verything going for 'em, but they didn't get treatments. and the next time i saw them, they were living in their sister's basement, no job, no money, no wife. take your early effective date and iu claim and we'll see where you, we can go from that. so, what we do is try to identify what type of mental disorder they have. once we get them identified, then we send them to the necessary places, va medical centers to get a diagnosis, and then we help them with their claim to establish benefits for mental disorders. counselor out there said that it's not actually a light at the end of the tunnel, it's a candle in the middle of the tunnel and you've got to go get this, pick up that little light and keep going, 'cause that's not the end. barbara, i heard you, um, wanted to make a comment at the end of the last panel. i did. so, samhsa is, ah, doing a wonderful job through their state policy academics as far as educating providers along with

military one source about military culture. and so, our association has been asking for, let's make sure that we have, either a, um, a ceu that's out there for providers to go and take on our military culture. and actually, the department of defense has created one. but also, making sure that a curriculum gets built with in all the schools a that, um, offer courses for behavioral health providers or even for our family practice doctors. so, they understand what military culture is and so that's within their practice from then on. but samhsa has a wonderful state policy academy not only as far as educating about the military being out there, but the states themselves getting together talking about ways in which they can make things better for the military. of the state policy academies, we have had 3, and 23 states have been through them already. and so, each of those states now has a strategic plan on how they are going to address the behavioral health needs of their returning veteran and military service member population.

and, and we find that the state leadership then gets connected with their adjacent general, they get connected with a, um, give an hour, they get connected with the yellow ribbon, they get connected with all of this sort of state resources that are in that particular state. and then it gets to be a much more collaborative approach and you hopefully have a much more focused attention. and so, we're looking forward to doing another policy academy in september for another 10 states. so, we're really excited. mike, i want to go back to you, um, we've been talking about, utopia in, in terms of what is working. talk to us about where the systems still need to be improved. you know you kicked off the, you kicked off this, this panel by asking the question why is this important? you know, and i think that's another question that, we intuitively come to the conclusion that's, it's important because we need, we have a debt to repay to the-and all of that stuff is absolutely true. but, you know, this is, we are, we are only a couple of

decades into an experiment with an all voluntary military in this country. and, you know, i truly believe that if we fail this generation of veterans, that experiment with an all voluntary military will fail as well. and we talk about being out in the community and we talk about understanding and all of these, for me, i guess, as somebody who, um, spends the majority of my time running programs for veterans. working with this generation of veterans, i am not convinced that sometimes i wonder if we're, if we're preaching to the choir. you know, the people who are showing up at these meetings and conferences are, are the ones who already understand, because i'm not convinced that, there is as broad understanding among citizens as to, um, the, to the, the issues and

challenges impacting this community. and, i think until we get there, um, we're, it will be an uphill battle. and kathryn, that also argues for more coordination of services which you were specifically addressing so that, the state, the local municipality, the national programs, begin to really understand what resources are available and we can maximize- that's correct and i think that one of the things that we've found, um, is that for too long there were closed systems. dod had a closed system, the va had a closed system, and then there was the rest of the healthcare system in the world. and what we're, what we're absolutely discovering is that they cannot do it alone, they should not do it alone, those closed systems have to open their doors and windows, they have to have partnerships in the community. they, we cannot have replicated systems in silos, no more.

and i think that we have to encourage leadership, frankly, in dod and va and we have to encourage leadership across the federal government, leadership in the states, leadership at the local level to make sure that those kinds of collaborations and the level of coordination that is necessary to help be more directive about what's available is the most important thing we can do. i think that we, we have to encourage the civilian community to, to understand more, to understand better, um. but that's really done by a factor of using the bully pulpit of not only president but also the secretary of health. absolutely. and even the secretary of defense coming forward and saying, "you know, i, i, you know, speaking to particularly nontraditional, nonmilitary groups about what's going on. that's an excellent idea. as an example, to illustrate this point, you can look at vets in higher education today. so, um, this generation of veterans has accessed the

post-911 gi bill, which is the most generous educational benefit that has been afforded to this community since the, um, gi bill after world war ii. um, but at the same time, we're seeing exceptionally high dropout rates of veterans in higher education, um, depending on which study or who you listen to, it's anywhere between 50 and 70 percent are are starting school and then dropping out. why do you think that is happening? well, we actually, we did a study and we actually reached out and surveyed large numbers of student veterans and we ask them questions about what do you perceive as the impediment to your educational success? and in, at the top of the list was i don't feel like i fit in on this college campus. i don't feel like my student peers understand my unique situation. i don't feel like faculty and administrators understand my unique situation. and that's, that's the kind of understanding, i think, you need, we need to get to in order to really move the needle.

