family strong: supporting military families through child and family teams

Family Strong: SupportingMilitary Families through Child and Family Teams

Presented by Claudia Kearney and Jenny KingThe Center for Family and Community

Engagement

Introductions

Connection to Military Community

Who are you?

Who We Are..

Military Culture

Engaging families through Child and Family Teams

Activity

Questions

Agenda

Military Culture

Military Service — A branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, established by act of Congress, in which persons are appointed, enlisted, or inducted for military service, and which operates and is administered within a military or executive department.

United States Army *United States Navy United States Air Force *United States

Marine Corp United States Coast Guard.

Military Service

Active Duty

Reserve, National Guard

Veterans

Types of Service

Differences in Service

Active Component

Employed 24/7, 365 days a year

Full Benefits – Health/Medical

Includes Enlisted, Officers, Warrant Officers

Reserve/National Guard

Employed part time with military; Paid for the duties each month/training

Healthcare Benefits-Tricare Reserve Select

Includes Enlisted, Officers, Warrant Officers

“If the Army wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one….”

Soldier/Servicemember/ Marine is most central

Mission focused

Chain of Command

Applies to every aspect of family’s life

Military Culture

HONOR RESPECT COMMITMENT

LOYALTY SELFLESS SERVICE INTEGRITY

DUTY COURAGE EXCELLENCE

Military Culture Values

Frequent moves, transitions, adjustments

Cultures within the culture

OPSEC (Operational Security Issues and Challenges)

Deployments, Training, Schools, PCS/TDY

Impact to Families

Family Resiliency

What support looks like to military families

Affects of military service on families (Deployments, Injuries, TBI/PTSD)

Challenges families face

Things to Consider

Child and Family Team Culture

Child and Family Teams are family members and their community supports that come

together to create, implement and update a plan with the child, youth/student and family. The plan builds on the strengths of the child, youth and family and addresses their needs,

desires and dreams. Endorsed by the NC State Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families

December 2007NC Families United Newsletter, January 2008

Child and Family Teams

Welcome, Opening Introductions Review of Purpose Ground Rules Confidentiality Information Sharing Options to consider Planning Closing

Child and Family Teams

QUOTE

Family, youth, children are central

Purposed Focused

Inclusive Planning

Applicable to many ways of engaging with families

Child and Family Team Culture

Everyone Desires Respect Everyone has Strengths

Judgements can wait Everyone needs to be heard

Partners Share Power Partnership is a Process

Families are Experts about themselves

Families and Community Members should be partners in determining solutions and making decisions

Child and Family Team Values

Impacts to Families

A C T I V I T Y

QUESTIONS?

Thank you!Claudia Kearney – cskearne@ncsu.edu

Jenny King – jlking4@ncsu.edu

Center for Family and Community EngagementCOX HALL

2700 Katharine Stinson Dr.Raleigh NC 27607

www.cfface.org