Sesame Street Discussion with Lynn Chwatsky, Patty Shinseki, Russell Shilling, Barbara Thompson, Judy Cohen, and Steve Cozza

A lively and informative introduction to Sesame Workshops groundbreaking initiative for military families, Talk, Listen, Connect. Developed in conjunction with military and mental health experts, Talk, Listen, Connect is a bilingual, multimedia outreach program designed to help military families with young children coping with challenging transitions in their lives. Through video, music, and print materials, beloved Sesame Street charactersincluding Elmo and Rositaaddress issues such as deployment, a parents return home with a combat related injury, and the death of a parent. During the Webinar, trauma experts, military experts, and members of the Sesame Workshop team will share clips from the Talk, Listen, Connect initiative, discuss key lessons learned during the development process, and review how clinicians and caregivers can use Talk, Listen, Connect to help military families and children.