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July 2017
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences, and Stratehoes for Working with Military Families around Child Resilience
- Featured Blog|7 Ways to Help Young Military- Connected Children During Stressful Times
- Stomping Out the Stigma: Equine-Assisted Therapy and Training
June 2017
- Resource Discovery|Mobile App: PTSD Coach
- A New Way of Conquering PTSD? US Army Research on Anesthetic Injection
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- FD Webinar|From Diapers to Diplomas: Exploring Resilience in Military Children
- Assessment=Instruction=Play: An invitation to upcoming webinar
- Healthy Diet, Exercise, and Love: A Recipe for a Good Life?
May 2017
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences, and Strategies in Working with Individuals and Families Impacted by TBI
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Children’s Books
- The Mommy Meltdown: Things to Consider Before Discipline
- Resource Discovery: Operation Reach Out-
A Free Military Suicide Prevention Mobile App - Utilizing Teletherapy to Address Therapy Needs of Military Families
- FD Webinar: Gray Matters- Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury’s Impact on Families
- Resource Discovery: Children’s Books Relating to LGBT Families
- Deep Impact: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the Family
April 2017
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences, and Strategies for Working with LGBT and Transgender Youth Families
- FDEI Ask the Expert Vlog: Bilingualism & Young Children with Disabilities
- Resource Discovery|The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
- Off the Shelf:Conversations with the Authors of Children’s Books
- FD Webinar|TRANSforming Conversations: Addressing Needs of Transgender Youth and Their Families
- Go Beyond the Webinar|On Solid Ground: Insights, Experiences, and Strategies on Working with Clients around Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
March 2017
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences and Strategies on Working with Clients around Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
- Pretend play, Superheroes, and Weapons- Oh My!
- In Sickness and in Health? The Relationship Spectrum by NDVH
- FD Webinar| ABCs of LGBT: Learning Language and Inclusive Practices in Work with LGBT Families
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Children’s Books
- Resource Discovery: Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
February 2017
- From the Inside Out: Dr. Laura Hill’s Look at Eating Disorders
- First Comes Play, The Rest Will Follow: A Four Part Webinar Series on Play
- FD Webinar- On Solid Ground: Exploring Strategies to Help Clients Create and Maintain Healthy Relationships
- Can Good Really Come From Bad? Understanding Post Traumatic Growth
- FD Early Intervention Webinar: 1-2-3 Play with Me! Recognizing the Power of Play
- What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness
January 2017
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences, and Strategies on Chronic Illness shared by participants- Part 2
- FD Early Intervention 2016 Recap!
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Insights, Experiences, and Strategies on Chronic Illness shared by participants- Part 1
- What’s Ailing Us: Things to consider when a loved one has a chronic illness
- Wait…What? Questions to regularly ask yourself and others
- Collaborative Webinar|Chronic Illness: Empowering Families in the Journey- Part 1 & Part 2
December 2016
- Resolving to Make a Resolution: 5 things to consider when making your new years resolution
- The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Gift ideas worth more than money
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Childrens Books
- Family Development Year in Review
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Early Intervention Webinar: Strategies to Support Families Experiencing Difficult Circumstances
November 2016
- I just don’t understand! Family Stressors and the role of providers
- 10 Ways to Say ‘Thank You’ to a Family Caregiver
- Strategies for Building Parent-Child Relationships During Deployment
- Light Up Your Holidays: Helpful Survival Tips for the Holiday Season
- Go Beyond the Webinar: Costs, Considerations, and Resources on Military Retirement Shared by Participants
- Project In Sight: Unique Reintegration Situations and Resources
- Settling the Unsettled: Ambiguous Loss through Military Retirement
- Parent Perspective: An Interview with a Military Mom
October 2016
- Collaborative Webinar: Retirement Ready? Effective Strategies for Military Families
- FD Early Intervention Webinar: Quality Interactions Between Professionals and Families to Enhance Child Learning
- Brain Development and Language in Early Childhood
- Separation Anxiety: The Emotional Side of Military Retirement
- Reflections of the RBI: Part Two
- Exploring the Impact of Moral Injury on Military Families: Follow-Up Q&A with Dr. Brock
- Reflections of the RBI
- The First 30 Days of Reintegration- Part 1 of 4: The Honeymoon Phase
September 2016
- Resource Discovery – Families Under Fire: Systemic Therapy with Military Families
- Project In Sight: The Joys and Challenges of Reintegration after Deployment
- Meaning…Less: A Glimpse into Moral Injury
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Children’s Books
- Play on Words: The Creation of “Language” through Play
- Virtual Learning Event September 2016-Strengthening the Family Core-Session 3
- Standing at Attention: Advocating for our Family Members
- Virtual Learning Event September 2016- Strengthening the Family CORE- Session 2
August 2016
- Parent Perspective: An Interview with a Military Mom
- Split Decisions: Working with Couples when Divorce is a True Possibility
- Building after Betrayal: A Look at Suggestions in Guiding Your Work with Couple Who Have Experienced Infidelity
- Resource Discovery: Help After Affairs with Emily Brown
- Resource Discovery: Help After Affairs with Emily Brown
July 2016
- The Military Child’s Experience: Part Two
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Children’s Books
- Stumbling Upon Mindfulness: One Veteran’s Afghanistan Experience
- FD Webinar|Picking up the Pieces: Helping Couples Overcome Infidelity
- The Military Child’s Experience: Part One
- From the Front Lines to the Front Door: Going Back to Family Life After Deployment
- FD Webinar|Healing Our Heroes: Treatment Techniques to Support Family Resiliency – Part 2
- Can an Emoji Help When You Don’t Know What to Say to a Parent?
