Author: jennifer
Season 1 of Partners in PROMISE’s Disruptive Storytelling podcast focused on military stigma...
Partnering with Your Child’s Special Ed Teacher
Growing up I always had this need to help others. I knew at an early age I wanted to be a teacher....
Organizational Change & Why It Matters
Understanding organizational change is central to fixing problems like stigma. Learn how military...
Culture Shock: Active Duty to National Guard
By Carolyn Chase
Having spent my childhood as an Air Force brat, I grew up understanding the life...
A Day in the Life of a Caregiver
We aren’t in it for the money. We are in it for the ministry. We are in it for the heart. We are...
Medical Waiver Required to Serve with Autism
Tory wanted to be an Aerospace Engineer in the United States Navy, but the Navy didn’t seem to want...
Advocacy, Autism, EFMP, Medical waiver, Military service, Special Education
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – How Stigma Feels
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. DeDe Halfhill helps listeners access the work of Dr. Brene Brown from...
Not All EFMP Stories Are Great – But They Could Be
I don’t have a success story about how the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) helped me. I...
Military General with Bipolar Was “Fit for Duty”
On episode 6 of Disruptive Storytelling with Military Changemakers our host Jenifer Barnhill was...
How do National Guard and Reserve Families Fit into EFMP?
2020 and 2021 experienced increased activations for National Guard and Reserve families but did not...
How to Cope If Your Child is Victimized
Trigger Warning: The subject of this blog involves the sexual assault of a child. On this episode...
EFMP/Military Special Education Annual Survey Is LIVE!
While the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) included groundbreaking updates to the...
Podcast: Mental Health of Our Military Children
After years of working with military children, military spouse, mom and nonprofit leader Kelcey Liverpool...
Anxiety, diagnosis, Evaluation, military children, Podcast, stress
Research Partners – Ohio State & Inclusion
In the 1936 Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens from Ohio State University upstaged a dictator,...
Gender Roles and Military Service: More than a MilSpouse
A combat veteran discusses her transition from airman to stay-at-home mom and the stigma that female...