WEBSITES
General:
Words of War
National Center for PTSD www.ncptsd.va.gov
Military OneSource (1-800-342-9647; userid: military;
password: onesource) www.militaryonesource.com
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://w3.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)
www.MilitaryMentalHealth.org
PTSD Alliance http://www.ptsdalliance.org/
VA’s Seamless Transition Office www.seamlesstransition.va.
gov
My HealtheVet: The Gateway to Veteran Health and
Wellness www.myhealth.va.gov
Benefits Facts Sheets – US Department of Veterans Affairs –
Benefits Administration
www.vba.va.gov/benefit_facts/index.htm
VA Polytrauma System of Care Website http://www.
polytrauma.va.gov/
Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists: http://www.
sofarusa.org
Focus on Soldiers / Veterans (Post Deployment):
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Military Personnel
- A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet
www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/GuideforMilitary.
pdf
Emotional Responses:
When the Letdown Doesn't Let Up - National Mental Health
Association www.nmha.org/reunions/infoLetdown.cfm
How to Get Back to " Normal " - National Mental Health
Association www.nmha.org/reunions/infoBacktoNormal.cfm
Employment Issues:
Information Specific to National Guard and Reserve
Personnel and Their Employers - A National Center for
PTSD Fact Sheet
www.ncptsd.va.
gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_info_ngrsvspecific.html?
opm=1&rr=rr115&srt=d&echorr=true
Returning to Work: Tips for Service Members and Employers
- National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/reunions/infoReturnWork.cfm
Parenting:
Reconnecting With Your Children - National Mental Health
Association www.nmha.org/reunions/infoChildren.cfm
Healthy Parenting Initiative - Military HOMEFRONT (DoD)
Link
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 www.guardfamily.org
Operation Healthy Reunions (part of the National Mental
Health Association) www.nmha.org/reunions/index.cfm
Deployment:
http://www.25idl.army.mil/deployment/ACS/25th%20ID%20
(L)%20Pre-Deployment%20Book(6-27-03).pdf
http://www.operationhomefront.org/Info/info_deploy.shtml
http://www.hooah4health.
com/deployment/Familymatters/reunion.htm
http://www.mwrarmyhawaii.
com/acs/acs_documents/Soldier_%
20Family_Deployment_Survival_Handbook.pdf
http://www.hooah4health.
com/deployment/familymatters/FSGhandbook.htm
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/dclm/websites.htm
https://www.armyfrg.org/skins/frg/home.aspx?AllowSSL=true
DeploymentLINK http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/
Surviving Deployment www.survivingdeployment.com
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
mrs.marketingresultsgroup.
com/ClientFiles/38FD2B5A75F34F31.pdf
Being a Couple Again - National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/reunions/infoCouple.cfm
A Soldier and Family Guide to Redeploying - DOD
Deployment Health Clinical Center
chppm-www.apgea.army.
mil/deployment/FamilyReunionTrifold19Dec03.pdf
Focus on Adult Family Members
Post Deployment:
Deployment Guide For Families of Deploying Soldiers.
Separation and Reunion Handbook www.hooah4health.
com/deployment/familymatters/reunion.htm#
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families www.
ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/GuideforFamilies.pdf
Focus on Youth:
Guard Family Youth Website www.guardfamilyyouth.org
Deployment Kids www.deploymentkids.com
DOD’s Military Student Program: The Military Child in
Transition and Deployment www.militarystudent.dod.mil/
For the Community:
Welcome Home: How to make a difference in the lives of
returning war zone veterans (includes Dr. James Munroe’s
“Eight Battlefield Skills that Make Life in the Civilian World
Challenging”) - Washington Family Policy Council
www.fpc.wa.gov/Welcome%20Home.pdf
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
How Communities can Support the Children and Families of
those Serving in the National Guard or Reserves.
Military Child Education Coalition
www.militarychild.org/pdfs/GuardReserveForWeb.pdf
Operation: Military Kids - Army’s efforts to support youth of
National Guard & Army reserve families
www.operationmilitarykids.org
For School Systems:
School Connectedness: Extending Connections to Military
Children - Military Child Initiative, John Hopkins School of
Public Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/resources/MCI%20Monograph%
20FINAL.pdf
10 Tips for Administrators that Foster Connectedness to
Schools - Military Child Initiative, John Hopkins School of
Public Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/resources/Ten%20Tips%20for%
20administrators.pdf
10 Tips for Parents that Foster Connectedness to Schools -
Military Child Initiative, John Hopkins School of Public Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/resources/Ten%20Tips%20for%
20parents.pdf
10 Tips for Teachers that Foster Connectedness to Schools
- Military Child Initiative, John Hopkins School of Public Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/resources/Ten%20Tips%20for%
20teachers.pdf
Educator's Guide to the Military Child During Deployment
http://www.militarystudent.dod.
mil/k12images/upload/educator_guide.pdf
Military Students on the Move: School Leader's Toolkit
http://www.militarystudent.dod.
mil/SchoolLeadersToolkit_0406.pdf
Promising Practices: Created by DoD and the Military
Impacted Schools Association, this highlights excellence in
educational practices associated with the military child
Link
For Clinicians:
The Iraq War Clinician Guide, 2nd Edition - National
Center for PTSD
http://www.ncptsd.va.
gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/nc_manual_iwcguide.html
Management of Post-Traumatic Stress - Clinical Practice
Guideline Working Group, Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs and Health Affairs,
Department of Defense, December 2003.
www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/PTSD/PTSD_Base.htm
The Unique Circumstances of the Wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq - A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.
