MSU ExtensionConnecting to Research in Autism, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RAIND)

Jeff Dwyer, Interim Director, MSU Extension (1/1/2016)Dawn Contreras, Director, Health & Nutrition InstituteJulie Chapin, Director, Children & Youth Institute

December 11, 2015

Agenda

• Overview of MSUE and statewide platform

• Health and Extension Health Research

• Health and Nutrition Institute

• Children and Youth Institute

Who is MSUE?

• Faculty and Academic Staff on Campus• Extension Educators and Senior Extension Educators• 4H Program Coordinators• Program Instructors, Program Associates, Program

Assistants• Support Staff Members, on and off campus; MSU or

county employees

MSU Extension Across the State

• 4 program areas• 14 districts• 273 educators• 145 specialists• 183 program staff• 100+/- Temporary,

On-call & Students

MSUE and funding for FY 2014-15

CHM: COMMUNITY CAMPUSES & CLINICAL SITES

National Framework for Health and Wellness

Core Theme

Build Partnerships and Acquire Resources for Extension’s Framework for Health and Wellness

• Involves existing MSU Extension educators• Matches community, training and dissemination

needs of researchers to educator expertise• Emphasizes funded research to grow program

and insure sustainability• Creates new funding opportunities for education

& Implementation Science• Funded by CHM, MSUE and VPR

Extension Health ResearchMichigan State University Model

• Jeffrey Dwyer, Ph.D. (Senior Associate Dean)• Dawn Contreras, Ph.D. (Institute Director)• Cheryl Eschbach, Ph.D. (statewide)• Linda Cronk, M.A. (Traverse City)• Cathy Newkirk, M.S. (Flint)• Holly Tiret, M.Ed. (Grand Rapids)• Erin Carter, M.S.(Marquette)• TBA (Midland)

These locations coincide with the MSU-College of Human Medicine Community Campuses where research faculty are also located

Extension Health Research Team

• “Speed Dating” Meetings• Are You Research Ready?• Rx for Health for patients/clinicians• Prioritize health needs in engaged communities• Refer health providers and patients to local

MSU Extension programs and community resources

• Connect scientists to MSUE specialists to enhance competitiveness of proposals and implementation of research once funded

• LeeAnn Roman/Jean Kerver/Jennifer Johnson

MSU Extension and Connecting to Research

Areas of Programming Emphasis1. Social-Emotional Health and Wellbeing2. Disease Prevention and Management3. Nutrition and Physical Activity4. Food Safety5. Extension Health Research

MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute

Health and Nutrition Staff:• 54 masters-prepared educators• 140 program instructors and program

assistants• Partnering with department faculty,

specialists and collaborators.

Our Programming Staff

• Social-Emotional Health – Mindfulness and Stress Reduction– Anger Management – “RELAX – Alternatives to

Anger”• Disease Prevention and Management

– Chronic Disease Management– Dining with Diabetes– National Diabetes Prevention Program– Matter of Balance – Fall Prevention– Powerful Tools for Caregivers

Programming Area Highlights

• Nutrition and Physical Activity and Food Safety– Educated over 107,000 children, youth and adults in 2015.– Offers programming for diverse audiences

• Cognitively Impaired – “Healthy Eating Adds Up”• Blind/visually impaired – develop audio-files/pod casts for

nutrition curriculum• Spanish-speaking/migrant community – culturally and

linguistically appropriate materials• Arabic speaking/refugees - culturally and linguistically

appropriate materials• In Development – research project to develop materials

for Chinese speaking • African American – culturally appropriate materials• Deaf/Hard of hearing – developing a distance learning

program

Programming Area Highlights

MSUE Children & Youth Institute

Helping children, youth and the adults who support them thrive and contribute in a complex and changing world.

How we do our work• Early Childhood Education Programs (Birth to age 8)

• The priority of MSU Extension early childhood education programming is to ensure that every Michigan child is prepared with the knowledge, tools and skills to lead a healthy and productive life. Our goal is to increase Michigan’s parents’ and caregivers’ knowledge of basic concepts of early childhood development techniques that promote school readiness and academic success.

• Michigan 4-H Youth Development (Ages 5-19)• 4-H is the youth development program of MSU Extension. The mission of Michigan 4-H

Youth Development is to create non-formal, experiential, educational opportunities designed to connect in-school learning with out-of-school time activities and real world experiences. As a result of participation in 4-H sponsored programs, young people will be critical thinkers and effective problem solvers, workforce ready and financially literate and making healthy life choices related to nutrition, physical activity and resiliency, and active advocates in addressing community needs related to this issue.

Our Programming Staff

Educators, Program Leaders, Associate Program Leaders, Specialists and Visiting Faculty. These individuals are the “content” experts who give leadership to the design and development of educational resources for use in our programming. (47 Masters-prepared individuals)

Early Childhood Education Program Instructors and Program Associates. These staff work in in local communities with parents, child care providers and others who support children from birth to age 8. (3 Associate-level individuals)

4-H Program Coordinators. These individuals charged with developing and managing the local 4-H program in the county(s) where they work. These staff market programs, recruit and train volunteers, recruit youth participants and provide educational experiences for youth between the ages of 5 and 19. (95 Bachelor-prepared individuals)

Long Term Indicators of Success

• Children and youth demonstrate readiness for and engagement in lifelong learning.

• Children and youth develop and apply life skills.• Youth and adults are civically engaged and active in their

communities.• Youth are workforce ready and financially literate.• Youth and adults possess global and cultural

competencies.• Adults understand how and are committed to helping

children and youth develop assets and life skills.

Areas of Program Emphasis• Academic Success: early childhood education and youth

life skills education• Leadership & Civic Engagement: leadership, citizenship,

civic engagement and global and cultural education• Career Exploration & Workforce Preparation:

employability skills, youth financial literacy and entrepreneurship

• Science Literacy Education• Community Capacity Building: volunteerism, experiential

learning, planned youth mentoring, age appropriate programming strategies

Possibilities for Collaborating with RAIND• Statewide assessment with MSUE as facilitators• Targeted programming for 4-H groups• Targeted programming with parents and child care

providers through early childhood education programming

• Collaboration on funded research• Development and dissemination of educational

curriculum and interventions• Co-coordination of locally based entitles of similar

missions using collective impact strategies• ???

Questions?