[Counselor_Educ] FW: [External] ** NCTSN November 2023 Spotlight **

[Bhat, Christine]

Resources for supporting military and veteran children


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Military children often face unique challenges, including extended separations, deployments, temporary duty assignments, frequent moves, permanent change in stations, and fast-paced changes to home life and routines. Coupled with this, many are also navigating experiences of grief and loss related to combat-related deaths, ambiguous loss, sickness, and more. When a trauma occurs, military families might experience additional challenges emotionally, socially, behaviorally, and physically. Although military youth are raised in a culture of strength, they may experience mental health issues or challenges due to these unique stressors. The NCTSN has resources to help parents and caregivers support the needs of military children.

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Understanding Child Trauma and Resilience: For Military Parents and Caregivers
This fact sheet offers military parents and caregivers information about child trauma and strength, including information about what traumatic experiences are, how they impact military families, and common reactions children or teens may have. It has a checklist for parents and caregivers to use to help keep track of behaviors their child or teen may be exhibiting as well as questions to ask providers about treatment services. The fact sheet also includes questions military parents or caregivers may have about supporting their child after a traumatic event and tips for starting discussions with children of different ages.

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Understanding Child Suicide: For Military Parents
Provides military parents with information about military youth suicide. This fact sheet includes information about suicide and military youth, how to talk to your child about suicide, warning signs that your child may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, and helpful responses by age group. It also provides evidence-based treatments for suicidal youth, and how to address your needs as a parent.

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Understanding Youth Substance Use: For Military Parents and Caregivers
Offers military parents and caregivers information about military youth substance use. This fact sheet includes information about substance use and military youth, how to talk to your child about substance use, monitoring your child and understanding trauma and substance use, as well as resources on how to address your needs as a parent and caregiver.

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Child Maltreatment in Military Families: A Fact Sheet for Providers
Details child maltreatment in military families. This fact sheet provides a look at child maltreatment in the military and offers providers the key concepts, findings, and interventions that will support them in their approach to the care of today's military family.

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After Services: Veteran Families in Transition
Offers providers details about the unique needs of veterans transitioning out of service. This fact sheet provides general information about today's military veteran family and challenges of military life including separation, physical disabilities or injury, and impaired cognitive functioning. It also gives providers key questions to ask veteran families and ways to explore solutions and collaborations.

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Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Parents
Offers information on military children 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. Also available in Russian<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nctsn.org%2Fresources%2Fhelping-military-children-traumatic-grief-tips-parents-ru&data=05%7C01%7Ccounselor_educ%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C2c787e972a4e4f5ac47f08dbf06e37b4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638368128384420253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q0BGNK1T9dS188hVlEWRrCuCNudlX%2BJMOImw%2F0e%2FQ8E%3D&reserved=0>.

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Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Educators
This tip sheet describes how military children dealing with trauma and grief responses may be feeling and what educators and school staff can do to help.

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Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Military Parents or Caregivers
Offers information to military parents and caregivers on Childhood Traumatic Grief. This fact sheet outlines how children grieve, what Childhood Traumatic Grief is, who develops Childhood Traumatic Grief, the signs a child might have Childhood Traumatic Grief, and what military parents or caregivers can do to help.

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Supporting Military Children with Traumatic Grief
Provides an overview of issues specific to military culture and family life, describes two models for treating military children with traumatic grief, and highlights a service member's experience. This webinar discusses unique military related stressors, like traumatic grief following the death of a caregiver from combat or non-combat situations.

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