One of the constants of the military lifestyle is geographic mobility, or permanent change of station (PCS). The PCS has a particularly profound effect on military children with disabilities and their families.
Focus groups and interviews were conducted with military families who have dependents with disabilities enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) as well as the providers serving them.
Over the past decade, many children have experienced a parental deployment, increasing their risk for emotional and behavioral problems.
Online survey data were used to examine individual and child well-being, recognition of child problems, and help-seeking behaviors among military parents. Most military families were aware of their child’s problems and sought help.
This study evaluates a model for considering domain-general and domain-specific associations between teacher–child interactions and children's development, using a bifactor analytic strategy.
Teachers' strategies and interactions with students may influence child development outcomes.
Objectives. We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. Methods.
Evidence-based programs are needed to help military families cope with the stress of deployment. Parent, child, and overall family well-being was compared before and after the Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS) program to examine its effect on resilience and psychological health.
War has a profound emotional impact on military personnel and their families, but little is known about how deployment-related stress impacts the occurrence of child maltreatment in military families.
Child maltreatment may be more likely when a family is experiencing significant distress, and military deployment may be one stressor that increases risk for child maltreatment.