(Online Course) The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part 2

105 minutes

Description

The goal of this interactive online training is to provide some general information regarding resilience in families, specifically how to increase resiliency in couples and children negotiating the challenge of deployment.

Outline

1.  Introduction

2.  Understanding resilience in military families

      a.  What is resilience?

      b.  How do we promote resilience?

      c.  Risk and resiliency factors reviewed

3.  General tips and skills for promoting resiliency in military families

      a.  Resiliency in couples

      b.  Strategies for promoting resilient couples

      c.  What is CBT?

      d.  Cognitive distortions

      e.  Communication training

      f.   Problem solving

      g.  Scheduling pleasurable activities

      h.  Resiliency in children

      i.  A model of resilience for children

4.  Specific tips and skills for promoting resiliency in families throughout the

deployment cycle

      a.  Deployment cycle

           i.  Pre-deployment

               1.  Tips for coping pre-deployment: couples

               2.  Tips for coping pre-deployment: children

          ii.   Deployment

               1.  Research on long distance relationships (LDRs)

               2.  Tips for coping deployment: couples

               3.  Tips for coping deployment: children

         iii.   Post-deployment

               1.  Tips for coping post-deployment: couples

               2.  Tips for coping post-deployment: children

 

Learning Objectives:

1.   To describe the concept of resiliency in families.

2.   To summarize general strategies that promote resiliency in couples and children.

3.   To discuss specific skills to promote healthy adjustment for families throughout the deployment cycle.

 

Notes: The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part 1, is recommended as a prerequisite.