DVDs Help Kids Cope With Deployment

Week of May 05, 2008

The U.S. Army Medical Command and the American Academy of Pediatrics produced "Military Youth Coping with Separation: When Family Members Deploy," a DVD developed to address a variety of deployment-related concerns for teens. For elementary age children there is a, "Mr. Poe and Friends Discuss Reunion After Deployment" DVD. The animated host, Mr. Poe, mentors and provides guidance to children and family members as they discuss deployment. Both videos are available for online viewing on the American Academy of Pediatrics Deployment Support Website. They are also available for ordering, in DVD format, through Military One Source at 1-800-342-9647. Read the full article.

To find more family resources visit the Military Spouse Network.

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