family strong: supporting military families through child and family teams
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Family Strong: Supporting Military Families through Child and Family Teams. Presented by Claudia Kearney and Jenny King The Center for Family and Community Engagement. Who We Are. Introductions Connection to Military Community Who are you? . Agenda. Military Culture - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 – [email protected]
Jenny King – [email protected]
Center for Family and Community EngagementCOX HALL
2700 Katharine Stinson Dr.Raleigh NC 27607
www.cfface.org