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Thursday, April 23, 2015

FSI Announces: Encouraging Resilience in the Foreign Service Child (MQ500)

Wednesday, May 6, 2015
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Raising resilient children is a common goal of parents, doing so in the Foreign Service context poses unique challenges and opportunities.  Join us and other nomadic parents to explore means to foster resilience in your child(ren).

This workshop will include:
·         A panel of Foreign Service Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
·         A wide variety of tools parents can use to model and nurture resilience presented by a psychotherapist who herself is an EFM and parent
·         Tips and ideas for mitigating the challenges of raising transient children

Who May Attend:
Open to all Foreign Affairs agency employees (FS and CS) and adult eligible family members (EFMs).

Where and When:
At the Foreign Service Institute, George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, VA on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from 6:00 pm- 8:30 pm in room C3116.

How to Register:
To register please email the name of participant(s), agency affiliation, and preferred email contact to FSITCTraining@state.gov.

Tuition: No Charge

QUESTIONS:

For questions about this workshop please contact coordinators at FSITCTraining@state.gov.

For more information about other Transition Center programs and training classes for personnel, family members and members of household, see our website at http://tc.fsi.state.gov/

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