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Perfecting the Partnership: Maximizing Behavioral Consultants in Child Development Settings

Perfecting the Partnership: Maximizing Behavioral Consultants in Child Development Settings. Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy). Experience & Expectations. COUNSELING - NEED TO TALK?. Private and confidential

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Perfecting the Partnership: Maximizing Behavioral Consultants in Child Development Settings

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  1. Perfecting the Partnership: Maximizing Behavioral Consultants in Child Development Settings Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy)

  2. Experience & Expectations

  3. COUNSELING - NEED TO TALK? • Private and confidential • Referral to Local Counseling Professionals • Licensed • Knowledgeable of military life • Pre-paid • No cost to Active Duty and members of Guard and Reserve • No cost to family members • Help for coping with normal reactions to difficult situations

  4. How to Get Counseling for Troops and Families Military and Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Child and Youth Behavioral (CYB-MFLC) Licensed Master’s and PhD level mental health professionals Flexible service delivery on and off the installation Rotational (attend Family Readiness Groups) Request from your respective Service HQ POC On-demand (Reunion ceremonies and pre-deployment meetings) http://jfsap.mhf.dod.mil/request Full-time (Located off the installation) Additional information about the MFLC program may be found at www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/service/counseling 4

  5. CYB MFLC Program: Background • Response to military families’ emerging need for support beyond existing services at installations. • Initiated in 2005 with support of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) summer programs. • In 2006, support provided to the Summer Enrichment Program. • 2007 expansion into an ongoing, rotational program • Fall of 2008, support into 5 DoDEA schools in Europe as a pilot program. • Spring of 2009, support of 24 Military Impacted Schools • Fall 2009, there will be 364 CYB-MFLCs in rotation worldwide.

  6. Where can you find CYB-MFLCs? Elementary, Middle & High Schools Family childcare settings Child development centers School-age programs Teen centers Other CYS sponsored events/activities

  7. Prevention through Education Deployment and Reintegration Issues Stress Reduction Family Dynamics Parent Education Classroom Observation Positive Coping Mechanisms Staff Support and Education CYB-MFLC Program: Scope

  8. Out of Scope • CYB-MFLCs cannot participate in IEP’s or any formal process for reviewing children for special needs assistance/ placement. • May not provide clinical therapy. May not provide formal assessments, evaluations or diagnoses. • Cannot be counted in the staffing ratio. • CYB-MFLC(s) will remain in the line of sight of staff at all times.

  9. Growth of Summer Support

  10. Growth of CYB MFLC’s As of 8/21/09 20 CYB Jun ’07 179 CYB Current 364 CYB Fall ‘09 Alaska 6 CYB Current 9 CYB Fall ‘09 Alaska 3 School CYB Europe 20 CYB Current 22 CYB Fall ‘09 Europe 6 School CYB CONUS 140 CYB Current 176 CYB Fall ‘09 CONUS 118 School CYB Japan, Korea, Guam 5 CYB Current 9 CYB Fall ‘09 Hawaii 5 CYB Current 8 CYB Fall ’09 Hawaii 10 School CYB

  11. Growth of CYB MFLC’s Deployed

  12. Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense(Military Community and Family Policy) • Mike Hoskins, Special Assistant, Office of Counseling, mike.hoskins@osd.mil, 703-602-4991 • Dave Dupuis, Program Analyst, Office of Counseling, david.dupuis.ctr@osd.mil, 703-602-4997 • Kelly Mohondro, Program Analyst, Office of Counseling, kelly.mohondro.ctr@osd.mil, 703-602-0688 • Jena Moore, Program Analyst, Office of Counseling, jena.moore.ctr@osd.mil, 703-602-4969 • Laura Savitsky, Program Analyst, Office of Family Policy, laura.savitsky.ctr@osd.mil, 703-614-3330

  13. QUESTIONS?

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