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Sesame Street supports military families in transition
DoD News The products are intended to The Defense Department has Office and the Military Commu-
increase the ability of parents to worked with the Sesame Work- nity and Family Policy office, the
Defense Media Activity communicate with young children shop in the past to use Sesame officials said.
in age-appropriate ways and create Street’s familiar characters to help
WASHINGTON, January — awareness among transition ser- preschool-aged military children Focus Groups
Elmo, Big Bird, and Abby Cadabby vice providers of the importance understand aspects of military The department assisted the
are teaming up with the Defense of including the whole family, par- life, such as the deployment of a Sesame Workshop in conducting
Department to support thousands ticularly children, when addressing parent, moving to a new home, research on this effort by orga-
of military families as they transi- transitions for active duty service and the injury or even death of a nizing focus groups in 2015 with
tion to civilian life, according to members, the officials said. The parent, the officials said. Previous transitioning families at installa-
Transition to Veterans Program products are available online and examples of resources that have tions across the nation, including
Office officials. will be distributed through a va- been developed through this col- Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Eustis, Vir-
riety of networks where military laboration between the Sesame gina; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort
On Jan. 27, the Sesame Work- families and children are present, Workshop and the Department Stewart, Georgia; Fort Campbell,
shop, the nonprofit organization both on and off military installa- of Defense can be found through Kentucky; Joint Base Anacostia-
behind Sesame Street, launched a tions, the officials said. Military OneSource:http://www. Bolling, Washington, D.C.; Joint
website devoted to helping families militaryonesource.mil/sesame, Base Andrews, Maryland; Robins
cope with the changes associated “We are grateful to Sesame the officials said Air Force Base, Georgia; Joint Base
with transitioning into civilian life, Workshop for their efforts to assist Charleston, South Carolina; Van-
the officials said. The site, located our transitioning military families,” The latest collection of resourc- denberg Air Force Base, California;
at http://www.sesamestreet.org/ said Susan Kelly, director of the es about the transition of military Miramar Air Force Base, California;
veterans, includes several videos Department of Defense’s Transi- families comes through collabora- Camp Pendleton, California; Camp
for children and adults, an activity tion to Veterans Program Office. tion with the National Center for Lejeune, North Carolina; and Ma-
book called “My Story, My Big Ad- “Transitioning out of the military Telehealth and Technology of the rine Corps Logistics Base Albany,
venture Activity Book,” and other can be challenging for families, and Defense Centers for Excellence, New York; the officials said.
resources that military parents can we hope these products will help along with personnel from DoD’s According to the Sesame Work-
use to help their families commu- ease that transition.” Transition to Veterans Program
nicate through the transition pro- See SESAME, Page 24
cess, the officials said.
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