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Stress and Distress in Military Children
Heather Johnson, Lt Col, USAF, NC, FNP-BCAcknowledgments:
Diane Seibert, PhD, CRNPLorraine Masse, CPT, USAN, BSN
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Conflict of Interest
• I have no conflict of interest to report.
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Objectives
1. Discuss factors associated with military service that impact the behavior of military children– Review the different impact of Active Duty, Guard
and Reserve components
2. Identify manifestations of stress and distress in children
3. Differentiate manifestations of stress by age group
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Objectives4. Describe the positive effects of the military
experience on children5. Discuss implications for adults who work
with military children
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Military 101
General Concepts
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Military 101
• The Department of Defense– Army– Navy
• Marines• Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve
– Air Force– Reserves and the National Guard
• All volunteer force
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Military 101
• Active duty military– Most live on or near a military base– Immersed in military culture– Have ready and immediate access to military
support systems such as health care, family support centers, and a community that is familiar with their unique culture.
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Military 101
• Reserve and National Guard– Our “citizen soldiers” – Live and work in civilian communities across
the country– They do not have ready access to military-
specific support mechanisms • often do not live near military installations
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Military 101
• Children of the Guard/Reserve– When Reservists or Guard members are called to
active duty• they and their families may need to deal with changes
to income, child care, and medical insurance. • Children and families must become “suddenly
military” when a parent is activated*
*activated- called up to serve on active duty
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Military 101
• Children of Guard/Reserve Families• May be the only children in their schools or
communities who have a military parent • May not have had prolonged separations before• Do not have the same support resources as their active
duty counterparts• May not have established a sense of being a military
family member
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Military Terminology
Deployments
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Military Terminology• Deployment
– The short-term assignment of a military member to a combat or noncombat zone
– 1 to 15 months– Can be routine, planned, or unexpected
• Deployment cycle– Recurrent deployment and redeployment*
pattern that occurs over the career of a military service member
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Military TerminologyDeployment
• Also the name given to the movement of an individual or military unit– Either within the United States or to an overseas
location to accomplish a task or mission. – May be routine (providing additional training) – May be dangerous (such as going to war)
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Military TerminologyDeployment
• Three phases of deployment– Pre-deployment
• Preparing to go (may take 3-6 months)– Training, preparation of the individual and the unit,
packing, etc
– Deployment (1 to 15 months)• Actual movement to the duty location
– Post-deployment• Coming back from deployment
– Reintegrating with family and unit, resting, recuperating,
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Military Statistics
• 2.2 million service members in Active Duty (AD), Guard and Reserve– 32% smaller than 1990 Operation Desert Storm– ~ 1.9 million children have at least one parent
in the military– 1.6 million service members have served at
least 1 tour in Iraq or Afghanistan• 34% served more than 1 tour (some up to 8 tours)
– Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn/Operation Enduring Freedom
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Military Terminology Statistics as of Jan 31, 2011 (since 9/11)
• Iraq– Deaths 4422– Wounded in action 32,012
• Afghanistan– Deaths 1437– Wounded in action 9971
• Total deaths 5859• Total wounded 41,983
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The Military Family
Statistics, Rank, Occupations, and Transitions
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Military Family
• 58% of military service members have family responsibilities– 40% have 2 children
• By age 5- 40% of kids affected by deployment
• 30-50% relocate to hometowns to seek support from extended family– Those with school age kids tend to stay put
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Military Family
• 95,000 Dual military families• 74, 000 single parents• 102,000 families with CSHCN (child with
special health care needs)• Guard/Reserve not usually co-located with
a base
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Military Rank
• Rank Structure– Commissioned officers
• Leaders/managers• Have a bachelor’s degree or higher
– Noncommissioned officers (NCO)• The senior enlisted managers• HS diploma to Bachelor’s degree or higher
– Enlisted• HS diploma for entry
» Generally higher education than overall civilian population
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Military Occupations
• Military occupational specialty– Often correlates with potential for combat
deployment and injury• Security forces• Infantry• Special forces• Medical
• *All have equal access to healthcare
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Military Transitions
• A little more terminology– TDY or TAD- temporary duty or time away– PCS- permanent change of station (move)
