www.militaryonesource.com/ - very valuable resource for all branches of the service, services available to those on active duty -- and National Guard and Reserves regardless of activation status www.seamlesstransition.va.gov - resources for reuniting families www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/SpouseSupport/ - Navy family support www.veteransandfamilies.org/page/page/1362000.htm - Veterans and Families Coming Home www.afcrossroads.com - Family Preparation and Readiness (Air Force) http://www.hooah4health.com/deployment/familymatters/default.htm - The Family Deployment
Guide by Department of the Army www.veteransandfamilies.org/preparedness.html - Homecoming Preparedness Guide www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil – lots of information for families, including on parenting www.milspouse.org/Benefits/SuppServ/deploy/ - lots of links to other sites www.nmfa.org = National Military Family Association (camps for military kids, information and resources) www.behavioralhealth.army.mil/index.html - Army Behavioral Health (useful handouts) www.nationalresourcedirectory.org – National Resource Directory
Sesame Street: Talk, Listen, Connect - for young children, about deployment, homecomings, and changes
Mr. Poe and Friends Discuss Homecoming After Deployment – for elementary age children
“Military Youth Coping with Separation: When Family Members Deploy,” - for teens
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ - the National Center for PTSD
Look for handouts at this website on:
Talking to Children about Going to War
Coping When a Family Member has been Called to War
War Related Stress Reactions: What Families Need to Know
Homecoming after Deployment: Dealing with Changes and Expectations
Effects of Going to War on Family Members of Active Duty Personnel
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Family: For Parents with Young Children, Veterans
Affairs, Canada (enter Canada, VA, families into browser)