In This Issue
- Presidential initiative: Psychology's contribution to the health care of military service members and their families
Ensuring that psychologists are in the forefront in providing services to military personnel, veterans and their families
By Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD - Protecting the home front: The 10-year global war on terror and our military families
Understanding ways we can improve the overall well-being of our military families and children affected is vital
- School-based behavioral health services for military youth: Essential components of a novel and successful service delivery model
A service delivery model that integrates behavioral health providers with school and community staff
- Utilizing parent-child interaction therapy to help improve the outcome of military families
PCIT is a strong evidenced-based practice developed for use with young children with a history of maltreatment
- Engaging and retaining National Guard/Reserve families with very young children in treatment: The Strong Families Strong Forces Program
Learning directly from parents about challenges throughout the deployment cycle, reintegration, and service needs and gaps
- Development and evaluation of a web-enhanced parenting program for reintegrating National Guard and Reserve families: After deployment, adaptive parenting tools/ADAPT
A modification of the empirically-supported Parent Management Training-Oregon Model, tailored to families coping with the stress of deployment
Director’s Notes
- Exciting changes for the Office on Children, Youth and Families
New projects, CYF on Twitter and new regular features including "The Next Generation" and others
By Lauren Fasig, JD, PhD
CYF Advocacy Update
- Federal policy activities addressing issues important to children, youth and families
Includes the National Convening on Fair Sentencing of Youth, Federal Partners in Bullying Summit and other highlights
By Kerry Bolger, PhD
The Next Generation
- Facilitating school reentry for chronically ill children
An executive summary of Canter & Roberts (2012) quantitative review on school reentry programs
Children, Youth and Families Committee Update
- New strategic plan for CYF
Working collaboratively to select and carry out a limited number of projects systems that affect families
Calling All CYF Psychologists
- Upcoming conferences, meetings and events
Annual meetings, funding opportunities and training programs
Spotlight on the Future
- Research on the well-being of military children: Future directions
Directions for future research, including secure attachment, variations in abilities to withstand stress and positive youth development.