"Living in the New Normal" PD Provided by Iowa National Guard

If you have been following the news, you know Iowa had 3,000 Service Members return from a year-long tour to Afghanistan this past summer. This was the single largest deployment Iowa has experienced since WWII. Additionally, there have been many other units deploy and return from deployment over the last year...as well as others still preparing to deploy. Due to all of this, many children, and their families, throughout the state have been facing various challenges associated with military life. As a result, educators and community members are playing an even greater role in the lives of these children.

The Iowa National Guard Youth and Teen Program is happy to offer a two-day training for educators titled, " Living in the New Normal...Helping Children Thrive in Good and Challenging Times." This training is conducted by the Military Child Education Coalition and provides those working with military children a wealth of information (those attending leave with a tote bag filled with resources and materials). All materials, the training, as well as breakfast and lunch both days are provided at no cost to the attendee. Participants have the opportunity to earn educational credits in the form of 1.2 CEU's for $25.00 or 1 hour of graduate credit from Texas A&M- Central Texas for $175.00, payable following the training. Heartland AEA will also offer teacher licensure renewal credit for completing this training.

The training will take place on March 21-22, 2012 at the Iowa Gold Star Museum on Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa (located at 7105 NW 70th Avenue, Johnston, IA 50131). You can register online by visiting:
https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspxSite=MCEC&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=8669a8e1-e766-4997-ab1b-75840cbea14e

Please note availability is limited to the first 50 who register, so please register early.

For more information, or if you experience issues completing the online registration form, please contact Jeremy Van Wyk, State Youth Coordinator, at jeremy.vanwyk@us.army.mil or by phone at (515) 252-4040.

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