Resources
Publications
Resources for Youth Serving Professionals Caring for Children and Adolescents with Deployed Military Parents
Web Sites
www.aap.org/sections/unifserv/deployment/index.html (American Academy of Pediatrics site dedicated to the effects of deployment on child and adolescent mental health)
www.militarystudent.dod.mil/ (Department Of Defense Office of the Military Child in Transition and Deployment)
www.ncptsd.va.gov/war/fs_children_war.html (PTSD – Children and War)
www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/index.html (Military Family Research Institute)
www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil (Supporting Troops and Their Families)
www.nmfa.org (National Military Family Association)
www.militarychild.org (Military Child Education Coalition)
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For Kids
Ferguson-Cohen, Michelle Daddy, You're My Hero! // Mommy, You're My Hero! (2005). [for kids ages 4-8]
LaGreca A et al Helping Children Cope with the Challenges of War and Terrorism. [for kids ages 7-12]. 7-Dippity. Entire Book is available for download: Helping Children Cope (PDF). Supplement (for using with school classes or groups): Supplement (PDF).
Robertson, Rachel Deployment Journal for Kids (2005)
Sherman, MD Sherman DM Finding My Way: A Teen’s Guide to Living with a Parent who has Experienced Trauma (2005) [for kids ages 12-18] (available at www.seedsofhopebooks.com)
Sherman, MD Sherman, DM Edina, MN: I’m not alone: A teen’s guide to living with a parent who has a mental illness. (2006). Beaver’s Pond Press. (available at www.seedsofhopebooks.com)
Spinelli, Eileen & Graef, Renee While You Are Away (2004). [Picture book for children whose parents are deployed; ages 4-8]
Sportelli-Rehak , Angela Uncle Sam’s Kids: When Duty Calls. (2003). [for kids ages 5-11 focusing on deployment issues]
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Books
Armstrong K, Best S , & Domenici P. Courage after fire: Coping strategies for returning soldiers and their families. (2005). Ulysses Press.
Cantrell B & Dean C Down range: To Iraq and back. (2005). Washington: WordSmith Books.
Collier, Dianne (of Canada) Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Families (2002).
Henderson, Kristin While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront (2006).
Kay, Ellie Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them. (1998) Aphrodite Matsakis
Martin JA, Rosen LN, and Sparaceno LR (eds): The Military Family: A Practical Guide for Human Service Providers , Praeger, Westport, Conn. 2000
Pavlicin KM: Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families Elva Resa Publishing Saint Paul, Minn 2003
Vandesteeg C: When Duty Calls: A Guide to Equip Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve Personnel and Their Loved Ones for Military Separations WinePress Publishing Enumclaw, WA 2001
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Articles
Goodman RF: Caring for Kids After Trauma and Death: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by The Institute for Trauma and Stress at the NYU Child Study Center, 2002 (can be accessed at www.militarystudent.org )
Hardaway T: Treatment of Psychological Trauma in Children of Military Families in Mass Trauma and Violence: Helping Families and Children Cope (Webb NB-ed) The Guilford Press, New York, pp259-282
Stafford EM and Grady BA: Military Family Support Pediatric Annals Vol 32 No 2 pp110-115 (Feb 03)
Stafford EM: Challenging Times: Pediatricians should be prepared to support needs of children in military families AAP NEWS, Vol 22 No 6 April 2003
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Reports
MFRI Final Report (June 2005)
Navy Project by Lt. Commander Mary White
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