
Injuries: Long-Term Caregiving
Injuries can affect routines & responsibilities, but family teamwork can help you face these changes.
Maintain a sense of comfort through military changes.
Encourage your child to let out his feelings.
Make every birthday special no matter where you are.
Empower your family to make healthy choices.
Working with medical providers, you can keep your family healthy & happy as they adjust to new spaces & faces.
Prepare your family for reunions.
Make moving a positive experience for your military children.
Develop strategies for coping with pre-deployments and deployments.
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Establish a “new normal” after physical or mental injuries.
Help your military family cope after the death of a loved one.
Access our Little Children, Big Challenges family support services, kids learning sites, and other resources for military children, which help all families of military service build the skills they need to be resilient.