Impact of Military Deployment on the Development and Behavior of Children

Nelson, Suzie C.; Baker, Matthew; Weston, Christina G.

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2016.06.003

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“…5 According to the DOD, military personnel are composed of 17.7% officers with an average age of 34.6 years and 82.3% enlisted personnel with an average age of 27.1 years. 5,7 Most enlisted personnel have a high school diploma, and 8% have a bachelor's degree or higher; the majority of officers (85%) have a bachelor's degree or higher. 5 Approximately 58% of the 2.2 million members serving on active duty and the National Guard and Reserve have families, and 40% have at least 2 children.…”

Section: Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…5 When including active duty personnel, reserve personnel, and veterans, it is estimated that there are 4 million children who are military connected, with the largest group age ≤5 years. 7…”

Section: Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Military families are geographically mobile, moving at a rate 2.4 times more frequent than that of their civilian counterparts. 7,10,16 Military children may experience a move every 2 to 4 years and can transition between schools up to 9 times by the age of 18 years. 1,17 Because of the frequent mobility, there is often a lack of continuity of health care 1 and limited employment opportunities for nonmilitary spouses.…”

Section: Relocationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the challenges associated with deployment, numerous programs have been established to assist service members and their families. Nelson et al 7 described several family-based intervention programs that have been established to increase resilience, combat stress, and improve family functioning: Families OverComing Under Stress, 30 After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools, 31 and the STRoNG Intervention for families with young children. 32 Additional programs that may assist families with younger children in preparing for the stress of the deployment cycle include Sesame Workshop's Talk, Listen, Connect initiative 33 and child-parent psychotherapy-based interventions.…”

Section: Deployment Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Approximately 13% of children with an active duty parent attend a Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) school. 7 DODEA operates 166 schools for 72 000 children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade; is located in 7 states, 11 countries, and 2 territories; and also provides support for 1.2 million students who are military connected in public schools in the United States. 51,52 DODEA schools are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and use a comprehensive curriculum and standardized assessments, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress.…”

Section: Education Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

Huebner¹,

Kimball-Eayrs

Burnett

et al. 2019

Pediatrics

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Children in US military families share common experiences and unique challenges, including parental deployment and frequent relocation. Although some of the stressors of military life have been associated with higher rates of mental health disorders and increased health care use among family members, there are various factors and interventions that have been found to promote resilience. Military children often live on or near military installations, where they may attend Department of Defense-sponsored child care programs and schools and receive medical care through military treatment facilities. However, many families live in remote communities without access to these services. Because of this wide geographic distribution, military children are cared for in both military and civilian medical practices. This clinical report provides a background to military culture and offers practical guidance to assist civilian and military pediatricians caring for military children.

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Section: Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Relocationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Deployment Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Education Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

Huebner¹,

Kimball-Eayrs

Burnett

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Pediatrics

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Rossiter¹,

Hernandez²,

Mackie³

2020

Advances in Pediatrics

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Serving together: Play therapy to foster attachment for grieving military families.

Villarreal-Davis¹,

Watts-Figueroa²,

Turner³

2021

International Journal of Play Therapy

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Military-connected children are forced to manage the unique challenges that characterize military life. These experiences include frequent relocations, deployments, recovery from combat, and sometimes the death or injury of their caregiver. Although militaryconnected children are known to be very resilient, they are faced with the difficult task of adjusting to frequent changes and coping with experiences of grief and loss, particularly in the case of combat-realted death. In addition, military-connected children face constant disruptions of attachment bonds, which can complicate the grief process. In order to promote a secure attachment after a combat-related loss, military-connected children would benefit from a family-based and attachment-based play therapy approach that centers on rebuilding the parent-child relationship, repairing disruptions and ruptures in parental attachment, and restoring attachment bonds. Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is one approach that focuses on repairing the parent-child relationship by using the parent as the therapeutic agent of change, hope, and healing. Through CPRT, military-connected children can repair and restore disruptions and ruptures of attachment.

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Impact of Military Deployment on the Development and Behavior of Children

Cited by 8 publications

References 51 publications

Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

Collateral Damage

Serving together: Play therapy to foster attachment for grieving military families.

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