Sesame Workshop Program to Help Military Families Cope with Change Airs on NHPTV 4/4 and 4/5

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------------------------------------------------------------ COMING HOME: MILITARY FAMILIES COPE WITH CHANGE Program produced by Sesame Workshop geared towards children and families; tells stories of service members who return home with injuries, visible and invisible, and explores the heroic struggles their families face in finding a “new normal.” Airs on NHPTV: Saturday, April 4th @ 8 a.m. and Sunday, April 5th @ 6:30 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------ (DURHAM, March 31, 2009) — Join Queen Latifah, John Mayer, and your Sesame Street friends for COMING HOME: MILITARY FAMILIES COPE WITH CHANGE Saturday, April 4th @ 8 a.m. and Sunday, April 5th @ 6:30 p.m. on New Hampshire Public Television. This family television special tells the stories of military families coping with the challenges and impact of combat-related injuries—both visible (such as the loss of a limb) and invisible (such as post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury). Children and parents recount their heroic struggles and discover the remarkable resiliency that sets them on the path to finding a “new normal.” With help from Elmo, Rosita, and the Sesame Street friends, COMING HOME gives voice to children as they play a central role in the family's adjustment process, and encourages them to be what they are: kids. The program also features coping strategies and powerful real stories aimed to help these families and others find ways to be there for each other. Join us as we salute the extraordinary courage of children, offer the general public ways to support service members in their communities, and provide a powerful glimpse into the lives of military families. We encourage children to watch COMING HOME with a parent or caregiver so they can ask an adult any questions they might have. "Military families give so much to our community and country," said Peter A. Frid, President and CEO of NHPTV. “NHPTV and PBS are proud to offer this program as a way to help our troops and their families, and to help others understand what they are going through.” Additionally, as part of Sesame Workshop’s “Talk, Listen, Connect” initiative, the program features coping strategies and powerful real stories to help these families and others find ways to be there for each other. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org/initiatives/emotion/tlc/.

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