• Military families move every 2-4 years• Some children attend 8 or more different schools• Affects continuity of care
– Deployment– Humanitarian deployment- provide support for
disaster relief (e.g. Haiti, Somalia)– Combat deployment- wartime operations
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Stress, Distress and Resilience in Military Children
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Definitions (Literature)
– Adolescent ~12-18– Children ~5-12– Young children < 5– Children with special health care needs (CSHCN)
or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
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RECOGNIZING STRESS AND DISTRESS
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Interpersonal, behavioral, physical, and developmental
– Internalizing behaviors– Externalizing behaviors– Somatic signs and symptoms– Changes in academic performance
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Internalizing behaviors
• Emotions that are turned inward– Withdrawn– Lonely– Anxious– Depressed– Low self-perceptions (self-esteem)
• Can be in multiple domains
– Shyness
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Externalizing behaviorsEmotions that are turned outward
• Aggressive• Impulsive• Distractible• Coercive• Delinquency
“Acting out”
• Hyperactivity• Drug/alcohol use• Defiant• Temper tantrums
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Physiologic/Somatic Signs
• Elevated heart rate• Elevated systolic BP• Appetite changes• Nightmares
• Sleep disturbance• Others may include
– GI upset– Headache– Neck/back pain– Jitteriness
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The Military Family
Vulnerable yet exceptional
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The Military FamilyFrequent Moves
• Negative– Disruption of family, social network– Students change schools– Teachers PCS or deploy
• Positive– Broader perspective toward people and cultures– Child can “recreate” him/herself– More moves resulted in higher participation in
social activities
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The Military FamilyFrequent Moves
• Repeat combat deployments• Media
– Coverage of wartime events challenging• Resilience of the military child and family
– More frequent relocation experience equals better child adjustment
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Characteristics of the Military Member
• Military combat soldiers– Expected to be aggressive and violent when
deployed– Hyper-aroused, hyper-vigilant
• Expected to turn those characteristics off when return
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Post-traumatic stress
• Post-traumatic stress– Acute
• Post-traumatic stress disorder– Chronic, dysfunction
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General Findings
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Support
• Most families/children/SM do well • Most families feel supported overall (82%)
– Military groups and organizations (64%)– Church (48.5%)– Nonmilitary groups and organizations (25%)
• Including schools
– Non-local family (22%)
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Child Psychosocial Functioning• 1/3 of military children are at high risk for
psychosocial morbidity • Caregiving parent stress
– Significant predictor of child psychosocial functioning
– Affects perceptions of child psychosocial functioning
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Child Psychosocial Functioning• Feeling supported overall positively
predicted child functioning– Military, family, peer, church, school and
community support – Feeling supported is key to promoting healthy
behavior– Non-local family was not a significant predictor
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Demographic Predictors• Parental level of education• Age• Enlisted rank• Duration of marriage <5 yrs• The gender of the deployed service
member
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Family Cohesiveness• High family cohesiveness
– Less aggression– Fewer issues of noncompliance– Higher self-esteem in children
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Negative Behaviors
• Diminish over time
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Cumulative Impact
• Impact of combat deployment on children tends to accumulate
• ADSM may be deployed for half of a child’s life
• More months of combat deployment= greater impact on child
• Living on base = fewer problems
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Cumulative Impact
• High stress/distress in the family– May affect decision to re-enlist or stay in the
military– Consider divorce
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Cumulative Impact
• At home caregiver– Increased stress and anxiety – Fatigue
• Especially when caring for young children
– Concern about spouse’s safety– Loneliness– Trouble keeping house up– Dealing with child behavior– Finances
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Effect of the Media
• Children >3 years old– at risk of developing depressive symptoms or
more prone to externalizing behaviors
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Changes at Home
Risk in the Home
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Abuse/Neglect• Onset of intensive conflict in Middle East
(2002-2003)– Rates of substantiated abuse/neglect in
military families doubled – Consistently higher ever since
• Highest rates in children < 4 yrs of age– Rates decreased with increasing age
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Abuse/Neglect• Neglect, physical, emotional or sexual
abuse– US Army enlisted soldiers– 42% higher during combat deployments– Linked to departure and return– Female civilian caregiver increased, male did
not– Neglect more common than abuse
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Domestic Violence
• Deployment, reunification• Domestic violence and child maltreatment• Increased risk
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Risk
