Nemours Children’s Health and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation are pleased to announce the national release of Caring for Children and Teens in Military Caregiving Families, a continuing education course to increase healthcare providers’ ability to understand and support the unique needs of children in military families.
The three-part training is designed for primary, specialty, and behavioral health care providers and care team members who see children and teens from military and veteran caregiving families. The recommendations offered in the training were informed by more than 200 survey and focus group responses from parents and guardians of children and teens growing up in military caregiving homes as well as the experts featured in the presentation. The course is intended to provide a high-level overview. It is supplemented by a resource document with links for taking a deeper dive into topics addressed in the modules.
The course is available via the continuing education platform of Nemours Children’s Health. In keeping with Nemours Children’s commitment to creating the healthiest generations of children in our service areas and beyond, the course is nationally available at no cost.
Silvia Lopez, a military caregiving spouse, reflects on the need for healthcare providers to better understand the realities of Hidden Helpers – children of wounded, ill or injured service members or veterans. Along with Ms. Lopez, the course features spouses and young adults from military caregiving families and Nemours Children’s psychologists and physicians.
“Nemours Children’s is committed to creating the healthiest generations of children. One way we do this is by developing tools and resources for our colleagues on the front line caring for some of our most vulnerable children,” said R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President and CEO, Nemours Children’s Health. “We are honored to partner with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation to make this training available to clinicians at no cost. Together, we can substantively support our providers in offering even better care to these young families who are defending our nation’s freedom.”
The training series is the latest outcome of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Hidden Helpers Coalition, co-chaired by Wounded Warrior Project. The coalition, launched in 2021 at a White House event, is comprised of more than 100 members dedicated to responding to the greatest challenges facing military and veteran caregiver children and teens. Nemours was the first pediatric health system to join the Hidden Helpers Coalition.
