2. ParentLink & CASPP College of HES Extension University of Missouri Presentation to Cambio De Colores - 2008

3. Presenters: Alejandra Gudiño Meg Roodhouse Kelsey Cunningham Nadine Abernathy Carol Mertensmeyer-Ryan

4. Discover how empathy is an important resource that serves as a buffer between family stressors and crisis. Even though all families face stressors, newcomers experience unique challenges. We postulate that empathy is a resource that receiving communities can develop so that newcomers can more successfully acculturate.

6. Identify unique challenges that newcomers experience. Discover how empathy is an important resource that serves as a buffer between family stressors and crisis. Learn empathy skills to help effectively receive newcomers to our community.

7. Occur as immigrant typically: choose and adopt receiving- culture practices, and at the same time keep or give up selected practices from their cultures of origin (Berry 1997)

8. Ale tells her story about buying flour

9. Is the stress associated with having to learn about a new and different culture, language, costumes, laws and values. Is a significant part of the migration experience. And significantly affects the physical and mental health of immigrants.

10. Presenters: Carol Mertensmeyer Alejandra Gudiño Roodhouse, Megan Elizabeth, Nadine Abernathy

11. Extended Family Community And Beyond

14. Extended Family Community And Beyond

15. Examples: Poverty No Child Care Lack of Meaningful Employment Work-Family Conflicts No Transportation No Health Care

17. 1. Language Barriers 2. Work Related Stress (Lack of Employer Understanding & Empathy) 3. Social/CulturalEnvironmental Stress Perceiving oneself as a target or victim of discrimination by members of the dominant group (Jasinskaja-Lathi & et al 2006 )

18. 4. Separation from Supports 5. Migratory Journey Stress (physical environment) (Cuellar 2002) 6. Social/Cultural Environmental Stress Perceiving oneself as a target or victim of discrimination by members of the dominant group

20. Stressor Crisis

21. Resources StressorCrisis

22. Resources Perception StressorCrisis

23. WORKPLACE HOME

26. EMPATHIC COMMUNITY the ability to identify with and understand others’ feelings or difficulties

27. Extended Family Community And Beyond

31. Each of us can take responsibility.

32. We can begin one by one,

33. Each of us can take responsibility. We can begin one by one, Learn to listen --- really listen --- listen to understand

34. Each of us can take responsibility. We can begin one by one, Learn to listen --- really listen --- listen to understand Learn to speak: Speak to be understood

35. Much less work has been done to identify factors that mediate or moderate the relationship between experiences of discrimination and psychological adjustments. Specifically on identifying the specific resources that enable the immigrant to protect themselves from the negative experience related to their ethnicity and minority status

36. Role of social support networks and their positive and buffering effect on immigrants adjustment

37. Presenters: Kelly Warzinik Kim Allen Christina Crawford

38. Love’s Cradle is a research-based curriculum designed to teach empathy skills to couples. It is the primary focus of a $5M ACF grant project called Connecting for Children that is a partnership of HDFS Extension (CASPP and ParentLink) and Head Start.

39. Listening to Understand; Talking to be Heard

41. Committing to Empathic Action

43. Identified unique challenges that newcomers experience. Discovered how empathy is an important resource that serves as a buffer between family stressors and crisis. Learned empathy skills that will help me and others to more effectively receive newcomers to our community.