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TRAINING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AND
PROFESSIONALS
Military life adds special challenges to
interaction between men and women. Specific challenges for military
families include:
*the ebb
and flow of “command” in the family setting when the service member is
deployed and returns home on a rotating basis;
*maintaining
discipline structures for children when parenting moves from “single
parent” to “two parent” again and again;
*stress
that can cause chaos and turmoil in the private realm of the family
that has an impact on the mission readiness of the military member.
*the need
for gender-specific mentoring of boys and girls.
Our
trainers help military families, personnel and trainers to understand
nature-based theory--the science of gender and the brain. Males
and females see and interact with the military world in their own
ways--they respond, communicate, emote, relate and problem solve
differently. By understanding each other, they, their families and
their bases can have healthier relationships, more successful children,
and fewer distractions from the job of serving our country.
Kathy
Stevens, Director of Training for the Gurian Institute was a military
spouse for 22 years. She served military families as Command
Family Ombudsman during many tours. She raised two sons, often
alone, and has personal experience with the unique challenges (and
opportunities!) offered by the military lifestyle, as do other Gurian
Institute Certified Trainers. If you would like information on bringing
Gurian Institute training to your community or command, contact us.
Evaluation
comments from participants of the Army Family Advocacy Staff Training,
2005, in San Antonio, TX, facilitated by Gurian Institute personnel:
*Great
info presented in great style—wonderful that you practice what you
preach, and you have a great balance of interaction, humor and
evidence!
*Not pretentious!
Realistic! Humorous, Confident, Passionate, Considerate and Personal!
The
first thing I will implement as a result of this training is to provide
more education opportunities to young male soldiers to help them
prepare themselves to be better fathers and husbands.
I will change the way I present my own training curriculum to 18-24
year old soldiers with more understanding of their brain development
and needs.
It was great to understand how gender differences are critical to men
and women understanding each other and their kids.
The
best thing about the session was the concise data with relevant
illustrations—that better facilitates my use of the information.
© 2008 The Gurian Institute
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