Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children Task Force
Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Report to the Legislature 2009
The report was developed by the California Task Force as required by Assembly Bill 2049 (2008).
Resources
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children of deployed members of the military experience a broad range of reactions to the stress of family deployment. Their reactions may include anger, sadness, fear, confusion and feelings of abandonment, loss, anxiety, and depression. These reactions can lead to significant problems such as school absenteeism and failure, social isolation, family emotional abuse and violence, psychosomatic medical complaints, and depression. Healthcare providers and youth-serving professionals should be aware of these issues and prepared to offer substantive support and resources to families experiencing deployment related stress. Below are links to resources for counselors, educators, administrators, and parents.
- Transition Counselor Institutes (TCI)
TCI is intended to increase availability of specifically trained transition counselors and other participants who have a shared knowledge of turbulence. These TCI Fellows will be well versed in strategies and resources designed to appropriately address issues faced by mobile military students and their families. - Educator's Guide to the Military Child During Deployment
(PDF)
- Ten Tips for Administrators that Foster Connectedness to Schools
(PDF)
- How communities can support the children and families of those serving in the National Guard or Reserves
(PDF)
MCEC’s booklet written to introduce concerned citizens and educators to issues facing the children and families of those serving in the critical segments of the military and to assist communities in creating dynamic networks of support for these families. - How to prepare our children and stay involved in their education during deployment
(PDF)
MCEC's booklet created to help educators and parents. - Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)
MCEC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, world-wide organization that identifies the challenges that face the highly mobile military child, increases awareness of these challenges in military and educational communities, and initiates and implements programs to meet the challenges. MCEC's goal is to level the educational playing field for military children wherever they are located around the world and to serve as a model for all highly mobile children. - U.S. Army Secondary Education Transition Study: Executive Summary
(PDF)
MCEC’s Secondary Education Transition Research Study. - School Connectedness: Improving Students' Lives
(PDF)
Research paper written by Dr. Robert Blum MD, MPH, PhD.
National Guard Youth Programs
- California National Guard Operation Ready Families Program
The California National Guard works closely with the surrounding community to ensure that local organizations have the information they need to help Guard members and their families. - National Guard Family Program Online Community
This program welcomes our community outreach partners. Partnerships help support Guard members and their families. - Operation: Military Kids (OMK)
The U.S. Army's collaborative effort with 4H and America's communities to support the children and youth of National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers impacted by the Global War on Terrorism. The goal of Operation: Military Kids is to support geographically dispersed children and youth of National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers.
