Serving Military Families
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Overview
This text introduces readers to the unique culture of military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from nearly 70 active duty, reservists, veterans, and their families from all branches and ranks of the military bring their experiences to life. A review of the latest research, theories, policies, and programs better prepares readers for understanding and working with military families. Objectives, key terms, tables, figures, summaries, and exercises, including web based exercises, serve as a chapter review. The book concludes with a glossary. Readers learn about diverse careers within which they can make important differences for families.
Engaging vignettes are featured throughout:
Voices from the Frontline offer personal accounts of issues faced by actual program leaders, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, service members, veterans, and their families.
Spotlight on Research highlights the latest studies on dealing with combat related issues.
Best Practices review the optimal strategies used in the field.
Tips from the Frontline offer suggestions from experienced personnel.
Updated throughout including the latest demographic data, the new edition also features:
-New chapter (9) on women service members that addresses the accomplishments and challenges faced by this population including sexual bias and assault, and combat-related psychological disorders.
-New chapter (10) on veterans and families looks at veterans by era (e.g.WW2), each era’s signature issues and how those impact programs and policies, and challenges veterans may face such as employment, education, and mental and physical health issues.
-Two new more comprehensive and cohesive chapters (11 & 12) review military and civilian programs, policies, and organizations that support military and veteran families.
-Additional information on TBI and PTSD, the deployment cycle, stress and resilience, the possible negative effects of military life on families, same-sex couples and their children, and the recent increase in suicides in the military.
-More applied cases and exercises that focus on providing services to military families.
Intended as a text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses on military families or as a supplement for courses on the family, marriage and family, stress and coping, or family systems taught in family science, human development, clinical or counseling psychology, sociology, social work, and nursing, this book also appeals to helping professionals who work with military and veteran families.
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- Introduces readers to the unique culture of military families.
- Prepares readers for understanding and working with military families.
- Offers personal accounts of issues faced by actual program leaders.
Serving Military Families is an engaging, dynamic and useful resource. This must-read book is brimming with relevant research, policies, theories and programs pertaining to the current and former members of the United States Military and their families.
–Rachel Dekel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
The authors offer a synthesis of cutting-edge research, policy, and programs focused on improving the lives of Military families. Chapters include an acute sensitivity to diverse military families while simultaneously attending to the policies and programs that are essential across the lifespan. This text is a must-read for anyone who works with Military families in order to ensure that we best serve those who serve our nation.
–Angela L. Lamson, East Carolina University, USA
Four million military and veteran-connected youth are, in reality, individual stories. Parents and youth serving professionals will find this outstanding resource provides insights and ideas that integrate personal perspectives and scholarship into responsive pathways.
–Mary M. Keller, Military Child Education Coalition, USA
- Title: Serving Military Families: Theories, Research, and Application
- Authors: Karen Rose Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Amy Laura Dombro
- Edition: Second Edition
- Series: Textbooks in Family Studies Series
- Publisher: Routledge
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 409
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Families of military personnel › Services for--United States; Families of military personnel › United States; United States › Armed Forces--Military life
- ISBNs: 9781138841246, 9781315732343, 1138841242, 1315732343
- Resource ID: LLS:SRVNGMLTRYFMLS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-01T19:04:58Z
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