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10: Relationship breakdown

10: Relationship breakdown

In this module, we explore ways to navigate the challenges associated with relationship breakdowns. There are some supports and resources offered for particular families, and those that could be useful for any family.
It contains some sensitive issues. Support is available through Open Arms 1800 011 046 (defence specific, but available to family and extended family), Lifeline 13 11 14 (general support), 13YARN 13 92 76 (A confidential yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter), or Fortem Australia (for first responders and their families) or 1300 33 95 94 during business hours. Additionally, each first responder organisation has their own supports within each state and territory.
- Planning short and long term support strategies
- What happens during a relationship breakdown (separation and divorce)?
- Risk and protective factors, pain, guilt and abuse
- Moving forward
- Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here's how to protect children's mental health
- Defence specific information
- You've lost that loving feeling (Defence Families Australia blog)
- Breakdown of relationship support group (DEFGLIS)
- Grief, loss and changes
- Self-care practical activities
- Grief, loss and change
- Fostering children's understanding
- Providing children with opportunities to safely practice their emotions
- Children's booklets about worry, sadness, grief and loss
- Tapping into your family's protective factors
- Diagram: Protective factors in families and the community
- Template for identifying your family's protective factors (support base)
- Support services
- Service pamphlets and booklets to download or order
- Other resources
  There is some good research-based information in these online articles.
- Talking to children about tough topics (2-8 years)
- Pictorial article: Coping with traumatic news
- Conflict management and building healthy relationships
- Video: Which Long-term Relationships Will Survive and Which Won't
- Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love
- Healthy partner and parent relationships
- Conflict management for parents
- Non-verbal communication matters
- Building positive family relationships
- Relationship breakdown
- Video: How separation and divorce can impact children and parents
- Parenting after separation or divorce
- Helping children adjust after separation and divorce
- Helping chidlren adjust to two homes
- Single parents and positive single parenting
- Divorce and the law
- Video: Single parenting
- Co-parenting - getting the right balance
- Coparenting with your ex - Military Life (US based)
- You can't be happy all the time
  
  This article recommends 3 movies that support children's understanding of a wide range of emotions.
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