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The Military Child Education Coalition designs professional programs to speak to the adults who work with Military Children, and give them insight into what military-connected children need to thrive through transitions. Whether a transition specialist, superintendent, school counselor, teacher, garrison commander, or member of the medical community, professionals can have a positive impact on the educational experience of military-connected children. Each person helps provide military-connected students with the tools and resources to face and surmount their unique challenges.

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Living in the New Normal (LINN)

Professional Development

The MCEC Living In the New Normal (LINN) Institute encourages families to ensure their children have tools to bounce back from life’s storms and “stressors”, fosters community support efforts, and provides concerned adults with information to help support children during times of uncertainty, trauma, and loss. The MCEC LINN efforts are predicated on the belief that children’s inherent attributes of courage and resiliency can be strengthened through deliberate encouragement.

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Health Professionals Institute

School and Community Programs

The MCEC Health Professionals Institute deepens the capacity of existing professionals to better serve military-connected children and youth. This model incorporates a systematic approach to supporting children while providing tools for a community of health professionals to execute lasting and positive impact on their communities. Link to full description.

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Living In the New Normal

Concerns about military children dealing with the impact of these profound challenges prompted the MCEC to develop LINN

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Professional Development Catalog

Learn more about the MCEC Professional Development Institutes.

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Special Topic: School Attendance

This MCEC Special Topic Section on School Attendance contains information and tips to help you make the best decision for students.

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Featured Articles

SchoolQuest introduces Naviance

Naviance is a college and career planning resource that SchoolQuest is offering to students as young as 8th grade. It is a valuable tool for students planning their educational path. While using Naviance a student can complete inventories that will help define their strengths and interests. They can then find courses of study that utilize those strengths and see what careers match up with those findings. Scholarship information is available as is college application information. Scholarship and college application can be stored for future reference. Also available for students 9th - 12th grade, Method Test Prep! ACT and SAT tests are challenging and SchoolQuest wants you to be prepared. Practice for one or both of these tests on Naviance!

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Getting kids on the right track with early science education

Here at Ars, we often discuss the problems with science education, many of which involve higher education. However, the earliest science education begins long before students reach college, or even high school. A review in the most recent issue of Science tackles some of the issues involved in teaching our littlest scientists about how the world works. Read more about the benefits of early science education.

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The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

Read this great article about the Interstate Compact by Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy).

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Month of the Military Child

April is Month of the Military Child.
Celebrate by downloading our Month of the Military Child poster.

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Looking to the Future of Military Children

Looking to the Future of Military Children | VAntage Point
March 30, 2012 Written by Alex Horton

As a young child, Dr. Margaret Harrell boasted a vernacular far different from the rest of her classmates. While other fathers were accountants and

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