The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Family and Community Health unit’s Texas Military Program is hosting a webinar to offer practical strategies to build ethical decision-making into the care of others.
Titled “Choosing What’s Right: Using Ethics to Make Practical Decisions While Caring for Another,” the April 28 webinar will be from 10-11 a.m., and is free and open to the public. Attendees must first register at https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/98769/ in advance and then check email for instructions to join the session.
“This engaging and interactive session will guide participants through an ethical decision-making process to solve problems,” said Rachel Brauner, AgriLife Extension program specialist in Bryan-College Station. “Participants will learn practical strategies for making decision for persons under their care. They will identify the core components of ethical decision-making and how this knowledge can be used.”
Better understanding
Brauner said participants will also walk away with an understanding of how their decisions impact others.
The presenter will be Shauntā Singer, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension specialist in the Family and Community Health unit, Bryan-College Station. In that role, she supports individuals with disabilities and those who support them while encouraging Universal Design for Learning principles.
Singer has been in the field of special education for 20 years. Within Texas, she served as a regional education specialist for the largest region, supporting educators by ensuring access and progress in the general education curriculum.
The material she will teach is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense.
This webinar will also offer continuing education credits for social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, case managers and board-certified patient advocates.
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