- Serving Those Who Serve Us: Valor Service Dogs
June 2016
- FD Webinar|Healing Our Heroes: Treatment Techniques to Support Family Resiliency – Part 1
- Technical Difficulties?: Parenting 2.0 – Positives and Negatives of Technology
- FD Webinar|What the Tech?: Thinking about Technology & Parenting
- Let Yourself In: Parental Neglect and Abuse
- F is for Family: Keeping Families on the Front Line of their Child’s Intervention Services
- Eyes Wide Open: Teens and Parenting
- Off the Shelf: Conversations with Authors of Children’s Books
- Featured Blog|Early Intervention Matters: A Parent’s Perspective
May 2016
- OneOp Family Development’s 2016 Programming
- Featured Blog|The Melancholy Mommy: A Look at Postpartum Depression
- FD Early Intervention Webinar|Engaging Families to Focus on Intervention Strategies
- Parent Perspective: An Interview with a Military Mom
- Fractured Families: Impacts of Crisis/Trauma
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Picking Up the Pieces: Working with Children Exposed to Family Violence
April 2016
- FD Webinar|Battles on the Home Front: Working with Multi-Crisis Families
- Breastfeeding Infants with Disabilities
- More than Words: The Role Communication Plays in a Relationship
- Parent Perspective: An Interview with a Military Dad
- FD Webinar| Pathway to Practice: Incorporating Evidence into Military Family Services
- Supporting Adult Learners in Early Intervention
- Protecting our Vows: Unique Issues Military Marriages Face
March 2016
- Family Ties: Dynamics of Today
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Families at the Center: Exploring Family-Centered Practices in Early Childhood Services
- The Art of Healing: The Bond Between Mothers and Children
- Helping Military Families Transition from an IFSP to an IEP
February 2016
- Victims of Sexual Violence in Impoverished Communities
- Are you ready for something new?
- The Melancholy Mommy: A Look at Postpartum Depression
- Resource Discovery: The Virtual Lab School
- Teenage Turbulence: Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Resource Discovery: Parenting for Service Members and Veterans
January 2016
- Resource Discovery: Online Training for Early Intervention Professionals
- Resource Discovery: Power and Control Wheel Models
- That’s a wrap! A look at the Early Intervention team’s impact in 2015
- Are you Bogged Down by Stress? OneOp Can Help!
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- What are Boundaries?
- Parenting 102
December 2015
- Resource Discovery: Narrative Therapy Materials
- Featured Military Caregiving Mini-Series: 444 Days in the First Year
- I’m the Most Ecstatic Baby on the Block! Adding Emotional Words to Babies’ Vocabularies
- Mobile Apps for Domestic Violence
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- 2015 Annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey
November 2015
- Parenting…Over Skype
- Adapting Environments for Children and Families
- Parenting 101
- Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Public Health Approach
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Parental Deployment and Children’s Health
- Noise Pollution and the Military Family
- Romantic Partner Satisfaction and Communication Prior to and During Deployment
October 2015
- FD Early Intervention Webinar: Creating Supportive and Inclusive Environments
- After the Webinar: Disability and Abuse
- VLE | What’s on the Web? – Presenter Interview
- Issues and Interventions: New Research
- Virtual Learning Event October 2015-Session 4
- Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Disability
- Virtual Learning Event October 2015-Session 3
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- VLE 2 | From Coercion to Collaboration – Presenter Interview
- Can Maternal Care Protect Those With a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse from Military Sexual Trauma?
