Human Development and Relationships Programming May 2026

Human Development and Relationships Truong Tran Supports older adults, families, and communities by providing research-based education on Lifespan and Family Engagement. Enhances decision-making and resilience through programming in areas suchas family caregiving, social connectedness, healthy aging, and future planning. Continuous Needs Assessment in Sheboygan County Ongoing community-based environmental scans highlight key needs and priorities among […]

Spring Virtual Planning AHEAD

Registration is now open for the spring virtual Planning AHEAD series! Planning AHEAD is a comprehensive end-of-life planning program for all ages developed by UW–Madison Division of Extension faculty and staff. The series includes 7 one-hour sessions that are grounded in research to lead participants in understanding how to prepare for the end-of-life for themselves […]

Human Development and Relationships Impact May 2024

Alicia Utke-Becher, Human Development & Relationship Educator

Human Development and Relationships September Impact

Along with the other co-authors & project leads for the Planning AHEAD curriculum and workbook, Jane prerecorded all seven module presentations and met every other week virtually with a group of eight Hmong Nursing students and their program director from UW-Madison. The intent was to gather feedback in order to make the series on end-of-life […]

Human Development and Relationships Impact August 2022

The Family Caregivers Coalition in Sheboygan County was co-founded by Jane with the Sheboygan County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) in 2010. She co-chairs the coalition with the ADRC and works with steering members from the Alzheimer’s Association, Dementia Care Network, United Way, Mental Health America, and Hearthstone as well as a family caregiver […]

Making an Impact April 2022 Human Development and Relationships

A monthly program for family caregivers where participants develop sustainable self-care behaviors in order to maintain their personal physical and emotional well-being through practicing self-care techniques and accessing local resources. A series of e-mail communications for community partners where they learn about parenting, relationships, family caregiving, finances and well-being so that they can share the […]

Planning AHEAD Curriculum

For two years Jane worked with a state Extension team to research, co-author, pilot and revise the Planning AHEAD curriculum. Planning AHEAD is a series of 7 sessions for adults where they learn about end-of-life decision making tasks including health care wishes, financial responsibilities, legal requirements and documentation, distribution of personal property, end-of-life care options, […]

Aging Mastery Program

In response to ongoing requests from local older adults in isolation, the evidence-based Aging Mastery Program (AMP) was held virtually in January and February 2022. The materials for this ten-part series were provided free to participants through a partnership grant with the National Council on Aging. The highly interactive series focused on: Navigating longer lives […]

Evaluations for Family Caregiving Programs

The HDR Educator along with the state evaluation specialist and a team of statewide educators developed, piloted and administered anonymous evaluations to determine the outcomes of programming with family caregivers. Locally the evaluation was administered to family caregivers who had participated in the six- part Powerful Tools for Caregivers and the monthly family caregiver education/support […]

Aging Mastery Program (AMP)

In response to older adults in isolation, the Human Development & Relationships (HDR) Educator co-facilitated the evidence-based Aging Mastery Program (AMP) virtually in September and October 2021. The materials for this ten-part series were provided free to participants through a partnership grant with the National Council on Aging. The interactive series focused on: navigating longer […]