 Seven Individual Community Based Lessons to Strengthen the Bonds of Couples and Families in the Military
Lessons include:
- The Uniqueness of Military Family Life
 Keeping a Relationship Together- Dealing with Deployment and Separation
- Helping Children Cope with Deployment
- Staying Connected during Deployment
- Reuniting: Post Deployment
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Parents and Spouses explore:
- The uniqueness of being a military couple and family.
Ways families can keep their marital and parental relationships strong.
Strategies to support each other through the stresses of deployment and separation.
- Ways to help children cope with the separation and loss of a parent.
- Strategies in reunifying as a spouse and parent.
- How to handle situations of family members returning with permanent disabilities.
- Strategies to assist returning military personnel in reunifying back into the family and community.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), understanding the condition, how to recognize signs of PTSD, and how to help loved ones seek proper treatment.
CD includes:
- Seven individual lessons each approximately 90 minutes long.
- Lesson Plans that include goals, objectives, discussion topics, interactive activities, worksheets, and handouts for participants.
- Color slides are included on the CD designed for overhead and/or Power Point presentations to meet your style of training.
- Activities that inform, engage and empower participants in developing new skills and increasing their understanding of the issues unique to military families.
- Lessons also include marketing and workshop tools that can be customized with your agency, name, location, and date and time of the workshop. Customizing options: flyers, postcards, name tags, “This Way” sign and a choice of five certificates of completion.
- No need for hours of preparation. Each lesson comes with all the materials you need to conduct your workshop.
- Home practice assignments allow parents the chance to use and share the knowledge gained in class at home with their family and friends.
The Seven Lessons are ideal to:
… offer as a series of weekly classes in your military and civilian communities.
… support the families in your community who have members serving in the military.
… instruct professional staff, educators and home visitors at in-service trainings.
The lessons are a versatile means of educating families on the philosophy and skills of Nurturing Parenting, proven evidence-based parenting programs.
About the Authors
*Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. is nationally recognized for his work in preventing the maltreatment of children through promoting the philosophy and practices of Nurturing Parenting.
Penni L. Sears, LMFT, M.S. is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, and principal developer of this CD program.
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