- Virtual Learning Event October 2015-Session2
- Family Development Early Intervention Ask the Expert Vlog – Supporting Families During Deployment
- Counseling Spouses of Military Members with Avoidant Attachment Styles
- Virtual Learning Event October 2015-Session 1
September 2015
- Fostering Parent-Child Attachment through the Deployment Cycle
- Fatal and Non-Fatal Child Maltreatment
- Building Relationships with Families from Diverse Backgrounds
- Engaging Military Parents in Family Skills Training
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Deployment-Mental Health, Help-Seeking, and Stigma
- Resource Discovery: US Army Educational & Development Intervention Services Newsletter
August 2015
- Postpartum Depression in Military Moms
- Communication and Connection in Relationships
- After The Webinar: A Vlog from the Early Intervention Team
- Same Sex Couples Transitioning to Parenthood
- August 2015 OneOp Family Development Newsletter!
- Field Talk: A Q&A with Providers Supporting Military Families
- Post-Deployment Depressive Symptoms in Military Wives
- Career Counseling Issues and Techniques with Military Wives Who are Victims of Domestic Violence
July 2015
- Positive Reflection in Couples Therapy
- Life Skills Training for Reservist and National Guard Families
- FD Early Intervention Webinar: Promoting Positive Relationships
- Sleeping like a baby: What current research can tell us about the role of sleep in building relationships
- Maternal Support for Expecting Military Moms
- Treating Trauma or Simply Stress?
- Family Relationships as the Context for Intervention
June 2015
- Partners’ Perceptions of PTSD Symptoms
- Adolescents from Military Families: Attitudes Toward Mental Health Care
- Military Spouses of Children with Special Care Needs
- Early Relationships: The Most Important Ones That We Make
- Adventure Camps-Military Families Reconnecting in a Wilderness Setting
- Resource Discovery: Enhancements to the Family Lifestyle Survey
May 2015
- FD Early Intervention Webinar: Understanding Social Emotional Development
- Promising IPV Offender Interventions
- Early Intervention Matters: A Parent’s Perspective
- PTSD and Attachment Styles in Romantic Relationships
- Resource Discovery: PTSD Monthly Update
- The Connections between PTSD and Relationship Problems
April 2015
- Understanding the Role of the Family
- Resource Discovery: Therapeutic Children’s Book for Understanding PTSD
- FD Webinar: Links between PTSD & Domestic Violence in Military Couples
- Body-based Therapeutic Approach to Healing Trauma
- Career Sustaining Behaviors and Wellness
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network – Honoring Our Babies & Toddlers
- FD Webinar: Wellness Strategies, Burnout Prevention, & Mindfulness
March 2015
- Seamless Transition Committee: A Model for Providing Coordinated Care
- Trauma Therapists and Compassion Satisfaction
- Welcome to the Early Intervention Team
- Trauma Exposure, High Risk Behaviors and Functional Impairment
- Military Psychologists in a Combat Zone – Competency and Care
- FD Webinar: Wellness Strategies, Burnout Prevention, & Mindfulness
- Latino Stressors and Adjustment
- Ethnic Minorities in the Military
February 2015
- FD Announcement: Family Development Launches a Newsletter
- Suicidality Among Veterans after Surgery
- Adapting Care to Culture
- FD Webinar: Current Issues and Implications for Clinical Work on Latino Military Families
- Resource Discovery: Ending Domestic Violence Captivity
- Resource Discovery: Enhancements to the Family Lifestyle Survey
January 2015
- The Impact of Psychological Maltreatment
- Emotional Abuse in Military Families
- Resource Discovery: NPR-Children in Public School
- Military Wives Matter – Barriers to Mental Health Treatment
- Resource Discovery: NCADV Hope and Power for Your Personal Finances
- FD Webinar: Helping Domestic Violence Survivors Obtain Economic Freedom
- Intimate Partner Violence and Economic Empowerment
December 2014
- Can a Smartphone Make You Smarter?
- Resource Discovery: Operation Military Kids
- Can Education and Coping Strategies Reduce the Effects of Childhood Maltreatment?
November 2014
- What Leads to Better Outcomes for Children who Witness Family Violence?
- FD Webinar: Using Protective Factors to Inform Work with Child Maltreatment
- Resource Discovery: Understanding the Military Experience
- The National Guard and Reserves: Are their Needs Different from Active Duty?
- Childhood Sexual Abuse: Do Our Thoughts Impact Outcome?
- What Encourages Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse?
- Suicide Risk: Relationship to Combat Exposure
October 2014
- FD WEBINAR: Healthy Childhood Sexual Development
- Prior Suicide Attempts Increase Suicide Risk
- FD WEBINAR: What Is Trauma & Why Must We Address It? Part 2
- A Blood Test for Depression?
