“Engaging Caregivers” webinar hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Rockwall County, TX (February 23, 2026) – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in partnership with OneOp, will host the webinar, “The Importance of Engaging Caregivers in Clinical Services,” on March 5.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and OneOp’s webinar will highlight research-based strategies to improve caregiver engagement in clinical services.

The free webinar will be held from 10-11:30 a.m., and registration is required. Once registered, an email will be sent with connection instructions.

About the webinar

Presenters will review the critical role caregivers play in the successful completion of clinical services and explore strategies to strengthen engagement from the first appointment through ongoing participation.

Participants will examine the key protective factors and barriers that influence engagement in clinical services, including trust, access and prior experiences with care. The session will explore how professionals and caregivers perceive these services, the role larger systems play in shaping those perceptions, and how those dynamics affect sustained participation.

Attendees will leave with at least two research-based strategies to strengthen engagement among professionals and caregivers, with a focus on building trust, improving communication and supporting meaningful involvement in clinical services.

Dionna Weixel, licensed marriage and family therapist at the University of Oklahoma Health Campus Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, and Kelly Hagenbaugh, licensed social worker at Pennsylvania’s Creative Health Services and Mission Kids, will lead the presentation.

Continuing education credits available.

One-and-a-half continuing education credits are available in each of the following areas:

• Certified in family and consumer sciences, American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.
• Board-certified patient advocate, Patient Advocate Certification Board.
• Board-certified case managers, Commission for Case Manager Certification.
• Certified family life educators, National Council on Family Relations.
• Certified health education specialist and master certified health education specialist, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.
• Social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.

For more information, contact Ella Allison at ella.allison@ag.tamu.edu.

Submitted press release, edited for publication in Blue Ribbon News. 

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