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Settling In: Surviving and Thriving during Deployment

This workshop aims to help families maintain legal and financial matters, emergency preparedness, and strategies for helping children and themselves cope with a service member's deployment.

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Settling In: Surviving and Thriving during Deployment

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  1. Settling In: Surviving and Thriving during Deployment FACILITATOR’S NAME Date

  2. Objectives • Identify  and discuss how to maintain legal and financial matters during to deployment. • Discuss emergency preparedness and notification processes. • Apply strategies for helping children and yourself cope with a Service Member’s deployment.

  3. Keeping Up Legal Emergency Children YOU Financial

  4. Legal Considerations • Power of Attorney • Taxes • Resources

  5. Financial Considerations • Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) • Deployment Spending Plan • Savings • Savings Deposit Program (SDP) • Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) • Bills • Emergency Relief Organizations

  6. Prepare for Emergencies • Plan • Emergency Phone List • Support System • Emergencies involving Family Members • Emergencies involving Service Member

  7. Emergency Phone Numbers • Ambulance • Fire Department • American Red Cross • Police • Family Programs Office • Civilian Police • Family Advocacy • Poison Control • Family Practice Clinic • Veterinarian • Family Practice Doctor • Deployment Information: • Rear Detachment : • Phone Number • Commander’s Name • FRG Leader Name: • Family Assistance Center: • Sponsor’s Duty Address:

  8. Red Cross Message Info • Full Legal Name • Rank/Rating • Branch of Service • (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard) • SSN • Date of Birth • Military Unit Address • Deployed Unit and Home Unit (if different)

  9. Common Behaviors Preschool and Kindergarten • Increased clinginess • Unexplained tearfulness • Increased aggression • Choosing adult company over other children • Shrinking away or becoming quiet • Change in sleeping or eating • Fear of new situations and people • Increased separation anxiety

  10. Common Behaviors School Age • Any preschool/ kindergarten behaviors • Increased physical complaints • Increased irritability • Drop in grades • Decreased interest in school • General complaints • Anger toward at-home parent

  11. Common Behaviors Adolescents • Any preschool/ kindergarten/ school age behaviors • Acting out at home or school • Lower self esteem • Self criticism • Misdirected anger • Sudden or unusual school problems • Loss of interest in hobbies and activities

  12. Common Behaviors You • Concern over financial issues • Changes in eating habits • Feeling withdrawn • Feeling powerlessness • Headaches or stomach problems • Irritability and anger • Sadness and depression • Trouble concentrating • Emotionally numb • Crying for no apparent reason • Difficulty completing tasks or making decisions • Difficulty sleeping • Concern over managing alone • Concern over impact of deployment on relationship

  13. Helping Children • Recognize normal behaviors • Get them connected • Share feelings • Be consistent • Seek help

  14. Taking Care of YOU • Get connected • Take care of YOU • Set goals • Things to avoid • Seek help

  15. Objectives • Identify  and discuss how to maintain legal and financial matters during to deployment. • Discuss emergency preparedness and notification processes. • Apply strategies for helping children and yourself cope with a Service Member’s deployment.

  16. Settling In: Surviving and Thriving during Deployment FACILITATOR’S NAME Date

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