Author: Rachel Robertson
Publisher: Elva Resa
ISBN: 9781934617571
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Created especially for military kids, this popular journal offers comforting words and a special place to express feelings during the deployment of a parent or any loved one from any service branch. Young journal keepers will find encouragement for difficult days, ideas for healthy activities, and plenty of journaling pages to express their feelings and record experiences through words and pictures. New and updated edition! Fun new design Enhanced writing prompts Ideas for keeping in touch New goal-setting pages New feelings pages Glossary and fun facts about military life

Author: Karen Pavlicin
Publisher: Elva Resa
ISBN: 9781934617144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Personal stories, practical ideas, and checklists help readers know what to expect, how to prepare, and how to personally grow as individuals and families. Updated second edition includes new information about longer repeat and multiple deployments, self-care and wellness, and stories and examples from recent conflicts.

Author: Beth Andrews
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615920218
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Military families face stressful times that are unique to the military lifestyle. One of the most challenging situations, both for children and parents, is when a father, mother, or sibling is deployed for military service and must be away from the home. Children often experience sadness, anger, fear, anxiety, and loneliness, and they do not understand their own feelings or know how to express them. This book is designed to help children especially, but also their parents, during such difficult times. Based on many years of experience as a social worker, who has assisted military families experiencing stress, author Beth Andrews has created an excellent tool for allowing children and their loved ones to deal with the many emotions caused by deployment. The text and illustrations encourage children to discuss their feelings and to draw their own pictures to express themselves. The accompanying parents'' guide is designed to validate parents'' feelings and give them ways to help their children cope. Guided by this approach, a parent or caregiver can help their children understand why one of their parents or a sibling had to leave home, identify their reactions, cope with their feelings in a positive way, be assured that they are not alone, and try new activities to help themselves adjust. At a time when military families are asked to make many sacrifices in the service of their country, this reassuring book will be a welcome resource.

Author: Rachel Robertson
Publisher: Elva Resa
ISBN: 9780965748346
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A personal journal for anyone who has a loved one deployed with the military. Gentle journal writing prompts and encouraging sayings guide you through deployment and homecoming. Keeping Track section in the back helps you log milestones, communication, and special moments. Textured warm yellow Pellaq cover with yellow ribbon.

Author: Karen Petty
Publisher: Redleaf Press
ISBN: 1605540579
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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Children with parents in the military face unfamiliar and complicated emotions. This comprehensive handbook is for civilians and military personnel who work with or care for children who experience separation through deployment, death, or divorce. Written by an internationally known, hands-on trainer and presenter in the field, this book contains theory-based, practice-driven strategies for handling separation and helping young through elementary-age children move forward and live full lives.

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309489539
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated increases in operational tempo, and the general challenges of military life affect not only service members but also the people who depend on them and who support them as they support the nation â€" their families. Family members provide support to service members while they serve or when they have difficulties; family problems can interfere with the ability of service members to deploy or remain in theater; and family members are central influences on whether members continue to serve. In addition, rising family diversity and complexity will likely increase the difficulty of creating military policies, programs and practices that adequately support families in the performance of military duties. Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society examines the challenges and opportunities facing military families and what is known about effective strategies for supporting and protecting military children and families, as well as lessons to be learned from these experiences. This report offers recommendations regarding what is needed to strengthen the support system for military families.

Author: Bronson Lemer
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299282139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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In 2003, after serving five and a half years as a carpenter in a North Dakota National Guard engineer unit, Bronson Lemer was ready to leave the military behind. But six months short of completing his commitment to the army, Lemer was deployed on a yearlong tour of duty to Iraq. Leaving college life behind in the Midwest, he yearns for a lost love and quietly dreams of a future as an openly gay man outside the military. He discovers that his father’s lifelong example of silent strength has taught him much about being a man, and these lessons help him survive in a war zone and to conceal his sexuality, as he is required to do by the U.S. military. The Last Deployment is a moving, provocative chronicle of one soldier’s struggle to reconcile military brotherhood with self-acceptance. Lemer captures the absurd nuances of a soldier’s daily life: growing a mustache to disguise his fear, wearing pantyhose to battle sand fleas, and exchanging barbs with Iraqis while driving through Baghdad. But most strikingly, he describes the poignant reality faced by gay servicemen and servicewomen, who must mask their identities while serving a country that disowns them. Often funny, sometimes anguished, The Last Deployment paints a deeply personal portrait of war in the twenty-first century. InSight Out Book Club selection Bronson Lemer named one of Instinct magazine’s Leading Men 2011 QPB Book Club selection Finalist, Minnesota Book Awards Finalist, Over the Rainbow Selection, American Library Association Amazon Top Ten 10 Gay & Lesbian Books of 2011

Author: Brenda Ehrmantraut
Publisher: Elva Resa
ISBN: 9781934617281
Category : Fathers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When a soldier's work takes him half-way around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son. Night Catch is a timeless story that connects families while they are apart and offers comforting hope for their reunion. "We enthusiastically recommend it " --Military Child Education Coalition "Night Catch is the best of the best " --Sally Ann Zoll, Ed.D, CEO, United Through Reading Now a full-dome planetarium video

Author: Julie LaBelle
Publisher: Elva Resa
ISBN: 9781934617076
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"...excellent resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to help young children feel a part of the deployment process and prepare them for what's coming next." --Operation We Are Here The activities in this fun 112-page activity book reinforce concepts young children are already learning and give them a safe way to ask questions, talk about their feelings, and feel connected to a deployed parent. Four sections (Getting Ready for Deployment, Deployment, Getting Ready for Reunion, and Reunion) provide appropriate activities for each stage of deployment, from packing and saying goodbye to welcoming Dad home. Includes mazes, dot-to-dots, counting, matching, coloring, crafts, telling time and other activities familiar to preschool and elementary children. A fun book for children and an excellent resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to help young children feel a part of the deployment process and prepare them for what's coming next. This book is specific to a dad deploying. A version for deployed moms is also available.

Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440655
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!