestic Abuse Victim Advocates: This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credits from the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2026.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 18\, 2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776095717445{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day before the live session. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: From Adobe Stock by NanSan\, file #: 89942899 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160139/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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SUMMARY:Dietary Approaches to Support Brain Health in Aging
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCaregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) often ask: What can we do to protect brain health—or slow decline? While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease\, growing evidence suggests that dietary patterns and lifestyle behaviors play a meaningful role in supporting cognitive health and reducing risk factors associated with decline. \n\n\nThis 60-minute webinar equips providers with evidence-informed guidance on nutrition strategies that may support brain health across the lifespan. Participants will explore the role of antioxidants\, phytochemicals\, omega-3 fatty acids\, B-vitamins\, and the gut microbiome in cognitive function. The session will compare the DASH\, Mediterranean\, and MIND dietary patterns and examine emerging research linking these approaches to reduced cognitive decline. \n\n\nProviders will also learn how to address common caregiver questions about supplements\, “brain foods\,” and realistic behavior change strategies—emphasizing progress over perfection. Practical talking points and client-friendly recommendations will help providers translate research into actionable guidance for caregivers and families navigating ADRD. \n\nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the relationship between diet\, chronic disease risk factors\, and cognitive decline in aging populations.\nIdentify key nutrients and food components associated with brain health.\nDifferentiate among the DASH\, Mediterranean\, and MIND dietary patterns.\nDiscuss the current evidence and limitations regarding dietary supplements for preventing or slowing cognitive decline.\nProvide practical\, caregiver-centered guidance that promotes sustainable behavior change and supports overall brain and cardiovascular health.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ 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\nJenna Anding\, PhD\, RDN\, LD is currently a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutrition.  A registered and licensed dietitian\, Jenna has more than 25 years of experience in developing and evaluating Extension education programs on topics that include food preservation\, food safety\, and nutrition.  More recently Jenna has worked collaboratively with faculty in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand her work into community development to address healthy food access and opportunities for increasing physical activity.  She currently serves as the senior editor for the Journal of Extension.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” 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gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is approved l for 1.0 continuing education (CE) contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2028.\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2028.\nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2027.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2027.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): 14.3.3 CPE Activity Submission Review Pending. If an activity submission has not been reviewed by CDR staff\, Providers shall notify learners using the following language: “The CPE activity application for [title of activity] is pending CDR review and approval for [number of CPEUs] CPEUs.”\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2028.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2028.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 6/25/2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: iStockphoto ID 1299079243; thesomegirl[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160138/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/89471857471
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T170041Z
UID:10001726-1783422000-1783425600@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Military Consumer Protection in Action: Tools and Tactics for Service Providers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This webinar educates financial service providers on the Federal Trade Commission’s role in military consumer protection. For over ten years\, the FTC’s Military Consumer initiative has fought to stop fraud against military consumers through enforcement and consumer education. Learn about free print\, digital\, and media resources to add to your financial counseling toolbox to help service members\, veterans\, and military families spot and avoid scams and protect against identity theft. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the role of the FTC in military consumer fraud prevention\, including consumer data reports\, civil law enforcement actions to stop scammers who target veterans\, and free consumer education resources to teach consumers how to spot\, avoid\, and report fraud.\nIdentify the most common tactics scammers use to target service members\, veterans\, and military families to steal money or personal information.\nDevelop a list of federal fraud prevention resources to incorporate into financial literacy conversations\, including fraud data\, print materials\, articles\, blogs\, and shareable graphics and videos.\nIdentify ways to get the latest trends in scams and identity theft and collaborate with the FTC’s Military Consumer initiative.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” 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gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Terri Miller” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Terri Miller is a consumer education specialist in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. In her role\, within the Division of Consumer and Business Education\, Terri crafts\, implements\, and evaluates high-impact public education campaigns. \nAs a former Marine Corps spouse\, Terri leads the agency’s Military Consumer outreach initiative\, which helps military servicemembers\, veterans\, and their families detect and avoid fraud and scams that can impact everyday life in the military. Through partnerships at the federal\, state\, and local level\, Terri disseminates timely and targeted plain-language practical advice through blogs\, webinars\, television and radio interviews\, social media\, and in-person events.\n \nIn addition to military consumer outreach\, Terri works on a range of other consumer protection topics including identity theft\, student loan debt relief scams\, and youth digital and financial literacy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nAccredited Financial Counselors (AFC): This webinar is approved for 1.0 continuing education (CE) units by the Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education (AFCPE). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 7\, 2029. \nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is approved for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 7\, 2028. \nCertified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE): This webinar is approved for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 7\, 2028. \nCertified Personal Finance Counselors (CPFC): This webinar is approved for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from The Center for Financial Certifications (FinCert.org). **Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 7\, 2029. \nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is approved for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 7\, 2029. \nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Zofia / Adobe Stock[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160134/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260216T182002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T153122Z
