ADAPT newsletters
Recent editions
Volume 18: Supporting Children’s Learning
This issue covers parent involvement in childcare and school, and the key to effective communication with your children. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 17: Reconnecting as Couples After Deployment
This issue covers how to reconnect as a couple after being apart. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 16: Ambiguous Loss & Resilience in Military Life
This issue covers how to help your children cope with ambiguity and uncertainty. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 15: Resilience in Military Families
This issue covers how parents and children can build resilience during the deployment cycle. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 14: Dealing with Injury
This issue covers teaching children to understand and cope with the injury, seen or unseen, of family service members. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 13: School Days
This issue covers why connections to daycares and schools are vital to children’s academic success. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 12: Supporting a Family Member with PTSD
This issue covers issues about how to support a family member with PTSD, and how the symptoms a family member experiences may affect your child or children. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 11: Coping with Combat Stress and PTSD
This issue covers issues about how to cope with combat stress and PTSD, and how these affect your child or children. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 10: Adapting to Reintegration – Support Systems
This issue covers issues involving adapting to reintegration by reconnecting to your support system and creating family rituals. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 9: Preparing for Reintegration – Service Member
This issue covers issues involving reintegration after deployment for the returning service member. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 8: Preparing for Reintegration – Child
This issue covers issues involving reintegration after deployment and your child. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 7: Preparing for Reintegration – Spouse/Partner
This issue covers issues involving reintegration after deployment and your spouse or partner. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 6: Rest and Recuperation
This issue covers issues surrounding taking care of yourself and your family through rest and recuperation. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 5: Deployment and Children with Special Needs
This issue covers issues surrounding helping children of different age groups understand deployment. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 4: Single, Divorced, and Blended Families
This issue covers issues surrounding single parents, divorced parents, and blended families. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 3: Co-parenting from Afar: Staying Connected
This issue covers staying connected and co-parenting during deployment. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 2: Bonding, Attachment and Separation
This issue covers how to prepare your family for deployment. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.
- Your baby and toddler (Birth to 2.5 years)
- Your preschooler (2.5 to 5 years)
- Your school-aged child (5 to 11 years)
- Your pre-teen and teenager (11 to 17 years)
Volume 1: How and When to Talk about Deployment
This issue covers how to talk with your children about issues surrounding deployment. Select your child’s age group to download the newsletter with more information and helpful hints.