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Trust Your Gut – ADHD
Apr 21, 2021
Did you know that kids with ADHD may take longer to settle into a new routine than other kids their age? Partners in PROMISE Chief Operating Officer, Jennifer Barnhill chats with Dr. Jeffrey Katz about how military families can help recognize A…
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Raising a Gifted Child With ADHD
Mar 1, 2021
“Mom, I don’t understand what my teacher wants me to do. I don’t know if I can do this.” By Jillian Johnson I sat down with my son, who looked visibly frustrated, and took a look at his homework. Despite being placed in Honors classes and testing at the highest levels in most subjects of a…
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Understanding Cerebral Palsy: Our Military Family Story
Mar 4, 2024
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. It has taken years for us to understand the implications of this diagnosis and the ways it has affected our daughter while being a military family. I hope to share more about the diagnosis, our lessons learned, and valued resources, both military and comm…
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Black Families Navigating EFMP and Disabilities
Feb 4, 2024
A Black military family enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) can face unique challenges. The EFMP supports military families with members who have special medical or educational needs. However, it’s important to recognize that Black military families may face additional hurdl…
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Georgia Monsam
Jan 28, 2024
Georgia L. Monsam, CMDCM(AW/SW) USN Retired, hails from Tyrone, Pennsylvania. She enlisted in the Navy in August 1976 and her initial assignments included tours at commissary stores at New London, CT and Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA, as a Ship’s Serviceman. She transferred overseas to …
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Special Education Journey: Challenges for a Military Family
Jan 15, 2024
Embark on a poignant special education journey with a military family, navigating challenges from an ADHD diagnosis to IEP meetings. Facing relocations and school transitions, they share struggles, delays in evaluations, and the quest for support. Discover their decision to move for better resou…
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Homeschooling Struggles to Empowered Parenting
Dec 14, 2023
Military families require grit. It’s especially not an option when special needs kids are in the mix. I homeschooled four children; all four have major hurdles that we have worked to overcome initially through homeschooling. My oldest faces significant health challenges, but academically, there …
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Advocacy for Your Child: Your Right and Responsibility
Nov 20, 2023
A Transformative Tale of Advocacy and Special Needs Embarking on a personal journey as a parent can be transformative, especially when unforeseen challenges arise. In this narrative, I share a pivotal wake-up call as a mom of a child with autism and ADHD. The incident launched advocacy for my…
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Why Advocating for Plain Language IEPs is Vital for Military Kids
Oct 8, 2023
When introduced to the whirlwind of raising children with additional needs, parents often have to learn a different language to keep up. This language has an array of letters to help identify their neurodivergence – ASD, ADHD, ODD, OHI, CP, etc. Before having children, military life and our spou…
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2023 Update: EFMP Standardization
Jun 27, 2023
The Department of Defense released the new Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Instruction, DoDI 1315.19 on June 23, 2023. This instruction is the EFMP standardization plan we have been waiting for! Military EFMP families have expressed dissatisfaction with the EFMP program for years, wh…
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