UID:10001721-1783594800-1783600200@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Launching Teens for Life After High School
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Teen years are a critical time to prepare for life beyond high school while still providing the guidance and support youth need. This process is often complicated for military families who are experiencing frequent relocation\, changing services\, and evolving family roles. This session will equip military families and professionals with practical tools and strategies to support youth as they prepare for post-school life. Topics will address employment\, post-secondary education\, independent living\, and military specific considerations. Professionals will gain tools to help youth launch with confidence—ready for both independence and the realities of a mobile lifestyle.  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the key components of effective transition planning and the transition plan.\nDescribe strategies to support youth to prepare for post-school employment\, post-secondary education\, and independent living.\nIdentify supports and services available to enable military families and professionals to navigate the transition process.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”219472″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Magen Rooney\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Magen Rooney-Kron\, PhD\, is an assistant professor of inclusive education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her work focuses on supporting teachers to implement evidence-based transition practices to improve post-school employment outcomes for students with intellectual disabilities. In particular\, she is interested in promoting inclusive and high-quality work-based learning experiences that prepare students with more extensive support needs for competitive\, integrated employment. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of TASH.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”219473″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Emily Malouf\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Emily is a Research Scholar at Transition Tennessee at Vanderbilt University. In her current role\, Emily delivers technical assistance to providers of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) and engages in research to improve the quality of Pre-ETS for students across the state. Prior to her work in Tennessee\, Emily received her Ph.D. in Special Education from University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign in 2023 and has over 15 years of experience working with youth\, teens\, and adults with extensive support needs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2028.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2026.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2029.\nMichigan Certified Teachers: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2029.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/9/2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: AdobeStock 208202951[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160132/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/87038735437
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260603T142028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T201523Z
UID:10001743-1784631600-1784637000@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Partnering for Impact Through Food is Medicine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Food is Medicine is an umbrella term for a variety of activities and services that respond to the critical link between nutrition and health.  Services and activities may include medically tailored meals\, prescriptions for healthy groceries or produce\, individually tailored food packages and groceries\, and culinary medicine and teaching kitchen programs. This webinar will explore a successful partnership between Ho’ola Farms\, a nonprofit working to strengthen the local Hawaiian food system\, and Kaiser Permanente. Attendees will learn how this collaboration strengthens the community and works to address social determinants of health\, improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Attendees will gain insight into program design\, care coordination\, and implementation strategies that support a sustainable\, scalable Food is Medicine model. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the core components of Food is Medicine programs.\nExplore key strategies for building and sustaining partnerships between healthcare providers and community-based organizations.\nIdentify potential community partners in their own location or workplace to collaboratively address social determinants of health in the military families they serve.\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ 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column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”227697″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Emily Emmons” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Executive Director\nHo’ola Farms[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ 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tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”227694″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Lisa Kimura” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Community Health Lead\nHawaii Region\nKaiser Permanente[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ 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column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”227860″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ 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pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 21\, 2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 21\, 2028.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): This webinar is pending CDR review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 21\, 2028.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Storyblocks[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160143/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/83014583110
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260415T183304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T183304Z
UID:10001738-1784804400-1784809800@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Navigating Grief: Strategies for Service Providers After Client Loss
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]When a client dies\, the grief that follows can be disorienting\, isolating\, and professionally complex. This second webinar builds on Part 1 by offering practical\, evidence-informed strategies for coping with client loss — emotionally\, spiritually\, and within the scope of professional practice. \nDesigned for service providers working with military-connected populations\, this session explores how clinicians\, chaplains\, advocates\, and case managers can navigate grief in ways that honor their humanity and uphold their professional integrity. We will examine post-crisis growth\, peer support\, supervision\, and organizational resources that foster resilience and recovery. \nParticipants will leave with tools to process grief\, engage in meaning-making\, and support one another through the aftermath of client death. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nApply evidence-informed strategies for coping with grief after client loss in military-connected care settings.\nDescribe key components of post-crisis growth and how they relate to professional healing and integration.\nIdentify supportive practices such as supervision\, peer consultation\, and organizational resources that promote recovery.\nDemonstrate awareness of ethical boundaries and self-care principles when navigating personal grief within professional roles.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” 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Board Certified Chaplain\, and Board Certified Telemental Health Provider. