Military Families

NEW MOBILE APP FOR PROVIDERS: CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS TOOLKIT
A mobile application for smartphones and tablets is now available for the Co-occurring Conditions Toolkit: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health from the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE). This mobile app is designed for use by primary care providers to evaluate and treat patients experiencing a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and common co-occurring conditions such as PTSD, depression, chronic pain, and substance use disorder. http://www.dcoe.health.mil/NewsArticle.aspx?id=2875

MILITARY KIDS CONNECT WEBSITE
This new Department of Defense website provides military children a safe, fun, interactive place where they can build resilience and learn coping skills to help deal with the challenges of having a deployed family member. http://militarykidsconnect.org

Check It Out: Finding Common Ground Toolkit
North Carolina National Guard (NC NG) is one of the pilot sites that helped develop the Activity Guide for military families released in our last e-newsletter and has been using activities from the Guide since 2006. Read our interview with Alice Dean, State Youth Coordinator, to learn how NC NG has adapted the activities over time, which ones are surefire favorites, and about the plans that NC NG has to roll out these activities statewide.

Special Education: Ages 3 through 21

Military Deployment Guide
Preparing you and your family for the road ahead.

Military Youth On The Move http://apps.mhf.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=MYOM:HOME:0

Guide to Mental Health Services for Veterans and Families

Hero Miles’ Program Supports Families of Fallen, Wounded
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62333

Presidential Initiative Supports Military Families
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/24/presidential-initiative-supports-military-families

Nominations Open for Military Child of the Year Award
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62332

http://www.realwarriors.net/guardreserve/reintegration/familyreintegration.php

SAMHSA Releases New Resources!
The following three military families resources explore the nature and scope of substance use and mental disorders among military service members and examine the strength of the system to address these problems as well as efforts underway to improve our ability to support military service members and their families.

Military Families: Access to Care for Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, Veterans, Their Families and Those Close to Them (CD)

Military Families: Access to Care for Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, Veterans, Their Families and Those Close to Them (VHS)

Military Families: Access to Care for Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, Veterans, Their Families and Those Close to Them (DVD)

Helping Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events

This publication provides information on how systems of care and trauma-informed services can improve the lives of children and youth who have experienced traumatic events and includes findings from a national evaluation of such programs and describes common treatment approaches.

The Real Warriors Campaign has gone mobile. Visit  http://www.realwarriors.net/mobile.php