Trauma and Stress
Strong, caring and loving relationships can shield children from the impact of negative experiences, and they can be mutually healing.
Children are deeply impacted by the events that take place around them. Even though they may not understand what they see and hear, they absorb and are affected by the people they rely on for love and security. Constant, unrelenting negative experiences – known as “toxic stress” – take a toll on a child’s growth and development. Parents and caregivers play a very important role in helping infants and toddlers heal from traumatic experiences.
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Young Children on the Homefront: Family Stories, Family Strengths
In these videos, military families share their unique deployment experiences and challenges, and they offer tips and strategies that parents will find useful in supporting their young child before, d…
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Honoring Our Babies and Toddlers
This 3-piece set, designed for professionals and military parents, provides methods to support young children affected by stress, trauma, grief, and loss due to a military parent’s deployment, injury…
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These brochures focus on the unique experience of parenting a baby or toddler, particularly during times of stress and separation that military families may be experiencing.
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Opportunities to Change the Outcomes of Traumatized Children
Learn more about Child Adversity Narratives (CAN), an effort to inform policymakers and the public about the costs and consequences of child maltreatment and adversity.
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Coping After a Natural Disaster
We hope the following information will help you understand how babies and toddlers can be affected by a disaster, and what you can do to help your child cope.
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12–24 Months: What You Can Do to Support School Readiness Skills
Getting children ready for school is a process that starts as soon as the child is born. Here are everyday strategies to help children develop thinking skills, self-control, self-confidence, and lang…