We have created a toolkit to help school personnel support military-connected students. The toolkit includes resources to use within the school setting or to share with families. Resources include brochures, directories and handouts/printables that offer information on informal strategies or formal programs that may assist school personnel who work with military-connected students and families. Select the view button to view the Toolkit item, or select the plus symbol to learn more.
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College, Career and Life Readiness for Military and Veteran Children | The Military Child Education Coalition designed this guide to provide some background information and recommendations in order to help you make well-informed decisions about issues regarding the military- and veteran-connected children in grades kindergarten through 12 within your community. | Academics | View | academics |
How the Interstate Compact and the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Affect Military-Connected Students | The National Military Family Association has identified the essential educational provisions included in the Interstate Compact and the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill that affect military-connected students. | Academics | View | academics |
Military Kids Connect- Lesson Plans in Core Subjects that Integrate Military Life Content | Military Kids Connect developed lesson plans that integrate website content about military life and world cultures with key concepts in language arts, math, and other subjects. Each of these ready-to-go lesson plans includes content, instructions, and handouts. | Academics | View | academics |
Breathe, Think, Do – Teaching Children to Cope with Negative Emotions with Sesame Street | Sesame Workshop developed a free interactive mobile app that demonstrates some emotions children might feel. It teaches children how to deal with negative emotions, such as frustration, through games and activities. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Self-Expression (with Sesame Street) | This Sesame Workshop online module promotes and encourages children to express their emotions and practice positive communication. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Military Kids Connect: Identifying and Coping with Stress | Military Kids Connect developed an interactive web-based activity to help children identify ways in which stress is exhibited in different parts of the body and strategies to cope with such stress. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Making a Stress Management Plan | This Military Kids Connect module helps students understand and manage stress. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Typical Behavioral Responses to Deployment | Military Kids Connect developed a guide that describes behaviors students may display as they react to a parent or caregiver’s deployment. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Advocating for Military Children: A Resource Guide for Educators and Community Partners Child & Youth Program | This guide is intended to help educators build coping skills in their students during and after a military deployment. The goal is to bring needed support and understanding to the process and maintain an optimal learning environment in the classroom and the school. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Preparing Children for Parental Deployment | This module addresses ways in which children can prepare for a parent deployment and emphasizes the importance of communicating with friends and family that are near and far. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Guide for Helping Children and Youth Cope with Separation | This guide was created by the Department of Defense for parents, relatives, teachers, Service members, and community members to help children and youth cope with separation from a parent due to military deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Preparing Children for a Parent’s Deployment | This concise guide provides a list of strategies that can help prepare children for a parent’s deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
School Nurse Care Toolkit to Increase Awareness & Support to Military Children | This detailed resource provides strategies that can help you support and promote resiliency in children who are dealing with deployment or reintegration. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Staying Strong: How Schools Build Resilience in Military Families | This video shows ways in which schools can help build resilience in military families by demonstrating exemplary practices and strategies that schools can recreate to support military children. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Expressing Pride During Deployment (with Sesame Street) | Sesame Street characters communicate the importance of family members being proud of one another, especially during an absence. The accompanying resources are helpful for parents and children to utilize. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Talking About the News When a Parent is Deployed | When a parent is deployed, watching, listening to, or reading the news can be worrisome. This guide provides helpful strategies to productively talk about current military-related events with children. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Interstate Compact: Fact Sheet for Service Providers | This fact sheet provides service providers with all the essential information they need to know about the Interstate Compact. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact: Guide for Parents, School Officials, and Public Administrators | This guide provides practical information about the Interstate Compact’s requirements and provisions. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
