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Helping Your Family Cope With Military Deployment


Helping Your Family Cope With Military Deployment (for Parents)

Telling your child about deployment is the first step. Being honest, talking to kids in terms they can understand, and making plans to stay in touch are key.

Supporting Children and Youth During Deployment

Visit the Sesame Street for Military Families website for more deployment resources for young children. Encourage older children to get involved ...

Coping with the Stress of Deployment: Information for Military Families

Nearly every military installation has a family service center, family support center or Army community service center where you can access information, ...

Support for Deployed Military Parents

There is no by-the-book way to prepare your child for the separation that comes with deployment. Formulating a family-specific plan for your military deployment ...

Coping When a Family Member Goes to War - PTSD

Tips for Family Members to Cope with Deployment · Remind yourself that even though you hear regularly about deaths in the military, the vast ...

How to support military families while my loved one is deployed

Call the support facility on base and ask how you can volunteer to help other families without their loved ones. If part of your loved one's ...

Deployment - National Military Family Association

Deployment is stressful so careful preparation reduces any additional stress caused by the upcoming separation. Visit Plan My Deployment and check your ...

7 Tips for Helping Children Cope With Military Deployment

As the parent being deployed, help your child understand where you'll be by telling them a bit about it. Pull out a map and show them where you ...

Children Coping with Deployment - National Center for PTSD

Talk to Help Children Deal with War. Take the time to talk about war and deployment. Remember that talking can only make your family stronger.

Coping with Deployments Course| Military Family Support

The American Red Cross believes it is important to prepare family members to deal with the challenges of serving at home while their loved one is deployed.

Strategies to Help Prepare Kids for Military Deployment | WWP

It's essential to approach the conversation of deployment with sensitivity to help children understand, cope, and adjust to the changes in their family dynamics ...

Staying Close During Deployment - Child Mind Institute

To support your child during deployment, be warm and loving, and try to stick to the same routines. This will help your child feel safe and ...

What Military Deployment Means for Families - Armed Services YMCA

All deployments eventually come to an end. Here is some insight on what military deployment looks like for families and some tips on coping with deployment.

Tips to help military families cope with stress - Illinois Extension

Self-care is vital when a family member is deployed. Take a few moments and think about what helps you feel strong and calm. Each person's self- ...

6 ways to help children cope with deployment

Every military spouse knows it takes a village, and deployments are a time when leaning on that village is not only helpful, it's essential.

Helping military families through the deployment process: Strategies ...

Family members of deployed personnel are often the “unsung heroes” of a combat deployment, supporting service members before, during, and after a deployment.

Supporting Military Kids During Deployment - OSPI

Listen - Be approachable, attentive and sensitive to the unique needs of students coping with deployment and family separations. Take time to acknowledge the ...

How to help a military family while one of the spouses is deployed

Volunteer to do some free babysitting if you can handle kids, give the remaining parent a break for a night or so. Small acts can make a big ...

Helping Children Cope When a Loved One Is on Military Deployment

to Afghanistan,” “Duty Calls,” and “Local Guard Soldiers Headed to Iraq.” When these headlines refer to members of children's families and others from the ...

The Giant List of Deployment Resources for Military Families

Give an Hour has mental health professionals who volunteer to give free counseling sessions to military families. The hour-long sessions are confidential and ...