2025 DAF Family Advocacy Program New Parent Support Program Training

July 22, 2025

Family Advocacy Nurses provide secondary prevention services to military families at risk for domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, and maltreatment. This activity addresses a lack of awareness in recognizing covert signs of child abuse, red flags, and sentinel events warranting further investigation. Attendees will apply new knowledge to perform their roles within the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Maltreatment Intervention and Prevention programs in accordance with latest Department of Defense and DAF FAP policies and guidance.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for nurses. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Summarize Department of the Air Force Instruction (DAFI) and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) updates.
  2. Describe the role of the New Parent Support Program within the context of the Spectrum of Resilience.
  3. Identify and understand the interconnectedness between staff resilience, family readiness, and combat readiness.
  4. Describe the history of the New Parent Support Program and Family Advocacy Program.
  5. Interpret the Fiscal Year 2023 DoD report on child abuse and domestic abuse.
  6. Identify known triggers for abuse in infants and toddlers.
  7. Develop practical suggestions for stressed caregivers.
  8. Summarize the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) top child passenger safety and pediatric vehicular heatstroke prevention tips.
  9. Compare free child passenger safety trainings available on www.carseateducation.org.
  10. Identify the goal of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Academy on Child Traumatic Stress.
  11. Recognize effective ways to use the tools, infographics, and other resources available as part of the Protective Factors Framework for Military (PFF-M) curriculum.
  12. Summarize the research supporting the effectiveness of delivering shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT) prevention education.
  13. Explain updated delivery methods, resources, and supplemental tools available to professionals providing evidence-based education to newborn families.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 ANCC

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 7.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
07/15/2025
Course expires: 
08/05/2025
Event starts: 
07/22/2025 - 7:30am EDT
Event ends: 
07/22/2025 - 3:45pm EDT
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Col Brandon Christensen, PhD, MSW.Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Catherine Hennessey-Carter, APRN, CNM, MSN. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Jonathon Gonzales, MPA, MAML. Presenter is an employee of ZERO TO THREE.

Shannon Best, LMFT, CA-CSAM. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Antoinette Laskey, MD, FAAP, MPH, MBA. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Laura Dunn, MPH, CPST-I. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Rio May del Rosario, LMSW. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Shantel Wakley, BS. Presenter is an employee of National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

All relevant financial relationships have been resolved.

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 7.00 ANCC

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 7.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 Attendance
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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Aug 5, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].

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