A Guide to the Interstate Compact for Schools and Local School Districts | This guide helps schools and local school districts understand the provisions of the Interstate Compact. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Informational Brochure: Resolving Education Transition Issues for Military Families | This brochure provides clear answers to frequently asked questions about the Interstate Compact. The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. This overview outlines the school transition issues that the Interstate Compact addresses to ensure military children have the same access to educational opportunities as non-military peers. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact: Quick Reference Guide | This reference guide organizes all of the essential information about what is covered by the Interstate Compact. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Resources for Parents of Military-Connected Children | The Sesame Workshop has developed downloadable documents and strategy guides for navigating the challenges military families and children may experience. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Staying Strong: Educator Toolkit to Increase Awareness & Support to Military Children in Schools | This guide provides detailed examples of strategies teachers can use to effectively communicate with students and parents in various situations and during different stages of deployment. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Working with Military Kids: 5-Part Video Series | Military youth face unique challenges. This video series brings together experienced educators to offer their insights into working with this resilient group of young people. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Communicating With Service Members- Army OneSource | This module addresses the challenges associated with communicating with Army Service members. Although the module was developed for interacting with the Army, the provided strategies can help people communicate effectively with those involved in military life across all Services. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Military Cultural Competence Training | This interactive online training course provides an overview of military culture including organizational structure, rank, branches of service, core values, and demographics as well as similarities and differences between the Active and Reserve components. It is intended to assist civilian mental health providers in better understanding, communicating, and effectively interacting with Service members and their families. Although some of the statistics and demographics information are outdated, the remaining components of the course are useful for navigating military culture. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals | This module series reviews the military organization and roles, military ethos, stressors and resources, as well as treatment resources and tools. Although some of the statistics and demographics information are outdated, the remaining components of the course are useful for navigating military culture. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Be a Military-Friendly Educator | If you have limited experience with military families, becoming familiar with the structure, culture, and life of the military can be helpful. This information can be used as an introduction or quick refresher about military life. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Changing Families: Parental Injury (with Sesame Street) | Sesame Street characters address the difficulties and challenges that may accompany the injury of a parent. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Parental Injury- Coming Home (with Sesame Street) | Sesame Street characters discuss strategies to address the challenges associated with welcoming home an injured Service member. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Coping with Service Member Injury | Deployments bring changes. This is especially true when a Service member returns due to physical injury, emotional injury, or a combination of both types of injury. The return of an injured parent can be unsettling for the family, especially when children have questions that may not have immediate answers. Because things are constantly changing and may become increasingly challenging, approach the various stages of coping in small steps in order to adjust successfully to the “new normal.” | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Discussing Tough Topics with Kids | As part of a military family, children may have to face the unthinkable. Children can learn how to cope with and overcome very difficult situations, but support is key to their success. The provided materials will help children, teenagers, and parents cope with tough topics, including the injury or death of a loved one. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
For Families: Homecoming Stories | Talk, Listen, Connect, offers strategies and resources to help children through difficult periods of transition and separation that can come with military service. These homecoming stories can help provide support to children. | Reintegration | View | reintegration |
Planning for Homecoming | Families spend weeks preparing for this special day, and the full homecoming experience may last for weeks afterward. However, as with any highly anticipated event, the reality for a family could be different from their expectations. Having your loved one back is wonderful, but it’s also another significant transition. With advance planning, you can help prepare a child for the joys–and occasional stresses–of having his or her family together again. | Reintegration | View | reintegration |
Talking with Children About a Parent’s Return from Deployment | This guide provides age-appropriate communication strategies and conversation starters to help children talk through a parent’s return home. | Reintegration | View | reintegration |
Grief and Loss- Strategies for Children (with Sesame Street) | Through song, Sesame Street characters address the various emotions children may experience during times of loss and also provide strategies to cope with death. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Grief and Loss Workshop (with Sesame Street) | The death of a loved one brings enormous challenges. The Sesame Workshop offers support and resources for families to use during these difficult times. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Educators | Children who are grieving the loss of a military loved one can develop traumatic responses in addition to grief responses, or “childhood traumatic grief.” These tips can help educators support these children. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Parents | Children grieve in different ways. Military children face unique challenges after the death of a Service member. Some may develop traumatic grief responses, making it more difficult to cope. These tips can help parents recognize traumatic grief symptoms and help their military child cope with traumatic grief. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Traumatic Grief for Military Children | These strategies can help teachers provide support to military children coping with a traumatic loss. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Talking to Children about Grief and Loss | This video explains the concept of death in age-appropriate terms for young children. As it emphasizes the importance of communication and support, it models appropriate behavior and actions that children should follow when they grieve. | Student Grief | View | student-grief |
