MCEC Podcast

Extraordinary Military Kid Sarah Kate and her Mom MCEC Parent to Parent™ Educator Emily talk about a medical diagnosis that significantly changed their lives.

Military Child Education Coalition Parent Programs https://www.militarychild.org/audience/parents

Improve Care Now https://www.improvecarenow.org/

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/

This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support from HEB.

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

Sarah's Facebook video mentioned in this podcast: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.w.curry.9/videos/pcb.10157823389075490/10157823378600490/?type=3&__tn__=HH-R&eid=ARCZQP-pdfChqVBW0Auu_rc9gOy9Yp-x-IBhk6Hd0gicrWVV-VQAPMhnWTMxfQpTNYgGG3SZSvlorD0v

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

Sarah's Facebook video mentioned in this podcast: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.w.curry.9/videos/pcb.10157823389075490/10157823378600490/?type=3&__tn__=HH-R&eid=ARCZQP-pdfChqVBW0Auu_rc9gOy9Yp-x-IBhk6Hd0gicrWVV-VQAPMhnWTMxfQpTNYgGG3SZSvlorD0v

Extraordinary Military Kid Jordan talks to MCEC Military Student Transition Consultant Tina Barber about how COVID-19 has impacted her last semester of her senior year. 

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

Extraordinary Military Kid Jordan talks to MCEC Military Student Transition Consultant Tina Barber about how COVID-19 has impacted her last semester of her senior year. 

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

Dr. Archana Basu, Clinical psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, shares how parents can talk to their children about Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

MGH Archana Basu, PhD: https://www.massgeneral.org/children/infectious-diseases/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-coronavirus

National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MGHfC Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) Program: https://www.massgeneral.org/children/infectious-diseases/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-coronavirus

Comic mentioned in the podcast: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Dr. Archana Basu, Clinical psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, shares how parents can talk to their children about Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Military Child Education Coalition response to COVID-19

We know this is an especially difficult time for our military families and children. Although resiliency and inner strength are qualities we admire in military families, during these uncertain times, MCEC is here with additional support.  Taking what we’ve learned from over 20 years of helping military kids and their families successfully manage transition and mobility issues, we have culled supportive content and resources for parents, educators, and students. We hope you will use the content and resources here to inspire and renew a sense of hope and wellbeing in your life and the lives of those in your care.

https://www.militarychild.org/covid19

MGH Archana Basu, PhD: https://www.massgeneral.org/children/infectious-diseases/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-coronavirus

National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MGHfC Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) Program: https://www.massgeneral.org/children/infectious-diseases/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-coronavirus

Comic mentioned in the podcast: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Join us as we chat with Madeleine about her experience taking a gap year before college. She shares how taking the path less traveled helped her to be a better student and to discover who she really was as a person.

"Gut feelings are guardian angels". 

MCEC Parent to Parent webinar recording: 1120 - Taking a Gap Year before College http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/webrec1120/event/registration.html

https://exchanges.state.gov/us/program/nsliy

Find Programs

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships to U.S. high school students interested in learning less-commonly studied foreign languages overseas.

exchanges.state.gov

Madeleine is a member of Tufts University’s Class of 2020. She is double-majoring in Community Health and Anthropology and minoring in Food Systems & Nutrition. At the intersection of her academic path of study lies curiosities about and passions for food justice, food security, the health and wellness of marginalized communities, and social justice. She grew up in a military family and is committed to working in a field of public service after graduation. Before college, Madeleine took a gap year and studied Arabic in Marrakech, Morocco, through a Department of State scholarship called the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y). 

Beyond academics, Madeleine a varsity athlete and team captain for the Tufts Women’s Rowing team. She also is involved in the Tufts Food Rescue Collaborative, a volunteer organization dedicated to the mitigation of wasted food and food insecurity on our campus and in the community, and SYNS, a student-led experimental, intellectual, and research-focused think tank program supported by the Tisch College of Civic Life. 

Join us as we chat with Madeleine about her experience taking a gap year before college. She shares how taking the path less traveled helped her to be a better student and to discover who she really was as a person.

"Gut feelings are guardian angels". 

MCEC Parent to Parent webinar recording: 1120 - Taking a Gap Year before College http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/webrec1120/event/registration.html

https://exchanges.state.gov/us/program/nsliy

Find Programs

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships to U.S. high school students interested in learning less-commonly studied foreign languages overseas.

exchanges.state.gov

Madeleine is a member of Tufts University’s Class of 2020. She is double-majoring in Community Health and Anthropology and minoring in Food Systems & Nutrition. At the intersection of her academic path of study lies curiosities about and passions for food justice, food security, the health and wellness of marginalized communities, and social justice. She grew up in a military family and is committed to working in a field of public service after graduation. Before college, Madeleine took a gap year and studied Arabic in Marrakech, Morocco, through a Department of State scholarship called the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y). 

Beyond academics, Madeleine a varsity athlete and team captain for the Tufts Women’s Rowing team. She also is involved in the Tufts Food Rescue Collaborative, a volunteer organization dedicated to the mitigation of wasted food and food insecurity on our campus and in the community, and SYNS, a student-led experimental, intellectual, and research-focused think tank program supported by the Tisch College of Civic Life.