Objectives: 1. Describe the differences between Active Duty and Reserve Component military forces and how these differences may affect the emotional and behavioral well-being of military children and adolescents.
2. Discuss the differences between the service and sacrifice offered by a military service member on behalf of his or her country and the service and sacrifice a military child or adolescent offers in support of the military family member.
3. Explain why civilian pediatricians and other youth-serving professionals may come into contact with military children and adolescents and how they could support the emotional and behavioral health needs of this population more proactively.
4. Recognize some of the emotional and behavioral changes that may occur to military service members as a result of their service in the military and how these changes may affect their children.
5. Characterize the spectrum of stress in military youth.
6. Name three support resources designed specifically to support the emotional and behavioral health needs of military children and adolescents.
7. List three steps pediatricians can take within their practices to provide culturally competent care to military children and adolescents.
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