Geographic Transition Tips for Military-Connected Parents and Students | Transitioning from school to school is not an easy process. However, there are a few strategies to help parents and students have an easier time. This is a handout for military-connected parents and students. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Transition Checklist (PDF) | When military-connected students transition to a new school, it is helpful for them to have all of their educational records in one place and readily available. The checklist can be used to create a binder to organize hard copies of all educational records and information. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Transition Checklist | When military-connected students transition to a new school, it is helpful for them to have all of their educational records in one place and readily available. The checklist can be used to create a binder to organize hard copies of all educational records and information. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Translation and Interpretation Services for Permanent Change of Station Moves | Military OneSource offers a variety of interpretation services at no cost for families transitioning from and to overseas countries. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
College and Career Readiness Resources for Military Connected Students | There are many resources to help high school students prepare for universities, trade schools, and other post-secondary options. These resources may aid students as they prepare for, identify, or apply to postsecondary education. | Academics | View | academics |
College Readiness Tips for Military-Connected Students | Military-connected students often have a unique high school experience. These strategies and tips may help them prepare for and apply to postsecondary education. | Academics | View | academics |
Post 9-11 G.I. Bill Tips for Military-Connected Students | Students of Service member parents can receive the G.I. Bill education benefit. View this resource to learn more about what the benefit includes and how to transfer the benefit from a Service member to a dependent. | Academics | View | academics |
Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) on the Interstate Compact | Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) is an issuance from the DoD that implements a policy, or prescribes the specific plan or action to carry out a policy, operate a program or activity, or assign responsibility. The proposed DoDI on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children can be found in this resource. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) on the Interstate Compact (PDF) | A Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) is an issuance from the DoD that implements a policy, or prescribes the specific plan or action to carry out a policy, operate a program or activity, or assign responsibility. The proposed DoDI on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children can be found in this resource. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children- State Commissioner Contact Information | Any questions or concerns about the Interstate Compact that arise should be directed toward each state’s commissioner. The contact information for state commissioners was updated in August 2015 and is available in this resource. Any questions or concerns about the Interstate Compact that arise should be directed toward each state’s commissioner. The contact information for state commissioners is available on the MIC3 website. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact Parent Brochure | To support military parents’ ability to advocate for their children, a printable parent brochure is available. To print the brochure, change the printer layout settings to print double sided and bind or flip on the short edge. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact School Personnel Brochure | To support military-connected school personnel in their ability to advocate for military children, a printable school personnel brochure is available. To print the brochure, change the printer layout settings to print double sided and bind or flip on the short edge. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
MIC3 Interstate Compact Guide for Parents, School Officials, and Public Administrators | MIC3 developed a guide on the Interstate Compact for parents, school officials, and public administrators. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
MIC3 Official Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children Rules | The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is an agreement between all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools to provide consistency for children of Active Duty Service members, National Guard and Reserve Service members on active duty orders, and Service members or Veterans who are medically discharged or retired for up to one year post separation, as they transition between schools, states, and countries. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Interstate Compact: Procedural Guide (DoDEA) | According to the proposed DoDI, it is Department of Defense policy to support the intent of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children. Therefore, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procedural Guide was developed to provide additional guidance to DoDEA officials, administrators, and teachers to ensure correct implementation. | Interstate Compact | View | interstate-compact |
Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard Comparison | This fact sheet compares Active Duty Service to Reserve and National Guard Service. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Air Force Fact Sheet | This fact sheet provides all the essential information you need to know about the Air Force. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Army Fact Sheet | This fact sheet provides all the essential information you need to know about the Army. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Coast Guard Fact Sheet | This fact sheet provides all the essential information you need to know about the Coast Guard. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Marine Corps Fact Sheet | This fact sheet provides all the essential information you need to know about the Marine Corps. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Navy Fact Sheet | This fact sheet provides all the essential information you need to know about the Navy. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Post 9/11 Major Military Operations | You may not always know which operation the parents of your students are, or have been, deployed on. If you are discussing parental absence and deployment with students, it will help to understand some background of recent major military operations. This guide provides a brief overview of the major military operations. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Enlisted Ranks and Insignia Guide | This guide provides the enlisted ranks and insignias of the different branches of the United States Armed Forces. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Officer Ranks and Insignia Guide | This guide provides officer ranks and insignia of the different branches of the United States Armed Forces. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Reserve Component Fact Sheet | The Congressional Research Service developed a guide that provides answers to frequently asked questions about the seven individual Reserve components of the Military Services, or the Reserve Component. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Supporting Students with a Service Member Sibling | Although there is little research to inform best practices for supporting students with military Service member siblings, school personnel should be aware of these students as well as any other students with Service members in their family. Keep all types of military connections in mind when welcoming new students to the school or classroom. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Military Terms and Acronyms Guide | The Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms provides a comprehensive list of the essential military terms and acronyms you need to know. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Books for Military-Connected Students | Are you looking for books including characters with which your military-connected students can relate? Are you planning a military-connected lesson and want a book to tie together the main concepts? These books all include military culture in some way, with topics ranging from PTSD to geographic transitions and everything in between. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
Parent Calendar Planning for Military-Connected Students | Military-connected students often face additional stressors at school due to military-specific or family events, which may bring up difficult emotions for your child, especially if he or she has a Service member who is deployed, absent for training, or classified as missing or deceased. This guide outlines the important events you should consider discussing with your child’s school in order to provide your child with appropriate support. | Military Culture | View | military-culture |
School Personnel Calendar Planning for Military-Connected Students | Schools each have their own unique practices and traditions for special events. It can be difficult for new students to anticipate the emotional responses that these events may elicit. This guide outlines important events that might carry particular emotional weight for military-connected children who have a Service member parent who is deployed, absent for training, or classified as missing or deceased. | Military Child | View | military-child |
What is the Impact Aid Law? | The Impact Aid law provides assistance to local school districts with concentrations of children residing on Indian lands, military bases, low-rent housing properties, or other Federal properties, or who have parents in the uniformed Services or employed on eligible Federal properties. | Military Supports and Services | View | military-supports-and-services |
Non-DoD Schools Program | The U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) provides support and funding for the education of authorized command-sponsored dependents of military members and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees assigned to overseas areas where no DoDEA school is available within the commuting area. | Military Supports and Services | View | military-supports-and-services |
School Liaison Officer (SLO) Contact Information | SLOs are employed by the Department of Defense and are a point of contact for students, families, and school personnel for any school-related concern. Their primary job is to connect military installations, resources, and families to school personnel. SLOs are a great contact for both families and school personnel as students transition to new schools, navigate the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, experience parental absence, and face other educational challenges. Each service branch employs SLOs who support a specific geographic area. To find an SLO who works with a specific service or geographic area, visit the DoDEA School Liaison webpage. | Military Supports and Services | View | military-supports-and-services |
School Liaison Officer (SLO) Contact Information (Europe) | SLOs are employed by the Department of Defense and are a point of contact for students, families, and school personnel for any school-related concern. Their primary job is to connect military installations, resources, and families to school personnel. SLOs are a great contact for both families and school personnel as students transition to new schools, navigate the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, experience parental absence, and face other educational challenges. Each service branch employs SLOs who support a specific geographic area. To find an SLO who works with a specific service or geographic area, visit the DoDEA School Liaison webpage. For a condensed list of contact information for DoDEA schools in Europe visit this resources. | Military Supports and Services | View | military-supports-and-services |