and, and deal with some of these issues. barbara, im going to you, and ask you if you had a magic wand, i ask you prior to starting the show, what do you think would be the priority in terms of what needs to change and improve or what do we need to continue to do in order to provide better services? we need to make sure that we are continuing to build resilience in our military families, so that they can handle whatever comes their way. i always use the terminology, focus up stream. in other words, let's care for them while they are still on active duty, um, give them the tools that they need in order to be able to survive not only as far as access to good family support programs but also make sure that they have access to education and an, a portable job, so that no, no matter what comes their way, so if there is an injury or an illness the family is able to, is to handle all that. what keeps me up at night though it what is the long-term

impact of this war? we have no idea, i mean the high percentage of our veterans with traumatic brain injury that have been experienced through their time in, in theater. what other long-term impact for that as far as the high percentage of post-traumatic stress, you know, what's the impact on that as well? but what about our children? i mean, who's going to care for them when their adults and they're not in the military? it's going to be the communities who are going to be out there as far as for us. what about the parents or what about the spouses now that are divorced? so it's the entire family... right. very, very good point. so it's really looking at reintegration and making sure that our communities are also aware of, of the support and are also providing um, support for us. jen. i personally think that it is all about community collaborations. i, we talked about, you know, the schools and how the students don't feel like they fit in there and, well, if we have svo and the student veterans organizations available, if we have an educated faculty as well as educated students,

you are going to have these people who are going to be able to continue their education and do the things that they need to do with their lives. and find the support. absolutely. and, you know, that is a big, big missing piece right now. kathryn. i think as we continue to strengthen our families and we are out in the, the civilian communities more and more, that is a big part of this educative process. i also think that, that, that this is a promise, we've made a promise to this generation and we need to do everything we can. i wanna see more employers, ah, willing to open up their employee ranks to veterans. and to make whatever kinds of, employment arrangements are necessary in order to use the skills of this very skilled workforce. and think broadly about how to bring them back into work. if people work, and they feel a sense of belonging, um, i think that's our promise to them and we have to do that and it's the civilian community that has to do that, it's not the military community. mike. for me, it's about education, i think at the end of the day. um, in the, in the scope of issues that, that

we're dealing with in the context of this community. i think education is, is well positioned to advance the postservice life course of this nation's veterans, there's a there's a window of opportunity with the current, um, post-911 gi bill. but, we haven't done a great job implementing that, and i'm talking about both government and institutions of higher education. you know, right now, for example, um, 8 of the top 10 recipients is institutions of gi bill money last year, were um, on line for profit universities that have a dropout rate of higher than 65 percent. and they are not held accountable. we need to hold them accountable. very good. i want to remind our audience that september is national recovery month we want to encourage you to go online at www.recoverymonth.gov and find all of the wonderful materials, so everyone can get engaged. and during september, also support military families and

vets in their struggle to come back, be reintegrated into society, and get the necessary help that they need and they deserve. it's been a great show, thank you very much. thank you. for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help or order online at recoverymonth.gov and click multimedia. [music] every september, national recovery month provides an opportunity for communities like yours to raise awareness of substance use and mental health problems; to highlight the effectiveness of treatment and that people can and do recover. in order to help you plan events and activities in commemoration of this year's recovery month observance, the free online recovery month kit offers ideas, materials, and

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happy new year, everybody. i love the fact that we are doing a tournament here at the center. when i was in eighth grade i played on a basketball teechl. team. i have to admit i wasn't very good at it. i always aspired to be an nba player.

regardless of playing in college or nba, i expect many of you have be leading us because of the leadership skills you are learning on >> (clapping) so this is a photograph of my

father which was taken in 1986. it's one of the families farther photos it's the way i think of him. my father who could be very articulate was hesitate to speak about art. his own work or the art of others. i think he felt trapped by the formality and the permanent of his words they're often inadequate to express something complex. i am asked what it is like to live with a artist man he was

any greatly loved father. you i'm going to talk about something that's personal. so on the understanding that i am speaking to you as a daughter an admiring daughter. i will share many of my thoughts about my father with you. i'll speak about the berkley period you see so beautifully presented in the museum. for me all of his work is connected. all the work is a continuum about this particular person looked at the world. i should give you a few facts. he was born in 1922 in portland, oregon and they moved back to

san francisco when he was a young child and went on to stanford university where he studied law or medicine. he met my mother and went into the marine copper. i was born in 1945 and my brother in 1947. he died in 1993. this first work here was done in 1938. may grandmother took i am to see

