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This webinar is designed to equip professionals who work with middle and high school students from military families with the skills and knowledge necessary to support students and communities affected by traumatic events (e.g., school/community violence, natural disasters). This informative and interactive session focuses on understanding trauma responses, implementing effective communication strategies, creating supportive environments, recognizing signs of trauma in students, and fostering resilience. Additionally, the presenter shares real-life examples of what working with children following traumatic events looks like. This session aids professionals in developing comprehensive approaches to aid in the recovery and well-being of students and the wider community.Learning Objectives:In this webinar we will:1. Understand the psychological and emotional impact of trauma on students and identify its signs and symptoms.2. Learn effective communication techniques and strategies to create safe and supportive environments.3. Implement practices that foster resilience and recovery in the school community.Presenter: Michael Rovaris, LCSW - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical School.

During the 2024 Military Family Readiness Academy, we will explore the connection between economic security and family well-being and how to address disparities and challenges.  We’ll look beyond achieving and sustaining positive personal and family financial outcomes by exploring how various conditions affect overall economic security. We’ll delve into underlying factors relating to social dynamics, environmental influences, and community characteristics. We’ll give special focus to how these factors relate to health and wellness as a foundation of economic security.  This webinar will help to empower service providers to leverage their knowledge, skills, and available resources to effectively promote health and well-being.Learning Objectives:• Review the various factors, often called the “social drivers of health,” or SDOH, that influence health and well-being.• Promote a mindset that empowers providers to focus on understanding the root causes of health and wellness challenges and to be change agents for positive outcomes.• Recognize that such a mindset requires a holistic or ecological approach to understanding how underlying contextual factors, individual circumstances, institutions, and programs interact with each other.• Examine how various organizations and institutions are fostering efforts to encourage awareness and action to address health disparities and to promote well-being – with a special focus on the U.S. military and the Cooperative Extension system.• Identify various state and federal programs that can contribute to military family health and wellness, with a special focus on TRICARE, VA health benefits, Medicaid, and Medicare.• Consider possible new programs and policy developments relevant to military family health and well-being.A case story is used throughout the course and webinars in the 2024 Military Family Readiness Academy. This case story provides an opportunity to examine resources and services within the Military Family Readiness System. This family’s example asks service providers to consider the skills they need to support family well-being through the lens of economic security. Read the case story here.Presenters: Christopher Plein and Keith G. Tidball