To view the location of the webinar, please register by entering your name and email into the box to the right.
This webinar explores some of the challenges military families may face as they undergo transitions (e.g., deployments, reunions, relocations). On the one hand, transitions can create a sense of turbulence where family members are uncertain about their relationships and have trouble coordinating their routines. On the other hand, transitions also can create dilemmas where family members are faced with competing goals. Communicating effectively during transitions involves recognizing that turbulence and dilemmas are natural and learning how to manage them. Rather than offering simple recipes (e.g., “just talk about it”), the webinar will explore why certain ways of communicating may be more or less effective during transitions. The webinar also will identify programs and resources that may be helpful to professionals who work with military families in transition.
Objectives:
1) To understand why military families often experience turbulence during times of transition
2) To understand why dilemmas may occur as military families communicate about transitions
3) To examine key findings that put both of these topics (turbulence, dilemmas) into action
4) To move beyond simple recipes (e.g., “just talk about it”) to analyze what counts as more or less effective ways of communicating during transitions
5) To identify programs and resources to help providers work with military families
Presenter Information:
Steven R. Wilson is a professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and a faculty affiliate of the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University. His research focuses on processes of influence and identity management in families. His recent projects have explored how military families communicate when returning service members have difficulty reintegrating to civilian life as well as how military youth cope with tensions between being proud of their parent’s military service but feeling different than civilian peers.
Leanne K. Knobloch is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. Her research addresses how people communicate during times of transition within close relationships, with a particular focus on how military families navigate the cycle of deployment and reintegration. At present, she is working on a research project funded by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to investigate how military couples can maintain satisfying relationships upon reunion following deployment.
Participants will earn a Certificate of Completion
How to Join the Webinar
*To connect to this webinar, it is strongly suggested that you use Google Chrome for both PC and Mac connections. If this is not an option, Internet Explorer may be used if connecting via PC. Safari and Firefox have not been successful in accessing this webinar platform.
- Minimum Adobe Flash Player version 11.2
- Minimum Java version 8.49
- If you do not have a CAC, login as a guest.
- For CAC holders only: select your email security certificate, proceed through the DoD warning and join the conference. This allows you to enter as an authenticated user.
- Allow Adobe Flash Player to access your computer
- Please allow time for the moderator to grant you access to the room
- If you become stuck at the “connecting to the server” page, refresh your page
For those who cannot connect to the Adobe site, an alternative viewing of this webinar will be running on Ustream.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/milfamln
Cover Image by Anita Harris Hering
Comments (0)