Maintaining a Psychological Presence During Parental Absences | When a parent is absent, there are strategies parents can use to make the parent feel more present, despite a geographical separation. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Military Childcare Priority | Some families qualify for childcare priority at their installation. View this resource to see how a family can qualify for priority childcare. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Family Care Plan: Air Force | When single parent Service members or both Service members in dual-military marriages are deployed, their children must be cared for by another family member, friend, or neighbor. Family Care Plans detail who obtains custody of the children during deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Family Care Plan: Army | When single parent Service members or both Service members in dual-military marriages are deployed, their children must be cared for by another family member, friend, or neighbor. Family Care Plans detail who obtains custody of the children during deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Family Care Plan: Marine Corps | When single parent Service members or both Service members in dual-military marriages are deployed, their children must be cared for by another family member, friend, or neighbor. Family Care Plans detail who obtains custody of the children during deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Family Care Plan: Navy | When single parent Service members or both Service members in dual-military marriages are deployed, their children must be cared for by another family member, friend, or neighbor. Family Care Plans detail who obtains custody of the children during deployment. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Parental Absence: Student Behavior Concerns | When students have a parent who is absent because of a work-related, military job, they often have a difficult time adjusting. This resource includes a list of behaviors that indicate a student needs more support. | Deployment and Parental Absence | View | deployment-and-parental-absence |
Defining and Coping With Ambiguous Loss | Military families may be affected by the loss of a Service member. Though it is often difficult to understand and tolerate ambiguous losses, it is important to learn how to cope in these situations. Please see Dr. Pauline Boss’s webpage regarding ambiguous loss. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Casualty Statuses, Types, and Categories | In the military, a casualty is a person who is unable to serve in the line of duty due to death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion. This resource describes the different kinds of casualty statuses, types, and categories, which may be helpful for you to know when communicating with students and families about military injury and death. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Conversation Starters for School Personnel Working with Students Impacted by Injuries | Discussing injuries with students may be difficult. Younger children may struggle to understand the injury, while older students may be unwilling to open up about the injury. The conversation starters are grouped to help facilitate age-appropriate conversations with students. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Conversation Starters for School Personnel Working with Students Impacted by Parent Death | The death of a parent can be one of the most difficult challenges of a child’s life. Children vary by age in how well they understand and accept death, and how families talk about death can vary greatly from culture to culture. Although difficult, discussing recent parental loss with a student is very important. The conversation starters are grouped to help facilitate age-appropriate conversations with students. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Concussions/Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries | Service members are advised to be aware of the common signs and symptoms of concussions. This handout from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center provides more information about mild traumatic brain injuries, coping and recovery tips, as well as a list of brain injury centers across the nation that Service members can visit. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Evidence-Based Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has synthesized some of the best practices that will help treat patients and educate the public. This guide summarizes evidence-based recommendations to manage posttraumatic stress disorder. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Evidence-Based Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF) | The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has synthesized some of the best practices that will help treat patients and educate the public. This guide summarizes evidence-based recommendations to manage posttraumatic stress disorder. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries for Families and Friends | Do you want more details about traumatic brain injuries so you can help your injured family member or friend? The Brain Injury Association of New York State created a detailed brochure that will provide you with all the information you need to know. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries for Families and Friends (PDF) | Do you want more details about traumatic brain injuries so you can help your injured family member or friend? The Brain Injury Association of New York State created a detailed brochure that will provide you with all the information you need to know. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Children Cope with Loss Resulting from War or Terrorism | Intentional acts of violence that hurt innocent people are frightening and upsetting. Families and school personnel can help children cope by establishing a sense of safety and security. As information becomes available, adults can continue to help children work through their emotions and, perhaps, even use the process as a learning experience. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Children Cope with Loss Resulting from War or Terrorism (PDF) | Intentional acts of violence that hurt innocent people are frightening and upsetting. Families and school personnel can help children cope by establishing a sense of safety and security. As information becomes available, adults can continue to help children work through their emotions and, perhaps, even use the process as a learning experience. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Educators | Children who are grieving the loss of a military loved one can develop trauma and grief responses, or “childhood traumatic grief.” This resource provides tips to help educators support these children. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Children Understand Invisible Injuries | Young children have an especially challenging time conceptualizing invisible injuries. See pages 12-17 of Sesame Workshop’s “Talk, Listen, Connect” magazine, which specifically address strategies that can help your child adjust to and cope with a parent’s invisible injuries. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Children Understand Invisible Injuries (PDF) | Young children have an especially challenging time conceptualizing invisible injuries. See pages 12-17 of Sesame Workshop’s “Talk, Listen, Connect” magazine, which specifically address strategies that can help your child adjust to and cope with a parent’s invisible injuries. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Military-Connected Students Cope with Traumatic Grief | Military-connected children grieving with a traumatic event carry their emotions everywhere they go—including school. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network guide provides educators with information on how to help military-connected students struggling with traumatic grief. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Helping Military-Connected Students Cope with Traumatic Grief (PDF) | Military-connected children grieving with a traumatic event carry their emotions everywhere they go—including school. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network guide provides educators with information on how to help military-connected students struggling with traumatic grief. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries on Military Families | Health care providers and counselors often benefit from understanding how traumatic brain injuries impacts military families and children. The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress provides information that can facilitate the process of helping families and children coping with invisible injuries. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries on Military Families (PDF) | Health care providers and counselors often benefit from understanding how traumatic brain injuries impacts military families and children. The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress provides information that can facilitate the process of helping families and children coping with invisible injuries. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury | Families and Service members should look out for the common signs and symptoms of moderate or severe Traumatic Brain Injuries. This resources is a patient and family handout from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Reintegration: Returning Home with Trauma | It is often difficult for Service members to reintegrate into civilian life after serving in a war zone. It is especially challenging for those who have faced a traumatic event. This resources is a guide from the National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that discusses common reactions, experiences, signs and symptoms, and strategies to cope with trauma at home. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness | Traumatic brain injuries are a widespread problem throughout the military. It is important to be aware of the causes and potential outcomes of this kind of injury. View this resources to learn more about the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in the military. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding and Coping with Invisible Injuries | Families often have a difficult time understanding and coping with Service members’ invisible injuries such as brain injuries, depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder. View this resource for more information from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences about the impact of invisible injuries on families and strategies to manage these challenges. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding and Coping with Invisible Injuries (PDF) | Families often have a difficult time understanding and coping with Service members’ invisible injuries such as brain injuries, depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder. View this resources for more information from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences about the impact of invisible injuries on families and strategies to manage these challenges. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Posttraumatic stress disorder is often difficult for Service members and families to understand and cope with. This booklet from the National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides information about signs, symptoms, and getting help. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Understanding Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Posttraumatic stress disorder is a challenging experience for Service members, families, and friends; however there are various effective treatments. This booklet from the National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs describes the different kinds of treatments that are proven to help people with PTSD. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Welcoming Home a Service Member with Trauma | Reunions can be a happy, but stressful, time for military-connected families. When a Service member returns home after facing a traumatic event, these reunions can be even more stressful. This is a guide from the National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that helps families understand the common reactions to trauma, warning signs, and strategies for coping and treatment. | Parental Injury | View | parental-injury |
Strategies to Support Students Experiencing Reintegration | Reintegration can be a joyful time for families, but it can also be quite stressful adjusting to a “new normal.” Students may have a challenging time with the return of their Service member parent. This resource provides a list of some informal communication and stress management strategies that you can use with students and parents to support them during this time. | Reintegration | View | reintegration |
