Missouri AgrAbility focused its social media efforts on program promotion for MU Extension and partner programs, agricultural safety, and health resources for holidays. Make sure to like and follow Missouri AgrAbility, @MOAgrAbility, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Emily Doosing, county engagement specialist in 4-H youth development, MU Extension in Shannon County, launched Save Your Brain Leader's Guide, authored by Missouri 4-H, Brain Injury Association of Missouri, and Missouri AgrAbility. The 46-page guide allows leaders to provide a general overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and delve into specific ways youth, ages 8-18, can help protect themselves from TBI, and it ties to Missouri state learning standards. The digital download of the Save Your Brain Leader's Guide can be download after ordering at https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/lg820.
"Farm Stress Management Creates a Better Life," an article written by Susan Jaster was published in the Extension Today newsletter (http://1890aea.org/extension-today-newsletter), a monthly newsletter that highlights Cooperative Extension and provides updates across the 1890 land-grant system. It is published by the Association of Extension Administrators and the marketing and communication committee. Mrs. Susan Jaster with Lincoln University Cooperative Extension Innovative Small Farmers' Outreach Program (LUCE ISFOP) also assists Missouri AgrAbility with facilitating direct onsite farmstead assessments for AgrAbility customers and their families, including veterans and their families. Susan is certified to teach "Weathering the Storm in Agriculture: How to Cultivate a Productive Mindset," a farm stress management program developed by Michigan State University Extension to teach participants to read signs of stress, and she is also a QPR gatekeeper! Susan is a talented professional making a lasting impact on the families MO AgrAbility serves.
Submitted by Tevin Uthlaut, Emily Doosing, and Karen Funkenbusch
Missouri AgrAbility marketing reached 75 school nurses at the Coordinated School Health Conference on December 1-2. Material distribution included Save Your Brain activity sheets for rural school nurses to share with teachers and use with students while in their offices.
Submitted by: Maureen Cunningham