Our webinar topics focus on the important work service professionals do with military families. Various continuing education opportunities are available for live and archived webinars (for up to one year after the live date).
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Upcoming Family Development Webinars
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An Overview of the Branch Out Parenting Program and Other Thrive Resources
Thu February 20th: 11:00 am-12:00 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: During adolescence, youth need their parents’ attention and support more than ever. With so many changes and transitions happening during adolescence, this phase of life is a time of excitement and anxiety―for youth and their parents. Branch Out is the fourth program in the THRIVE Initiative and...
Behavior Basics: Laying the Groundwork for Positive Change
Tue March 24th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Professionals working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are likely to encounter challenging behavior. This webinar will provide a review of the ABCs of behavior (antecedent, behavior, consequence) as well as help professionals identify the function of behavior. Dr. Hardy will explain they...
Creating Space: Arranging Environments to Promote Positive Behavior
Tue June 16th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: The environmental arrangement of a classroom, child care center, or family home can impact behavior. This webinar will provide practical strategies and resources early childhood practitioners can easily implement in their work. Useful tools for navigating transitions, routines, and communicating...
Let’s Work Together: Building Relationships with Families to Support Positive Behavior
Tue September 29th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Building a positive relationship with a child’s family that affirms their culture and identity is an important part of an early childhood practitioner’s job. This webinar will address ways practitioners can connect with and include families of young children with disabilities in identifying an...
Make New Friends: Promoting Friendship and Belonging
Tue December 1st: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: All children desire to have friends and experience a sense of belonging. However, making friends may not come easy for young children. This webinar will explore how early childhood practitioners can create a culture of friendship and belonging for all children. Friendship skills and strategies...
Archived Webinars
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Welcome to the Group: Inclusion for Young Children with Autism
Wed December 4, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: Child care providers and preschool teachers need to use best-practices to successfully include young children with autism and related disorders in their programs. This webinar will discuss best practices for including all children (birth-5) in program activities. Presenters will define what is inclu...
From Hysteria to Hope: Bringing Reason to Sexual Abuse in Childhood
Thu November 21, 2019: 11:00 am-12:00 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: Approaching the topic of problematic sexual behavior in children and youth is often difficult and challenging. Exploring ways of prevention are vital in preparing families and professionals with ways to keep youth safe and thriving. In this webinar, Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau informs participants of h...
Supporting Families During the Elementary School Years: An Overview of the Grow Parenting Programs
Tue November 19, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: Grow is the third program in the THRIVE Initiative and is available for parents of children ages 5 to 10 years old. Grow is a universal parenting program and is available in both an online format and a face-to-face format. Grow offers parents a practical approach for guiding a young child’s health...
Engaged & Extraordinary: Supporting Young Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities | Kids Serve Too!
Thu November 14, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: Children experience the world differently, and those differences can be greater for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Military life comes with its own set of unique challenges, which can impact how children experience the world. The understanding and support of early childho...
What Helping Professionals Need to Know About Kincare
Wed November 13, 2019: 11:00 am-12:00 pm ESTAbout this Webinar: Across the United States, family members provide homes and care for children whose parents cannot care for them. These kincare arrangements include all children who receive care from grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles, cousins and close family members (sometimes not family at all) for a period...
Supporting Families During the Early Childhood Years: An Overview of the Take Root and Sprout Parenting Programs
Tue October 29, 2019: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Take Root is the first program in the THRIVE Initiative for parents from pregnancy through the first three years of their child’s life. This universal parenting program helps parents build upon their existing skills and provides applicable real-life tips and techniques for a variety of situations....
Stepping Out: Family Outings with Young Children with Autism
Wed October 16, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Many families of young children with autism and related disorders have difficulties during outings to parks, libraries, appointments, and more. This webinar will present ways professionals can help families develop strategies to prevent and address concerns during their outings. Common safety and ...
Special Education: Connecting to the TEAM in the IEP Process
Wed August 28, 2019: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDTAbout this Webinar You succeeded at learning new terminology, acronyms and a process when you joined the military! Getting supports and services for your child with a learning difficulty or disability through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 accommodations is no different. There is a process t...
Nurturing Resilience Through a Strong Community
Tue August 27, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Throughout this fast-paced, story-filled presentation, Dr. Ungar uses examples from his work with individuals and families facing challenges big and small. He explores a dozen of the most important factors that contribute to the resilience of individuals and their communities. Based on his research ...
Nurturing Family Resilience Through a Strengths-Based Framework
Thu August 22, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Highly stressful adverse situations impact the whole family; in turn, how families deal with their challenges can facilitate positive adaptation for all members, their relationships, and the family unit. This webinar presents core principles and guidelines in Dr. Walsh’s research-informed Family R...
Nurturing Individual Resilience from a Multisystem Developmental Perspective
Tue August 20, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Dr. Masten discusses contemporary perspectives on resilience from a developmental systems perspective, highlighting research findings and their implications for practice. Resilience can be defined as the capacity of a system (child, family, community, economy, or any other complex system) to adapt s...
At Our Best: Caregiving Today | Kids Serve Too!
Wed July 10, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Representatives from the Sesame Street Workshop address strategies for connecting with families through the Sesame Street for Military Families website, highlight the importance of self care for providers including ways to overcome obstacles, and offer strategies to develop a self-care plan to meet ...
Yuck! I Don’t Eat That! Nutrition & Selective Eating in Young Children with Autism
Wed June 12, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Many families of young children with autism and related disorders face challenges related to diet, nutrition, and food selectivity. This webinar addresses common concerns of families surrounding dietary preferences and limitations often seen in young children with autism. The presenters will highlig...
Sexualized Behaviors in Children and Youth
Wed May 22, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Child sexual abuse can be a very tough topic to discuss. However, it is very important when preparing families and professionals with strategies to keep kids safe and thriving during childhood and youth. In this webinar Dr. Shelly Martin, a child abuse pediatrician and US Air Force Lieutenant Colone...
Home Is Where Your Heart Is | Kids Serve Too!
Fri April 19, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Representative(s) from the Sesame Street Workshop address potential child concerns and developmentally appropriate responses to relocation transitions, explore resources that caregivers can use when addressing these concerns, and provide tips in navigating the resources related to this topic on the ...
What Do We Know: Autism Screening, Diagnosis, & Supporting Young Children & Families
Wed April 10, 2019: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Children can be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as early as 18 months, but delays in social and communication skills and other signs can appear earlier in life. This webinar will cover the prevalence of autism in the US and common red flags. The screening and diagnosis process of young chi...
