The Military Child and Families Certificate is an interdisciplinary program that will provide educators with specialized expertise in meeting the academic, social, and emotional needs of military connected P-12 students. Teachers, counselors, and school leaders in this program will take 12 credit hours of course and field work that will actively engage them in: (a) building the foundational research-based knowledge and skills that are requisite for identifying, understanding, and meeting the needs of military children and families, (b) collecting and analyzing school-wide, classroom, and individual assessment data to identify and prioritize the specific support needs of their military connected students and families, and (c) applying their foundational and assessment knowledge and skills to design and implement research-based, flexible, adaptable, and assessable programs that meet the identified needs in order to help ease transition, facilitate adjustment, and approve academic and social development outcomes for these students.