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These resources have been created using a strengths-based, resilience approach with children. The family is viewed through a socio-ecological lens, that is, the child is part of a complex system, including their own individual characteristics, family, friends, professionals, community, government, culture, society, media and global events.
Please start with Modules 1 and 2, then use only the modules that are relevant to you and your family.
Terminology:
Defence - current serving military member
Veteran - previously serving military member
First Responder - emergency services worker
Remote Worker - anyone who leaves their family or community to work away (e.g. transport workers, FIFO, DIDO etc.)
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Defence specific information
“ADF partners make incredible sacrifices and the deployment and posting cycles can have a significant effect, particularly on their employment” Darren Chester MP
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Terminology notes for different families
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Index
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1: Building strengths & resilience; staying connected
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2: Fostering children's language & narratives about family life
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3: Building children’s understanding; household transitions
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4: Emotional, physical & cognitive responses to parents' work
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5: Social responses to parents working away (work rosters); household ...
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6. Parent/carer physical and mental health, community links
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7: Parenting from different states/continents, sharing
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8: Service-related injuries & medical conditions
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9: Service-related mental health conditions; moral injury
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10: Relationship breakdown
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11: Addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling)
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12: Abuse (domestic violence, child abuse, neglect)
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13: When a parent dies
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14: Child and family trauma
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15: And so, things have been a bit different: Ben's story
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16: In Sickness and in Health: Sam's Story
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17: Oh, by the way, my Mum has PTS: Nathan's story
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18: Liam's story: So why do I wear Dad's medals?
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19: Transitioning: from service life; changing careers
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20. Moral Injury (under construction)
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21. Relocations; household transitions (under construction)