BOOKS (available at www.amazon.com unless otherwise noted)
For Veterans / Soldiers (and Families)
Down Range: To
Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Returning Soldiers and Their Families (2006) by Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, Paula Domenici.
For Families
While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront (2006) by Kristin Henderson.
Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families (2003) by Karen M. Pavlicin.
My Love, My Life: An Inside Look at the Lives of Those who Love and Support our Military Men and Women (2004) by Dianne Collier.
Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for
Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them (1998) by Aphrodite Matsakis.
For Kids
Deployment Journal for Kids (2005) by Rachel Robertson.
Daddy, You're My Hero! // Mommy, You're My Hero! (2005) by Michelle Ferguson-Cohen [for kids ages 4-8].
While You Are Away (2004) by Eileen Spinelli & Renee Graef [Picture book for children whose parents are deployed; ages 4-8].
Uncle Sam’s Kids: When Duty Calls (2003) by Angela Sportelli-Rehak [for kids ages 5-11 focusing on deployment issues] .
Helping Children Cope with the Challenges of Way and Terrorism by Annette M. LaGreca, Ph.D., et al. [for kids ages 7-12].
Entire Book is available for download:
www.7-dippity.com/other/UWA_war_book.pdf
Finding My Way: A Teen’s Guide to Living with a Parent who has Experienced Trauma (2005) by Michelle D. Sherman, Ph.D., DeAnne M. Sherman [for kids ages 12-18].
(available at www.seedsofhopebooks.com )
WEBSITES
General:
Military OneSource (1-800-342-9647; userid: military; password: onesource)
S.A.F.E. Program, Support And Family Education: Mental Health Facts for Families. An 18 session curriculum for people who care about someone who has a mental illness or PTSD. Entire curriculum is available for free download on website.
http://psychiatry.ouhsc.edu/safeprogram/
Mental Health Self-Assessment Program (DOD sponsored anonymous mental health / alcohol screening and referral program offered to families and service members affected by deployment or mobilization - available online 24/7)
VA’s Seamless Transition Office
My Healthy Vet: The Gateway to Veteran Health and Wellness
Focus on Soldiers / Veterans (Post Deployment):
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Military Personnel
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Battlemind: Understanding Post-Deployment Stress Reactions (presentations & brochures)
Emotional Responses:
When the Letdown Doesn't Let Up
National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/reunions/infoLetdown.cfm
How to Get Back to "
National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/reunions/infoBacktoNormal.cfm
Help for Veterans with PTSD
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www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/veterans/fs_help_for_vets.html
Employment Issues:
Information Specific to National Guard and Reserve Personnel and Their Employers
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http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/veterans/fs_info_ngrsvspecific.html
Returning to Work: Tips for Service Members and Employers
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/reunions/infoReturnWork.cfm
Parenting:
Reconnecting With Your Children
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/reunions/infoChildren.cfm
Healthy Parenting Initiative
Military HOMEFRONT (DoD)
Operation Child Care (for National Guard and Reservists)
http://www.childcareaware.org/en/operationchildcare/
Focus on Families
National Military Family Association
www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage
National Guard Family Program
Operation Healthy Reunions (part of the National Mental Health Association)
www.nmha.org/reunions/index.cfm
Deployment:
Deployment Link
http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/deploy/family/family_support.shtml
Surviving Deployment
Post Deployment:
Homecoming Preparedness for Veterans and Families: A Self-Help Guide to Ease the Transition from Deployment and the Military to Civilian Life
Veterans and Families Homecoming Support Network
http://mrs.marketingresultsgroup.com/ClientFiles/38FD2B5A75F34F31.pdf
Being a Couple Again
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/reunions/infoCouple.cfm
A Soldier and Family Guide to Redeploying
DOD Deployment Health Clinical Center
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/deployment/FamilyReunionTrifold19Dec03.pdf
Focus on Adult Family Members Post Deployment:
Deployment Guide For Families of Deploying Soldiers. Separation and
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/deployment/FamilyReunionTrifold19Dec03.pdf
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families
www.ncptsd.va.gov/war/guide/GuideforFamilies.pdf
Focus on Youth:
Guard Family Youth Website
Deployment Kids
DOD’s Military Student Program: The Military Child in Transition and Deployment
For the Community:
Helping Children and Youth Cope with the Deployment of a Parent in the Military Reserves (has information for parents, teachers, pediatricians, etc)
SOFAR (Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists) Guide
www.pcfine.org/sofarandguard/sofar_children_pamphlet.pdf
Operation: Military Kids
Army’s efforts to support youth of National Guard & Army reserve families
For School:
School Connectedness: Extending Connections to Military Children
Military Child Initiative,
www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth/Products/Military%20Child%20Initiative/Exec%20Summary%20R3.pdf
10 Tips for Parents that Foster Connectedness to Schools
Military Child Initiative,
www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth/Products/Military%20Child%20Initiative/Ten%20Tips%20for%20parents.pdf
VIDEOS
Getting Home: All the Way Home
Free DVD created by TriWest (TRICARE Contractor in the West Region) for soldiers & their families (only for individuals in TriWest’s catchment area)
www.triwest.com/triwest/default.html
Video from Operation Purple summer camp with interviews by kids – by Keith Lemmon, MD,
Available on the website www.aap.org
OTHER
Free Summer Camps for Military Kids: Operation Purple
Funded through the Sears American Dream Campaign