- FD WEBINAR: What is Trauma and Why Must We Address It? Part 1
- Resource Discovery: Soldiers Talk About Suicide
September 2014
- Preparing for Deployment – Spousal Support
- Resource Discovery: Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave
- Predicting Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Practitioners
- Working with Members of the Military: Secondary Traumatic Stress
- Mental Health Needs of Military Wives
August 2014
- Intimate Partner Violence and Co-Occurring Conditions
- Parentification in Military Families
- Resource Discovery: NCTIC’s Manual on Trauma-Informed Care
July 2014
- What are Dual Trauma Couples?
- LGB Military Personnel after the Repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”
- Marital Adjustment After Deployment
- Resource Discovery: Jackson Katz, PhD TedTalk
June 2014
- Veteran Reintegration
- Family Development Webinar: Working with LGBT Military Families
- Female Veterans and Mental Health
- Resource Discovery: Trauma-informed Care
- Child Maltreatment Before and After Deployment
May 2014
- Self-care When Caring for Others
- Military Couples, Infidelity, and Marriage Education Programs
- Guest Blog: Pitfalls of Existing Theories Explaining Domestic Violence and a Mental Health Perspective
- Resource Discovery: Video on Coping with Loss and Helplessness
- Resource Discovery: Video on Experiencing PTSD
April 2014
- Family Development WEBINAR Watch: Fathers, Work, and Family Life
- Resource Discovery: Video on Military Families Coping with Deployments
- Child Maltreatment Prevention
- Resource Discovery: Text4Baby as an Online Parenting Tool
- Online Resources Impacting Parenting
- Family Development WEBINAR: Novel Communication Tools: Using Text4Baby & Just In Time Parenting to Meet the Needs of Parents
- Resource Discovery: Videos on Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide
March 2014
- Resource Discovery: Video Prompting us to Rethink Stress
- Military Father Involvement: Part 2
- Military Father Involvement: Part 1
- Family Development WEBINAR:Trauma in Young Children Under 4-Years of Age
- Child Brain Development & Trauma
February 2014
- Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents
- Resource Discovery: Video on the Effects of Technology on Our Relationships
- Adolescent Internet Use and Parenting Practices
- Fam. Dev. Webinar-Wired for Distractions: Parents Overuse of Technology and its Impacts on Children
- Gay and Lesbian Family Dynamics
January 2014
- The Effects of Parental Depression on Adolescents
- Resource Discovery: Just In Time Parenting
- Deployment and Single Parenting: A snapshot into the Experience of Navy Moms
- Military Child Maltreatment, Deployment, and Future Research
- Resource Discovery: Online Courses
December 2013
- Mindfulness-based Interventions to Combat Stress
- Resource Discovery: The Power of Empathy
- Family Factors Affecting Child Well-being
- Resource Discovery: Military Family Lifestyle Survey Report
- OneOp Family Development Team Welcomes YOU to Explore Our New Webpages!
- Military Couples vs. Civilian Couples
November 2013
- Resource Discovery: 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Relationship Stability: What Helps and Hinders
- Resource Discovery: Veteran Short Stories
- EFT for Couples Affected By Trauma
- Resource Discovery: Childhood Maltreatment Effects on the Brain
- Single Military Parents: Prevalence & Effects
October 2013
- Resource Discovery: Helping Couples Get Past the Affair
- Infidelity & Military Couples: Treatment Approach
- Infidelity and Military Couples: Risks & Effects
- Resources Discovery: When a Child’s Parent Has PTSD
- PTSS & Resilience-based Couple Therapy
- Resource Discovery: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Prevalence & Effects on Couples
- Resource Discovery: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
- Serving Together: Research on Dual-Military Couples
September 2013
- Resource Discovery: Coping with Deployment
- Couple Separations: Strengthening & Resilience
- Resource Discovery: The National Fatherhood Initiative
- Fatherhood Involvement: What Research Reveals
- Resource Discovery: Crisis Support Guide for Military Families
- Shifting the Stigma: Mental Health & the Military
- September is Suicide Prevention Month
- Resource Discovery: Therapeutic Book for Child Trauma
August 2013
- Working with different types of Domestic Violence: Assessment & Intervention
- Distinguishing between Types of Domestic Violence
- Military Separations: What helps, what hinders
- Child Trends Twitter Chat
- Research on Military Relationship Enrichment Programs
- Spreading the Word: Couples retreats provided by the Military
- Children’s Exposure to Violence: Treatment Considerations
- Children’s Exposure to Violence: Prevalence & Effects
July 2013
- Empowering Victims through Partnerships
- Domestic Violence: Warning Signs
- Domestic Violence: Definitions
- Violence Against Women: A Global Health Problem
- Self-care for the Military Family Advocate
- MFLN’s Family Development Welcomes You…
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