SUCCESS FOR MILITARYCONNECTED STUDENTS AROUND THE GLOBE AND
SUCCESS FOR MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS: AROUND THE GLOBE AND AT HOME Colonel Elena Oberg Vice Commander 88 Air Base Wing 27 October 2016 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Success for Military-Connected Students Agenda • Reality of Families on the Move • School Liaison Program • Support Services for Military Families • Deployment • Exceptional Family Members • Wright Patterson K-12 Education Outreach Program • Important Points of Contact
MILITARY FAMILIES…MILITARY MISSIONS
P C S (Permanent Change of Station)
Families on the move…. Just settled in… Making new friends Wow, Yikes We’re Moving! We got this Culture School Getting used to new place All the details! Where to live? Start planning Adventure of travel Say goodbye Deadlines & details!
School Liaison Program Supports Air Force families world-wide by promoting programs designed to help school-aged children and youth with educational opportunities and information necessary to achieve academic success
SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS Promote parent involvement, specifically during times of registration, transitions & deployments Identify, communicate and seek resolution concerning issues/barriers to academic success Help educators & staff better understand the unique needs/gifts of the military child/family Support base programs and training initiatives designed to enhance the military family lifestyle
School Liaison Fosters Awareness Online Resources Air Force Teen Council Federal Impact Aid Military Impacted School Assoc Military Child Education Coalition Home School Resources Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission
Support Services for Military Families • Medical Care including pediatric • Mental Health Services • Full spectrum of social work programs, first parent, at risk families… • Military Family Life Counselors (in certain schools) • School Age Youth Programs
Deployment Support Services • • • Pre-Deployment Briefings Give Parents A Break Care Because We Care Deployed Spouses Support Group Hearts Together Events Project Evergreen Hearts Together Photography Deployment Items for Children Reunion & Reintegration Briefings
Exceptional Family Member Support • Information & Referral • Before, during, and after a move • On base, off base, local, state, and federal services • Workshops • Deployed and Wounded Warrior programs to promote family bonding
WPAFB Do. D Pilot for P. L. A. Y. • • • Play & Language for Autistic Youngsters Parent-mediated and portable …. meaning it’s an ideal model for military families In 2014, AF Surgeon General allocated funds for Do. D Pilot After 1 year, 36 families enrolled; some impressive outcomes… • • Decreased autism severity Improved social development Decreased parental stress “PLAY Project has connected me to my daughter in ways I never imagined” • Air Force now looking to expand program AF/Do. D wide
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORIES K-12 EDUCATION OUTREACH
K-12 STEM Outreach • • • Wizards of Wright! (WOW!) (Grades K-12) Wizards of Wright! On Wheels (Grades K-12) FIRST LEGO League Junior (Grades K-4) FIRST LEGO League (Grades 4 -8) FIRST Robotics Competition (Grades 9 -12) Job Shadow Day (Grades 11 -12) Mentors/Tutors/Classroom Speakers (Grades K-12) Science Fair Support (Grades K-12) Scanning Electron Microscopes Educators (Grades 5 -12) STARBASE Wright-Patt (Grade 5 & Grade 6) Air Force Science & Engineering Program (Grades 9 -12) 475, 000 Students Reached…. $26. 5 M Value of Program
Wright Patterson AFB School Liaison Officer: • Ms. Andrea Attaway-Young • (937) 656 -0942 • Andrea. Attaway-Young@wpafb. af. mil WPAFB Education Outreach (K-12 STEM) • www. wpafbstem. com • Do. D STARBASE Program: http: //dodstarbase. org • Facebook: http: //www. facebook. com/wrightpatteo • Follow us on Twitter: https: //twitter. com/wpafbeo
Questions? Colonel Elena Oberg Vice Commander 88 Air Base Wing Aim High… Fly – Fight – Win
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