Resource for Parental Absence Lessons- Case Study Backgrounds | Throughout the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness School Resources modules, four case families are used as examples. Get to know the families in this handout. | Module Handouts | View | module-handouts |
Geographic Transitions Glossary | Find the definition of selected words used in the Geographic Transitions module in the glossary. | Module Handouts | View | module-handouts |
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children- Module Glossary | Find the definition of selected words used in the Interstate Compact module in the glossary. | Module Handouts | View | module-handouts |
Military and Schools Glossary | Find the definition of selected words used in the Military and Schools module in the glossary. | Module Handouts | View | module-handouts |
Parental Absence Glossary | Find the definition of selected words used in the Parental Absence module in the glossary. | Module Handouts | View | module-handouts |
Self-Care Checklist | Use the checklist to rate your self-care activities. | Self-Care and Mindfulness | View | self-care-and-mindfulness |
Self-Care and Mindfulness Glossary | Find the definition of selected words used in the Self-Care and Mindfulness for School Personnel module in the glossary. | Self-Care and Mindfulness | View | self-care-and-mindfulness |
Self-Care Starter Toolkit | This toolkit has a variety of resources to help jumpstart your self-care practices. | Self-Care and Mindfulness | View | self-care-and-mindfulness |
Helping Children Express Their Emotions | Students sometimes have a difficult time expressing emotions, especially potentially overwhelming ones like fear, anxiety, or grief. This handout has strategies to aid children in expressing their emotions developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Helping Your Child to Identify and Express Emotions | Students sometimes have a difficult time expressing emotions, especially potentially overwhelming ones like fear, anxiety, or grief. This handout has strategies to aid children in expressing their emotions developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Help-Seeking Behavior | There are many evidence-based practices that school professionals can use to provide effective support to military-connected students coping with situations such as a parental absence or a geographic transition. However, these strategies may be challenging to implement if identifying students who need support is difficult or if students do not feel comfortable asking for support. Although few studies address ways for school personnel to either identify students who need help or encourage help-seeking behavior in their students, there are some best practices, detailed in this guide. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Early Intervention and Special Education Services for Eligible Military Dependents | The Department of Defense has officially incorporated the rulings and practices of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This resource includes further information about the provisions of the act. | Special Education | View | special-education |
Special Education Legislation Timeline | This resource highlights some of the major legislative acts that influenced special education over the course of history. | Special Education | View | special-education |
Military Child Identifier for Schools | States can identify military children in their education data systems to track information such as attendance, academic progress, and graduation. Schools and districts can benefit by having access to this data to help inform policy and program decisions for these students. Please see the best practices as recommended by the Department of Defense for more information. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Enrollment Form (PDF) | To fully support all military-connected students, schools can implement a process for identifying these students. Schools could do this by including military-specific questions on their enrollment forms, as in the example document. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Enrollment Form (Word) | To fully support all military-connected students, schools can implement a process for identifying these students. Schools could do this by including military-specific questions on their enrollment forms, as in the example document. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Interest Survey (PDF) | When military-connected students transition to a new school, it may be helpful to use a military-specific student survey, like the example document, to get to know them. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military-Connected Student Interest Survey (Word) | When military-connected students transition to a new school, it may be helpful to use a military-specific student survey, like the example document, to get to know them. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Military Installation Location Guide | There are many military installations around the world. Check out this list of installations to find out which ones are close to your school or where the installations are located from which your students are transferring. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Risk and Protective Factors for Mobile Students | An individual student’s response to transitions may be due to risk and protective factors. Recognizing and being aware of these factors may help you to better support mobile students. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
Strategies to Support General Student Transitions | Students often need additional support from adults in their lives when they experience a transition such as going from preschool to elementary school, elementary school to middle school, and middle school to high school. This resource includes strategies you can use to help support students transitioning from preschool to elementary school, elementary school to middle school, or middle school to high school. | Transition Supports | View | transition-supports |
What does an Inclusive Classroom Look Like? | This resource discusses what an inclusive classroom is, and describes the features of an inclusive classroom. | Inclusivity | View | inclusivity |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Resources for Classrooms | These resources, which highlight our world’s vast diversity and promote equity, will open students’ minds, get them to reflect on their own privileges, and help them better understand other people, perspectives, and cultures. | Inclusivity | View | inclusivity |