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Houston\, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary\, and a Ph.D. in Advanced Studies of Human Behavior from Capella University. In addition to her clinical work\, she serves as an adjunct professor in the counseling ministries department at Dallas Theological Seminary. She specializes in grief and loss\, trauma\, compassion fatigue\, burnout\, chronic illness\, stress management\, and spiritual distress.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2028. \nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2027.\nSexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC) and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocates (VA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from D-SAACP Credentialing. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2029.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2028.\nDomestic Abuse Victim Advocates: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2028.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 23\, 2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776096112164{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day before the live session. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: Adobe Stock by Seventyfour\, file #: 376154053 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160140/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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LOCATION:https://oneop.org/learn/160140/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260213T163600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T153050Z
UID:10001731-1785236400-1785241800@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Transitions\, Connection\, and Young Adult Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The move into college or vocational training is a time of independence\, identity exploration\, and social-emotional growth. It can be especially complex for military-connected young adults and those with disabilities. This session explores how professionals and families can support mental health during the transition\, particularly when a military move prompts the decision to relocate with family or stay behind to pursue career or educational goals. Participants will learn strategies for building resilience\, staying connected from a distance\, and helping young adults create supportive peer and mentor networks in new or existing communities. With intentional guidance\, young adults can navigate change with confidence and stay grounded in their sense of self. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify two strategies for helping young adults strengthen mental health skills and access supportive resources during postsecondary transitions.\nDescribe at least two ways to maintain meaningful family connection when living apart due to a relocation or educational choice.\nDemonstrate one method for helping young adults establish supportive peer or mentor relationships in a new or existing location.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenter” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”220148″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Emily Tarconish\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Dr. Tarconish is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Special Education and Education Organization\, Policy and Leadership departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the experiences of postsecondary students with disabilities\, including traumatic brain injuries\, and on evaluating inclusive practices\, faculty trainings\, and peer support models in higher education. She brings applied experience as a former vocational rehabilitation counselor and as Director of Student Accessibility Services at Clark University\, where she also led disability-centered student and peer mentoring programs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2028.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2026.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2029.\nMichigan Certified Teachers: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2029.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close 7/28/2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Event Materials” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689369183150{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1691082428112{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]Webinar slides and resources will be added the day prior to the live session.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: AdobeStock 723627395[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oneop.org/learn/160135/
CATEGORIES:Health and Well-Being
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LOCATION:https://auburn.zoom.us/j/86599737696
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T162017
CREATED:20260520T181250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T181250Z
UID:10001753-1785927600-1785933000@oneop.org
SUMMARY:Partnerships that Strengthen Military Families
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Communities thrive when people genuinely invest in one another’s well-being. This webinar explores community capacity from both theoretical and empirical perspectives\, examining how individual concern and collective behavior drive meaningful progress and lasting improvement. \nFor those working with military families\, community capacity isn’t just an academic concept. It has real\, practical implications. This first webinar in the 2026 Academy series examines how to build meaningful partnerships and facilitate effective warm hand-offs\, while also addressing the distinct challenges faced by Guard\, Reserve\, and geographically dispersed service members and their families. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe collective competence and shared responsibility as a critical component of community capacity for supporting military families.\nExplain the interaction between community capacity/resources and individual/family capabilities.\nApply community capacity strategies as a core organizing component across support and service systems.\nRecognize how community capacity approaches can be adapted to meet diverse needs across different contexts\, including geographically dispersed military families.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” 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Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on the interplay of risk and resilience\, particularly for military families\, with the goal of informing evidence-based outreach efforts. Her work utilizes advanced statistical methods to identify protective factors that support military families\, such as formal programming and informal networks of support\, and examines change over time for families’ and individuals’ relational\, physical\, and mental health. She is the Project Director of an evaluation of the Air Force’s Personal Financial Readiness program and a Co-Investigator of Military REACH.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2028. \nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2028. \nCertified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2028. \n\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2028. \nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2027.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE clock hours from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2027.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): 14.3.3 CPE Activity Submission Review Pending – The CPE activity application for Partnerships that Strengthen Military Families is pending CDR review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2028.\nMichigan Certified Teachers: This webinar has been approved for 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2029.\nHuman Resource Professionals: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credit from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2027.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 CE credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 5\, 2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” 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SUMMARY:Creating a Network for Military Nutrition Readiness
