The most recent videos or webinars
Smart Actions for Mental Health
Video Length: 39:25 | Date: August 9, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Ketterman, UMD Extension
Description: Smart Actions for Mental Health will discuss the range of options for mental health care services. The session includes why it is important to seek treatment for mental health care challenges and how you can use health insurance to pay for mental health care. Watch video
When Self-Help Isn't Enough
Video Length: 27:27 | Date: July 13, 2022
Speaker: Alexander Chan
Description: This presentation is designed to reduce avoidable delays in receiving appropriate mental health care. In this session that is tailored for members of the agricultural community, participants will learn to identify and address the internal roadblocks one may experience when making the decision to seek professional assistance with mental health issues.
Video and webinar archives
Financial
Farm Finance Check-Up
Video Length: | Date: December 20, 2021
Speaker: Shannon Dill, Extension Educator, Agriculture, and Food Systems
Description: Financial management is a topic often identified as a stressor for farm businesses. This session will discuss end-of-the-year financial activities that you can do now to plan for 2022. Watch video
Legal
Stress Management
Breakup with Burnout
Video length: 7:39 | Date: May 3, 2021
Speaker: Dhruti Patel, Extension Educator
Description: Learn about ways to combat burnout in this video from Family and Consumer Sciences senior agent Dhruti Patel. Watch video
Building Resilient Farms and Farm Families
Video Length: 49:07 | Date: December 13, 2021
Speakers: Jesse M. Ketterman, Jr., Ph.D, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Science, and Bonnie Braun, Ph.D, Professor Emerita, Family Science
Description: Farm and farm families experience a variety of stressors that lead to disruptions on the farm. Building resilience is necessary to reduce the impact of stressors and strengthen the farm and farm families. This session will share strategies that promote resilience and identify signs of stress on the farm. Watch video
From "But" to "Because"
Video Length: 42:18 | Date: December 6, 2021
Speaker: Alexander E. Chan, Ph.D., LCMFT, UME, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist
Description: This is a simple listening tool for reducing work and family strain. Participants will learn concrete listening and conversation tools to keep family strain from spilling into your work life. Watch video
Handling Stress on the Farm
Video length: 3:27 | Date: December 21, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Norman B. Epstein, Professor of Family Science at University of Maryland College Park
Description: Discusses how to handle stress in farm life. Watch video
Nutrition and Mental Health
Video Length: 5: 09 | Date: May 6, 2021
Speaker: Erin Jewel, nutrition educator
Description: Learn about mindful eating habits and how they can benefit your mental health as well as your physical health, with nutrition educator Erin Jewell. Watch video
Prevent Burnout by Compassionate Productivity
Video length: 13:00 | Date: May 20, 2021
Speaker: Dhruti Patel, Extension Educator
Description: Watch this short video from educator Dhruti Patel to learn about compassionate productivity - what it is and how it can help you prevent burnout. Watch video
Saying No
Video length: 6:11 | Date: May 19, 2021
Speaker: Alexander E. Chan, Ph.D., LCMFT, UME, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist
Description: Join Alex Chan as he discusses how to say "no" and what that means for our mental health. Watch video
Smart Actions for Mental Health
Video Length: 39:25 | Date: August 9, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Ketterman, UMD Extension
Description: Smart Actions for Mental Health will discuss the range of options for mental health care services. The session includes why it is important to seek treatment for mental health care challenges and how you can use health insurance to pay for mental health care. Watch video
Take Charge of Your Stress
Video Length: 38:57 | Date: December 15, 2021
Speaker: Dhruti Patel, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Science
Description: Stress is an inevitable part of our existence and the best way to manage stress is to learn how to navigate stress-inducing situations. Come join us to learn more about how stress works within our body and ways you can take charge of the daily stresses to avoid burnout and improve wellbeing. We will also discuss practical evidence-based techniques you can start using right away to manage stress. Watch video
Relationships
Family Routines for Mental Health
Video Length: 6:40 | Date: May 5, 2021
Speaker: Alex Chan, Ph.D., LCMFT, UME, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist
Description: Maintaining routines in your household can help to improve the mental health and well-being of the children, and adults, at home. Learn about building routines and making them stick with Alex Chan, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist. Watch video
Healthy Relationships
Video length: 6:30 | Date: May 19, 2021
Speaker: Alexander E. Chan, Ph.D., LCMFT, UME, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist
Description: Relationships can affect our mental health. Learn more with mental and behavioral health specialist Alex Chan, as he discusses tips for maintaining a healthy partnership. Watch video
Stress and Children
Video length: 5:22 | Date: May 5, 2021
Speaker: Amy Rhodes, 4-H Extension educator
Description: Amy Rhodes, senior 4-H educator, explains how children experience stress, and provides tips on helping kids through stressful times. Watch video
Tips for Successful Family Meetings
Video Length: 40:57
Date: June 9, 2021
Description: Effective family communication is a cornerstone of farm business stability. Given that farm operations are often a mix of family and business relationships, farm families face additional challenges in practicing effective interpersonal communication. This webinar will provide the tools that all family members can use to maintain positive family relationships which in turn support the health of the farm business. Watch video
The most recent articles
Article archives
It's On Us to Check on Each Other
The Delmarva Farmer newspaper worked with UME throughout Mental Health Awareness month to publish our work on farm stress management. In response, they created an editorial about maintaining healthy relationships in our rural communities. Read the full editorial
Managing Stress While on the Farm
Farming is a demanding and stressful occupation due to its ongoing challenges and uncertainties. Learn tips on managing stress in this article by agent Emily Zobel from the Delmarva Farmer, published May 7, 2021. Read the full article
MDA, University of Maryland Announce Farm Stress Assistance Program
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), in partnership with the University of Maryland Extension (UME), today announced a new statewide Farm Stress Assistance program designed to provide physical and mental health resources to rural communities. The program is funded by a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Read the full article
Opioid Use on the Farm
Jeanette Jeffrey, agent with Extension's Family and Consumer Sciences program, gives us a breakdown on opioid use on the farm and how pain management can quickly become an issue for farmers and agricultural workers. Read the full article published in the Delmarva Farmer, May 14, 2021. Read the full article
Stress and the Planting Season
May is Mental Health Awareness month and we are featuring articles and videos by our dedicated team of experts, working to provide farmers and their families with strategies and solutions to stay resilient and sustainable.
Read the first article, "Stress and the Planting Season" by Shannon Dill and Bonnie Braun, published in the Delmarva Farmer on May 5, 2021. Read the full article
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