What Is a Trauma-Informed School? | An overview of the components that make up a trauma-informed school provided by the Treatment and Services Adaptation Center (TSA). | Trauma | View | trauma |
NASP School Violence Prevention | The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) provides brief facts and tips for preventing school violence. | School Violence | View | school-violence |
After A Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools 2nd Edition | This resource provides an overview for schools to respond in the immediate aftermath of a suicide death of a student. This resource was developed primarily for administrators and staff in middle and high schools, but it can also be useful for parents and communities. | Student Suicide | View | student-suicide |
Preventing Youth Suicide: Brief Facts and Tips | This fact sheet from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) includes brief facts and tips for preventing student suicide. | Student Suicide | View | student-suicide |
Suicide Prevention Resource Center: School Resources | A variety of resources that can help schools take action to prevent suicide, and know how to respond after a suicide. | Student Suicide | View | student-suicide |
Model Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Policy | This is Pennsylvania’s Model Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Policy for school entities. | Student Suicide | View | student-suicide |
SEL Strategies and Tools | This resource includes several general strategies and tools to promote social and emotional learning. | Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) | View | social-and-emotional-learning |
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health | This resource discusses the importance of socioemotional learning in young children and offers strategies to promote their social and emotional skill development. | Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) | View | social-and-emotional-learning |
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL Essentials | This 70 page mini-book includes key introductory material, concise explanations and illustrations for each focus area, and the most essential tools within each focus area. It is designed to be used as a workbook for a Schoolwide SEL professional learning community or as a reference for coaches and SEL team leaders. | Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) | View | social-and-emotional-learning |
ADDitude Magazine | Free resources for learning about the distractability, impulsivity, and working memory problems associated with ADHD that can contribute to student behavior issues. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Child Mind Guides for Educators and Parents | Behavior guides for a variety of diagnoses, including (alphabetically) ADHD, anxiety, autism, bedwetting, depression, and more. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Reducing Problem Behaviors in the Elementary School Classroom | Designed for elementary school educators and school- and district-level administrators, this guide offers prevention, implementation, and schoolwide strategies that can be used to reduce problematic behavior that interferes with the ability of students to attend to and engage fully in instructional activities. | Behavior | View | behavior |
Edutopia: MTSS resources | Review a case study about how one school implemented an MTSS framework. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Interventions and Progress Monitoring Toolkit |
| Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Levels of Intervention and Evidence | Resources to support the selection and evaluation of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in an MTSS framework. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Military Family Programs Courses | This list of resources for military-connected children and youth can connect military families with opportunities to prepare their kids for success — both in their education and beyond. | Military Child | View | military-child |
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Handbook | In a 2019 literature review of state-level guidance on Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavioral Health )MTSS-B, researchers recommended that the MTSS-B materials developed and shared by Missouri’s Department of Education serve as a reference for schools when implementing MTSS-B. both as models for other state departments of education, and as important references for school-based practitioners, in thinking about the implementation of MTSS-B. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Tier 1 Implementation Guide | In a 2019 literature review of state-level guidance on Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavioral Health )MTSS-B, researchers recommended that the MTSS-B materials developed and shared by Missouri’s Department of Education serve as a reference for schools when implementing MTSS-B. both as models for other state departments of education, and as important references for school-based practitioners, in thinking about the implementation of MTSS-B. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Tier 2 Team Workbook | In a 2019 literature review of state-level guidance on Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavioral Health )MTSS-B, researchers recommended that the MTSS-B materials developed and shared by Missouri’s Department of Education serve as a reference for schools when implementing MTSS-B. both as models for other state departments of education, and as important references for school-based practitioners, in thinking about the implementation of MTSS-B. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Tier 3 Team Workbook | In a 2019 literature review of state-level guidance on Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavioral Health )MTSS-B, researchers recommended that the MTSS-B materials developed and shared by Missouri’s Department of Education serve as a reference for schools when implementing MTSS-B. both as models for other state departments of education, and as important references for school-based practitioners, in thinking about the implementation of MTSS-B. | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) | View | multi-tiered-systems-of-support |