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Strengthening nutrition readiness is essential to supporting the overall well-being and resilience of military families. This webinar will describe an important shift from viewing food security solely as economic access toward a more comprehensive\, military nutrition readiness framework grounded in three pillars: physical access to food\, economic access to food\, and nutrition quality. The speakers will explore how nutrition readiness requires financial resources as well as geographic access to food and the availability of foods that support optimal health and human performance. \nBuilding on this understanding\, attendees will gain an overview of federal nutrition assistance programs and Cooperative Extension education programs that support both nutrition and financial readiness. Further\, attendees will hear from an installation community partnership addressing nutrition readiness at Fort Drum\, enabling more effective referrals and connections to resources.  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify the three pillars of military nutrition readiness as a framework for professionals working to increase nutrition readiness among military families.\nDescribe evidence-informed programs used by service providers to strengthen nutrition and financial readiness. \nIdentify local\, state\, and federal programs that support nutrition and financial readiness among military families. \nIdentify potential community partners in their own location or workplace to collaboratively strengthen nutrition and financial readiness in the military families they serve\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” 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Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2029.\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nCertified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nCertified Personal Finance Counselors (CPFC): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from The Center for Financial Certifications (FinCert.org). **Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2029.\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Case Managers (CCMC): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): This webinar is pending Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs. Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2029.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nMichigan Certified Teachers (SCECH): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Eligibility for CE credit will close on August 12\, 2028.\nHuman Resource Professionals (SHRM): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credit from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (UTSW): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Eligibility for CE credit will close August 12\, 2028.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” 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part of the 2026 Academy | Building Strong Communities for Military Family Readiness. This series builds the knowledge and skills needed for providers to collaborate across systems\, leverage resources\, and implement sustainable\, community-based solutions[/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” el_class=”2026 Academy” button_id=”2026 Academy” text=”2026 Academy” url=”https://oneop.org/building-strong-communities-for-military-family-readiness/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Navigating Child Care Barriers and Their Effect on Military Spouse Employment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Access to reliable\, affordable\, and high-quality childcare remains a critical challenge for both military and civilian families. Provider shortages\, rising costs\, workforce instability\, and limited access continue to affect family well-being and military readiness. This 90-minute multidisciplinary webinar explores how these challenges intersect with employment barriers faced by military spouses. The session offers current data\, foundational knowledge\, practical strategies\, and real-world case analysis to help professionals expand childcare access\, support military spouse workforce participation\, and advance overall family readiness. Designed for professionals working across military\, education\, child development\, workforce systems\, health\, and community organizations\, this session offers practical tools and cross-sector solutions to better support military-connected families. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe at least three current data points related to the national childcare shortage and affordability trends affecting civilian and military families.\nExplain the relationship between childcare access and military spouse employment outcomes\, including at least two systemic barriers to workforce participation.\nIdentify at least three War Department childcare programs or fee assistance options and summarize the basic enrollment pathway through MilitaryChildCare.com.\nList at least five indicators of high-quality\, inclusive childcare environments\, including one indicator specific to children with disabilities.\nExplore how partnerships and community-based child care programs increase access and well-being for military families.\nAnalyze a cross-sector partnership by explaining a policy solution to address childcare and employment barriers.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” 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Gilliam\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\nDr. Walter S. Gilliam is Executive Director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska and holds the Richard D. Holland Presidential Chair in Early Childhood Development. His research focuses on early childhood education and intervention policy\, as well as improving the overall quality of child care services. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”226487″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Molly Hill\, M.Ed.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Molly Hill is a Program Analyst for the Department of War within the Office of Military Community and Family Policy’s Child and Youth Programs division. In her previous role as an Operations Specialist with Headquarters Marine Corps\, she served as a subject matter expert in child and youth programs\, responsible for policy development and operational planning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”227469″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Mujaahida Latif\, B.A.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Mujaahida Latif is a Program Analyst for the Department of the Navy within the Joint Services Operations Division. She led the effort to establish the Department of War provider network through MilitaryChildCare.com\, including approximately 30\,000 community-based and DoW-operated child care providers. She supports stakeholder engagement and training for military child care programs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”226479″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Eric Hale\, M.Ed.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Eric Hale serves as Director of Business Partnerships and Strategy for Early Matters Texas. In this role\, he identifies innovative employer strategies to assess workforce challenges\, explore child care solutions\, and develop approaches that better support working families.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Continuing Education (CE) Credit” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\n\nCertified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2028.\nCertified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Case Managers (CCMC): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2027.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2027.\nEarly Interventionists and Early Childhood Educators: This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the Early Intervention Training Program (EITP) at the University of Illinois. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close June 30\, 2027.\nIllinois Early Care & Education Providers: This webinar is pending approval as a Gateways to Opportunity Registry-approved Training for early care and education professionals in Illinois through June 30\, 2027.\nRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists (RD/RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians\, Registered (NDTR): This webinar is pending Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2029.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2029.\nMichigan Certified Teachers (SCECH): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 SCECH from the Michigan Education Association’s Center for Leadership and Learning. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close on August 19\, 2028.\nHuman Resource Professionals (SHRM): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credit from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close July 31\, 2027.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (UTSW): This webinar is pending approval of 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 19\, 2028.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” 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part of the 2026 Academy | Building Strong Communities for Military Family Readiness. 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CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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SUMMARY:Building Strong Communities: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”20″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”About This Webinar” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This panel discussion will focus on policy awareness and leveraging local systems to support military families. Using successful\, community-based examples\, this panel will show how shared responsibility at the local level supports state and national policy. Representatives from the War Department and Military Service Organizations (MSO) will highlight policy efforts and solutions to real and perceived barriers that service providers encounter when attempting to meet the needs of military families in their communities. Panelists will offer good practices and other guidance for navigating systems and breaking down silos to implement programs and disseminate services among military families\, including Guard\, Reserve\, and other geographically dispersed families. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify how shared responsibility is reflected in DOW policies and directives.\nExplain the functional role of Defense State Liaison Officers (DSLOs) and provide illustrations of major policy areas of concern and effort.\nDescribe how state-level policy development strengthens community infrastructure.\nAssess community infrastructure capacity across geographic contexts.\nLeverage state-level\, regional\, and community partnerships to strengthen local systems.\nGuide on increasing MSOs’ community capacity.\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”13″ left_padding_desktop=”15″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Presenters” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”225861″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sarah Stein” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Sarah Stein\, Director\, Defense-State Liaison Office. Ms. Stein became director in 2025. Prior to joining the DSLO\, she spent 18 years with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Military Community and Family Policy. 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Dr. Knight is a social impact leader with 20 years of experience across nonprofits\, the private sector\, and academia\, specializing in aligning public\, philanthropic\, and private stakeholders to achieve shared goals. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago\, focusing on civic responsibility and institutional change. Her work has earned recognition from the Mellon Foundation\, Marguerite Casey Foundation\, and United Nations–Chicago. She serves as a mentor with the Institute of Politics’ Women in Public Service program and sits on the Advisory Board of the Outdoor Alliance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”225862″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Tim Farrell. Col. Farrell\, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Tim Farrell. Col. Farrell\, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)\, is Vice President of Military Affairs\, Aerospace & Cybersecurity at the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce\, where he leads military advocacy and initiatives for over 1\,750 members and multiple councils. Following a 23-year Air Force career\, he has spent more than a decade advancing military\, veteran\, and national security efforts across public\, nonprofit\, and civic sectors. He serves on several local and national boards and councils and is also a high school football official. Tim holds degrees from Rutgers University and Central Michigan University\, along with an executive certificate from the University of Notre Dame.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ top_margin=”0″ constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_8=”yes” right_margin=”0″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”5px” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”212209″ image_size=”custom” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”5px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” position_desktop=”relative” custom_image_size=”thumb” margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Andrew Crocker\, Ph.D.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Andy Crocker\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor and Extension Health Specialist\, Texas A&M University. Dr. Crocker supports County Extension Agents in educating older adults\, caregivers\, and related professionals. He develops and delivers programs on topics such as caregiving\, fall prevention\, health literacy\, and memory\, and oversees grant-funded projects on military family caregiving and support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He also leads the Master Wellness Volunteer Program. Dr. Crocker has secured over $10.2 million in grant funding\, including $9.3 million as Principal Investigator\, and has received multiple professional awards. 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Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2028.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2028.\nCertified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2028.\nAccredited Financial Counselors (AFC): This webinar has been approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) units by the Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education (AFCPE). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2029.\nBoard Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) contact hours by The Patient Advocate Certification Board. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close [August 26\, 2028.\nBoard Certified Case Managers: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) clock hours from the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2027.\nBoard Certified Disability Management Specialists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) clock hour from The Commission for Case Manager Certification. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2027.\nCertified Nutrition and Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education (CE) credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2028.\nCertified Family Life Educators (CFLE): This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2029.\nCertified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES): This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 continuing education credit from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2028.\nSocial Workers\, Licensed Professional Counselors\, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: This webinar is pending approval for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits from the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO\, FL\, HI\, IA\, KS\, KY\, MI\, NY\, ND\, OH\, OK. Note: Eligibility for CE credit will close August 26\, 2029.\nOneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in additional documentation of professional development activities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”0″ left_margin=”0″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” 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