ISS Day 3: Kimochis® Hero Military Training to support children and their families, emotionally, through the cycles of deployment.
This training will provide best practices for utilizing the Kimochis Activity Kit for Military Families using the Tier Intervention model. Parent Education will be integrated into this training day to ensure school and home speak the same language, raising positive outcomes for academic, social and emotional wellbeing.
Morning Sessions
- Kick-off with Dr. Pisano
- The story behind the development of the Hero Tool Kit
- Dr. Pisano’s experience and high level suggestions for use
- Opening up the Hero Kit with Dr. Pisano
- Meet Hero
- The Nesting Heart
- Hero’s Big Adventure picture book
- Feelings
- Kimochis Activity Curriculum walkthrough with Ellen
- Using Hero as emotional prevention and intervention support thru the cycles of deployment using Tier Intervention Model
- Learn what is happening emotionally during each stage of deployment, plus home run activities for:
- Before a service member leaves for duty
- While a service member is away on duty
- When a service member has a short break from duty
- Anticipation before a service member returns home from duty
- After a service member returns home from duty
- Learn what is happening emotionally during each stage of deployment, plus home run activities for:
Afternoon Sessions
- Simulation of a Hero parent training with Ellen and Dr. Pisano
- Getting ready to demonstrate Kimochis in the classroom
- Kimochis Lab: Using Kimochis Tools in the classroom with reflective questions
TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYMENT
Communication technology, such as Skype, helps children with military parents deployed oversees connect face-to-face; offering the children peace of mind knowing their parent is okay. [Featuring Dr. Mark Pisano]