Brett T. Litz, Ph.D.
Link
The Mental Health Impact of the Wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq - Brett T. Litz, Ph.D.
Link
Traumatic Grief: Symptomatology and Treatment for the Iraq
War Veteran - A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet
Ilona Pivar, Ph.D.
Link
PTSD and the Family - A National Center for PTSD Fact
Sheet
Eve B. Carlson, Ph.D. and Joseph Ruzek, Ph.D.
www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_family.html?
opm=1&rr=rr83&srt=d&echorr=true
Reintegration Fact Sheet for Providers - Courage to Care,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
www.usuhs.mil/psy/RFSP.pdf
Resources for Working with Military Personnel and Their
Families (Ken Pope’s website)
www.kspope.com/torvic/war.php
American Psychological Association’s “Resilience in a Time
of War” http://www.apahelpcenter.
org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=43
Military Family Research Institute of Purdue University - http:
//www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/
VIDEOS
Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families During Military
Deployment. Sesame Street DVD, parent/caregiver
magazine and children’s activity poster. - Available for free
for active duty folks through Military OneSource (1-800-342-
9647) OR website: www.sesameworkshop.org/tlc
Getting Home: All the Way Home - Free downloadable DVD
created by TriWest (TRICARE Contractor in the West
Region) for soldiers & their families https://www.triwest.
com/triwest/default.html?
/triwest/unauth/newContent/newBehavioralHealth/videostrea
m.asp
Youth Coping With Military Deployment: "Promoting
Resilience in Your Family" and “Mr. Poe and Friends.”
American Academy of Pediatrics. Video from Operation
Purple summer camp with interviews by kids.
Available: http://www.aap.
org/sections/unifserv/deployment/ysp-resources.htm
Our Turn to Serve: Looking After our Newest Veterans -
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Learning University.
Employee Education System (EES). Created to help VA staff
better understand the experiences of military personnel
serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom
We’re by Your Side - Department of Veterans Affairs VA
Learning University . Employee Education System (EES).
Thanks service members for their service and introduces
some of the services VA can provide as they readjust to
civilian life
Battlemind Training Video (For Soldiers and Family
Members) - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Department of Military Psychiatry - Available to view online
at: www.battlemind.org/
OTHER
Operation Purple -- free summer camps for military kids -
Hosted through the National Military Family Association
www.operationpurple.com
Turning Your Heart Toward Home Workbook (curriculum) - A
class for war veterans and their families
Bridget Cantrell, Ph.D. www.heartstowardhome.
com/workbook.htm
LITERATURE:
For Veterans / Soldiers (and
Families)
Back from the Front: Combat Trauma,
Love, and the Family. (2007). A.
Matsakis.
Down Range: To Iraq and Back
(2005). Bridget Cantrell, Ph.D., Chuck
Dean
Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies
for Returning Soldiers and Their
Families (2006). Keith Armstrong,
Suzanne Best, Paula Domenici
For Families
While They're at War: The True Story
of American Families on the
Homefront (2006). Kristin Henderson
Surviving Deployment: A Guide for
Military Families (2003). 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).
Dianne Collier (of Canada )
Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for
America 's Military Families (2002).
Ellie Kay
Trust After Trauma: A Guide to
Relationships for Survivors and Those
Who Love Them. (1998) Aphrodite
Matsakis
For Kids
Coping with Deployment:
A Very Long Time (2005). [for kids
ages 4-8; picture book for children
whose parents are deployed]. Geri
Timperley and Nikki Arro
Daddy, You're My Hero! // Mommy,
You're My Hero! (2005). [for kids ages
4-8] Michelle Ferguson-Cohen
While You Are Away (2004). [for kids
ages 4-8; picture book for children
whose parents are deployed] Eileen
Spinelli and Renee Graef
Uncle Sam’s Kids: When Duty Calls.
(2003). [for kids ages 5-11 focusing
on deployment issues] Angela
Sportelli-Rehak
Deployment Journal for Kids(2005).
Rachel Robertson
Coping with the Aftermath of Trauma /
Reintegration / Grief:
Finding My Way: A Teen’s Guide to
Living with a Parent Who has
Experienced Trauma. (2005) [for kids
ages 12-18]
Michelle D. Sherman, Ph.D. and
DeAnne M. Sherman.
(available at www.seedsofhopebooks.
com)
Helping Children Cope with the
Challenges of War and Terrorism. [for
kids ages 7-12] Annette M. LaGreca,
Ph.D., et al. 7-Dippity. Entire Book is
available for download: www.7-dippity.
com/other/UWA_war_book.pdf
Supplement (for using with school
classes or groups): Available at www.7-
dippity.com/other/Supplement.pdf
The Hero in My Pocket. [for kids ages
6-12 whose parent has died while in
the the line of duty]. Marlene Lee.
COLORING BOOKS / ACTIVITY
PAMPHLETS
Channing Bete - Interactive pamphlets
on a variety of topics such as: mission
readiness, deployment, reintegration,
making the most of military family life,
military policies and procedures (e.g.,
“Know What? I’m Ready for Reunion !”
and “Military Family Wellbeing” and
“Your Parent is Coming Home!”)
www.channing-bete.com/military
The Bureau for At-Risk Youth
“I’ll Miss You” and “Welcome Home!”
(coloring / activity pamphlets on
deployment and homecoming).
Available at: 1-800-99-YOUTH
