Many resources are available for community members and civilian practitioners who work with military or veteran families. The Military Family Research Institute has identified useful information on various topics.
A Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families
The fourth book in MFRI’s “Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families” series, “A Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families” offers key insights that focus on how organizations can produce powerful support for military and veteran families during war. Contributors integrated the knowledge they gained during their work with families after 9/11, distilling lessons learned and recommendations into practical, experience-based chapters.
Serving Military Families in the 21st Century
The new edition textbook introduces readers to the challenges faced, and resilience shown, by military families. Available in hardcover and paperback from Routledge Academic, it includes personal stories from all branches and ranks of the military and those who work with military personnel, bringing their experiences to life. It also presents a review of the latest research, theories, policies and programs to better prepare readers for working with military families. Authors of the text include Karen Rose Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Amy Laura Dombro and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, director of MFRI.
For Professionals
- Book Recommendations for Clinicians (PDF)
- Iraq War Clinician Guide
- Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families
- Tricare website
For Educators
- Book Recommendations for Educators (PDF)
- Educators Guide to the Military Child during Deployment (PDF)
- Helping Children Cope with the Challenges of War and Terrorism
- Helping Children Cope When a Loved One is on Military Deployment
- Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families
For Families
- Book Recommendations for Children (PDF)
- Book Recommendations for Teens and Young Adults (PDF)
- Book Recommendations for Adults and Families (PDF)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Information on Traumatic Brain Injury
- Military Child Education Coalition
- National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- National Military Family Association
- War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center
- ZERO TO THREE website
For Community Outreach
- Building Your Battle Plan: Get to Know Your Military Community
- MFRI Stand Down Manual
- Purpose of the Reaching Rural Veterans Program (PDF)
- Reaching Rural Veterans Military Culture (PDF)
- Overview of Reaching Rural Veterans Program (PDF)
For Student Veterans and Post-Secondary Staff Members
- National Science Foundation “Military Veteran Students’ Pathways in Engineering Education”
- Example Admission and Enrollment Checklist for Military-Connected Student (PDF)
- Military-Connected FAQs for Admissions Offices (PDF)
- FAQ – Student Service Members and Veterans on Campus
- Military Credit Transfer Guide (PDF)
- Success in 3-D For Student Veterans
- The Higher Education Landscape for Student Service Members and Veterans in Indiana (2009)
- Twenty Questions to Think About When Starting a Student Veterans Organization (PDF)