Pre-Conference Workshops
Plan to arrive early for the 2018 NEAFCS Annual Session. The following three pre-conference workshops will be offered on Monday, September 24th from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Continental breakfast will be provided to workshop attendees starting at 8:00 AM.
Separate registration required.
Fees: Member $85 / Non-Member $100
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Forget Your Number
Andrew Crocker, MS, Sarah Kirby, PhD, Debra Sellers, PhD, Naomi Meinertz
Examine your own beliefs about aging; Explore a model for understanding the aging process which includes both loss and opportunity; Examine environmental obstacles related to aging and explore strategies for overcoming them; Describe access, environment, genetics and lifestyle as domains for wellness, and Identify resources to support aging in communities.
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Health for ALL: Addressing Diversity in Cooperative Extension
Ninfa Pena-Purcell, PhD
Describe health equity and its relevance to Cooperative Extension; Discuss trends in United States demographics; Demonstrate practical skills to increase cultural competency. Goals: To inform the audience on basic principles of cultural competency and demonstrate real-world applications of cultural competency in health education programming and/or Extension outreach.
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Disasters Happen: How the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Can Help FCS Programs Make An Impact With Emergency Preparedness Programming From Preparation To Recovery
Rick Griffiths, M.ED, Monty Dozier, PhD, Noel M. Estwick, PhD; Abby Hostetler,
Elizabeth Kiss, PhD, Joyce McGarry, M.S.
Last year alone, there were 137 declared federal disasters, with over 4.7 million Americans filing for disaster aid from FEMA. This does not take into account the hundreds of smaller disasters that do not receive a federal declaration and relied on local and regional community support and resources for recovery. This pre-conference session will highlight the Texas AgriLife Extension System’s response in the wake of Hurricane Harvey as well as focus on how Extension FCS Educators and Specialists can make an impact in local emergency preparedness and management programming.
Learning Objectives: Increase awareness of emergency preparedness as a FCS program area; Learn what roles Extension can fill in emergency preparedness and recovery programming; Learn of available emergency preparedness programming resources.
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