Community Corner – Sept. 2, 2016

Airman & Family Readiness Center

For more information or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100.

MONDAY

» Closed for Labor Day

TUESDAY

» Sponsoring in the KMC: 9 to 10 a.m., A&FRC

» Reintegration Briefing: 9 to 10:30 a.m., IDRC

» Predeployment Briefing: 1 to 3 p.m., IDRC

» Ditching the Dorms: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC

WEDNESDAY

» Base Intro: 7:30 to 11:45 a.m., E-Club

THURSDAY

» Pre-separation Briefing: 9 a.m. to noon, A&FRC

» First Duty Station Officer’s Financial Class: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC

SEPT. 9

» Key Leaders Immersion Briefing: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., A&FRC

Child/Youth

For more information and to register for KMC Youth Instructional Classes, visit www.86fss.com, select “Family” and click “Instructional Classes” or call 06371-47-6444, Ramstein Youth Programs, or 0631-536-6504, Vogelweh Youth Programs.

Health Promotion

For more information, call Health Promotion at 06371-47-4292 or 480-4292 or stop by Bldg. 2117.

MONDAY

» Closed for Labor Day

THURSDAY

» Closed for training day

SEPT. 9

» Closed

Family Advocacy

To register for classes or for more information, call Family Advocacy at 479-2370 or 06371-46-2370 or visit www.ramstein.af.mil/familyadvocacy.

» Parenting with Love and Logic: 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 14, 21 and 28 at Family Advocacy, Bldg. 2123. Join us for a four-part lunchtime parenting class where you will interact with others and grow in your parenting knowledge and skills. We will discuss using principles of love and logic for effective, loving parenting.

» DADS 101: 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 12 at Health Promotion on Ramstein, Bldg. 2117. The class is designed to teach fathers to become more effective parents. It allows dads to ask questions about labor and delivery, teaches them how to calm a crying baby, teaches role adjustment and other infant care issues. To register or for more information, call the New Parent Support Program at 479-2098 or 06371-46-2098.

» Expectant Parent Orientation: 8:30 to 11 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month, at Learning Resource Center, Bldg. 3718, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Learn about birth registration, passports and much more. No sign-up needed. For more information, call the New Parent Support Program at 06371-46-2098 or 479-2098.

» Domestic Abuse Victim Advocacy services: Family Advocacy provides a new service which offers immediate support and service for men or women affected by abuse. The Domestic Abuse Victim Advocacy program is available 24/7. Victims of domestic violence can call 479-2370 during duty hours or 0173-628-4624 after duty hours for a variety of support and advocacy services. Trained personnel stand ready to help. DAVA can provide assistance by helping to develop a safety plan, assessing imminent risk of harm, connecting with helpful services and arranging follow-up care.

Military Family Life Consultants

For details, call 0152-24211233; 0152-02663352; 0176-69333243; or 0151-56748179.

» Military family life consultants are licensed clinical providers who assist service members and their families with issues they may face throughout the cycle of deployment to reintegrating with their family and community. The MFLC program provides short-term, non-medical counseling support for a range of issues including: relationships, crisis intervention, stress management, grief, occupational and other individual and family issues. Psycho-educational presentations focused on issues common to the military family include: reunion and reintegration, stress and coping, grief and loss, and deployment and reintegration.