the first van gogh exhibit when he was young. apparently, it was considered my father is known for his sensitive to the light and color of a particular place. it's no coincide that those were titled to the places they were paint. all those places have a different quality of life. i'm going to show some works through the various periods of his career. during most of this time with the family was moving along with him until the time i got married in los angeles this although was before i was born in stanford

this is entitled paling wallet circle in 1943. that is in 1949 and the next picture also were we lthd in 1948 where he was a student and teaching at the art institute. we moved to albuquerque this is from 1951 and this second one from 1950 in his masters show. he then accepted the only teaching job that accepted him in illinois. we moved there for one year. this picture is from 1953 and

the second picture is number 6 which was also 1953. at the end of that academic were my parents move forward to berkley. the first picture is berkley number 52 and president obama put in emphasis private dierng room in the white house. this picture is seawall. from 1957 you can see he's moving away from a bit distraction toward the figure active. the next is a quash from 1956. he's always been interested in the angle of roads and what they did to your prospective of the

landscape. and finally the coffee from depends looking grand. and the afternoon they moved to los angeles where we taught at ucla and for a few years this first picture is very much in the representational mode although it's quite a bit distracted and there's some or are more abstract then others. ocean park 97 from 1970. we're beginning to get involved in the a bit distraction he did 1 hundred and 35 pictures. then this unentitled picture from 1975 is my particular

favorite pieces. and then alienation park 1980 they're getting quite spare here. and unentitled work on paperwork 1946. he's beginning to explore some earlier forms. my parents left in 1988 and moved to hillsborough california because he was ill most of the time they lived there certainly after his studio 15 got up and going he never did any oil pa t paintin paintings. the second work is actually from 1990 that was painted when he was sick and as many have you

may know there's a historical tradition of artists cross-examine skulls when their contemplating their own death and my mother wouldn't allow this picture in the house. i choose this when he died and finally a drawing work on paper from 1991 which as you can see it's beginning to have some points of view from his very early work per everything also whether he had into someone else and the ideas were also there from the beginning to the end of his life. some of my favorite memories was the way he taught me to see.

i'm unable to look at certain places or things without thinking of him. there used to be an appealing building in berkley he loved. you were aware of the bricks underneath. the color it was painted and the effect of the under color that was now the top. there's a place as you approach the bay bridge on the way to san francisco where you can see the water. he would comment on the color of the day as opposed to the other. he taught me to see the variation as blue or yellow the shadow the classes can effect the color we see if we look at more completely and carefully. though he think of a chair of a

model at an we still recognize it when it's colors are pushed into a different part of the spectrum. he took a well-made pair of scissors or old well-worn tools. he appreciated form as it related to function. our life was organized around his life and it always ways. when we first moved to berkley we lived in a flat where the dining room was his office. later we moved and it's studio was in the backyard and at least part of the time we worked there that he lived there he worked in

this studio. i only knocked on that door once. i wasn't afraid it just wasn't done. my father had his studio in the house a number of times. i wasn't often in the studio but i had a memory of the studio in the actinic of our house. after i had to be taken out of the wizard of house movie my mother took me out of the studio where it was contacted with paint and there was a smell of turning tin that i sock with any father. he explained the difference between infancy and reality then the next day i went to the movie

with him and i mad it to the end of the 340e6. it was important that i understand that concept. now this next picture was made for our son in the 70s. as a grandfather he shared much of his fantastic sense of humor he, he generally shared his work with my children. this next picture is a dragon he drew and he did the drawing the outline of the drawings drawing and some of the details and he did a couple of scales and handed it to my husband and said you finish the scales so my

husband very careful did all those scales (laughter) and my father signed it here and had dick sign it there (laughter) >> my husband and i made a dollhouse for our daughter in 1975 and when my father heard he said to himself no house should be without painting. so he did this series of co- laugz on matchbook covers and on the back of each one is inscribed the date for my daughter and the one the one to the right it says egging on sheila and r d-75 because those

were all cut anti pieces of paper in catalogs and things like that and this pie started out apps i punched the wrong button. this piece started out as a larger sheila picture. let's see. he didn't like to shop so when a birthday or christmas came along he and my mother would make a card. this first card i was pregnant with my first card i wanted a rocking chair so my parents give us a little bit of money to buy that. the second part my son needed a bed at some point he was growing very fast and my dad made the

card. the forty my husband and i which to new york my parents give us a $100 we were supposed to buy some glasses and go to our favorite restaurants and to go here to look. and other dilates and we did have a wonderful time. and then finally there's a card that i will mention that we can't find. i hope someday we will but my mother needed and wanted a suit. and so my father knew this and got her that for her birthday