The following resources on Military and Veteran Families were developed by the NCTSN.
Outlines the top ten things to keep in mind when working with military families. This tip sheet includes information on family separation, stigma about mental health care, access to programs, involving peers and civilian providers and more.
Provides a focus on the Steven A. Cohen Miliary Family Clinic at Centerstone.
Offers information on military children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. This tip sheet describes how military children dealing with trauma and grief responses may be feeling and what parents can do to help. Translated in 2025.
Provides parents and caregivers with information about traumatic grief in military children.
Provides military parents and caregivers with several ways to mitigate the negative effects of deployment including maintaining well-being, fostering positive family dynamics, and using effective parenting strategies.
Offers information for caregivers on how to talk to children about war. This fact sheet includes the potential impact and considerations when talking to children about war, how to start the conversation, understanding media coverage, and how to foster resilience. Translated in 2022.
Outlines the top ten things to keep in mind when working with military families. This tip sheet includes information on family separation, stigma about mental health care, access to programs, involving peers and civilian providers and more. Translated 2022.
Offers information for caregivers on how to talk to children about war. This fact sheet includes the potential impact and considerations when talking to children about war, how to start the conversation, understanding media coverage, and how to foster resilience.
Provides a focus on Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Advocacy Center.
Introduces the FOCUS Family Resiliency Program, a brief evidence-based intervention that is among the most widely disseminated family-based programs for military populations, and will discuss general issues in adapting it...
Offers helpful resources and inspiring reports abound in the March issue of IMPACT, where we spotlight NCTSN members, including Affiliates, who have raised the bar around innovative ways to help children and families during the pandemic. Schools are a special focus in this issue, and you
Offers military parents and caregivers information about child trauma and resilience. This fact sheet includes information about what traumatic experiences are, how they impact military families, and common reactions children or teens may have.
Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/working-effectively-military-families-10-key-concepts-all-providers-should-know
[2] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/program-spotlight-steven-a-cohen-military-family-clinic
[3] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-military-children-traumatic-grief-tips-parents-uk
[4] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/traumatic-grief-military-children-information-families-uk
[5] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/for-military-parents-and-caregivers-supporting-your-children-throughout-deployment
[6] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/talking-to-children-about-war-hu
[7] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/working-effectively-with-military-families-10-key-concepts-all-providers-should-know
[8] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/talking-to-children-about-war
[9] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/program-spotlight-childrens-hospital-of-the-kings-daughters
[10] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/building-resilience-in-families-contending-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities
[11] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/nctsn-impact-newsletter-spring-2021
[12] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/understanding-child-trauma-and-resilience-for-military-parents-and-caregivers
[13] https://www.nctsn.org/print/862?page=1
[14] https://www.nctsn.org/print/862?page=2
[15] https://www.nctsn.org/print/862?page=3