• Most families cope well• We need to watch for those at risk for not
coping well
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Effects of Combat Injuries
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Nature of Military
• Very private• May not tell you there are visible or invisible
injuries• And children may not want to bring attention
to themselves
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Effect is on the whole family
• Parental injury– Observable injuries– Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)– Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Difficult transition for children• Effect on social skills• Behavior problems in school
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Developmental Risk Factors (Theoretical)
– Attachment problems– Brain development– Emotional dysregulation– Cognitive, emotional or developmental delays– MH or behavioral problems– Other health concerns
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Effects of combat injuries
• TBI– Problematic behavior changes in children
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Effect of Poor Family Cohesion/Coping
• High reported family stress/distress prior to deployment
• Significant disruption post injury• Higher rates of family/child stress and distress
post-injury
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Reserve/Guard
• May largely deal with these problems on their own
• Fewer supports available than in military communities
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Psychological casualties
• “For the first time in history, the number of psychological casualties exceeds those who die in battle or who are physically injured.”(McFarlane, 2009)
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Psychological casualties
• Interpersonal consequences – May be reflected in injured or by their children– Social withdrawal– Emotional numbing– Lack of empathy– Irritability – High risk group
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Military Children in School
Literature
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Study of School Personnel Schools with AD/G/R Children
• School personnel perceive that kids are coping well
• In fact, kids reported they were dealing with a range of deployment issues
• Affected their ability to function in school
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School personnel concerns
• Student uncertainty about deployment length• Perceived mental health issues of the non-
deployed parent– Contribution to difficulties at school
• Children from Guard/Reserve families– Lacked the social support network within their
school (peers) who understood the military experience
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The Adolescent
Special Populations
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The Early Adolescent 11-14 Domains of development (Bright Futures)
• Physiological- puberty, growth, menarche
• Psychological- – concrete thought, questioning independence, parental controls
remain strong, preoccupation with body changes, sexual identity,
• Social- – search for same-sex peer affiliation, good parental relationships,
other adults as role models, sensitivity to differences between home culture and culture of others, transition to middle school, involvement in extracurricular activities
• Potential problems- – school problems, psychosomatic concerns, depression, unintended
pregnancy, initiation of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs
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The Middle Adolescent 15-17 Domains of development (Bright Futures)
• Physiological- Ovulation, growth spurt• Psychological
– Competence in abstract and future thought, idealism, sense of invincibility or narcissism, beginning of cognitive capacity to provide legal consent, sexual identity
• Social– Begin emotional emancipation, increased power of peer group,
conflicts over parental control, risk-taking behavior, cultural conflict between values of peers, family and culture, transition to high school, reduced involvement in extracurricular activities
• Potential problems– Experimentation, unintended pregnancy, conflicts with parents,
poor eating or disordered eating, decreased physical activity.
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General Experiences
• By age 17, military youth have attended an average of 5 schools– Some outside of Continental U.S. (CONUS)
• Develops resiliency and coping skills• Limits access to high-risk behavioral influences
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RISK-TAKINGMilitary Adolescent
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Susceptibility to risky behaviors
• Multiple relocations• Changes in peer groups (+ or -)• Separation from peers and family• Worry about loved one• Loss of a loved one
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Sexual activity
• Adolescents presenting to MTF health clinics– 30% vs 46-51% in general population– Prolonged paternal absence may increase risk for
sexual activity (especially in girls) and teen pregnancy
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Substance abuse rates
• Far below national average– Alcohol 21% vs 45% Ntl– Tobacco 5% vs 22% Ntl– Marijuana 8% vs 22.4% Ntl
• Except 12th grade males 20% vs 26-30%
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Difference is more than demographic
• Military adolescents averse to risk-taking– Access to confidential services– Environment shared by military families
• Atmosphere of change and community
– Resilient peer group– Parents with job security– Relocation away from destructive peer groups– Parental deployments and risk association
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Effect of age on risk-taking behavior
• As age increased– More difficulties in academic engagement– Fighting and drinking – More problems with reintegration
• BUT– Peer functioning improved– Anxiety decreased
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PEER RELATIONSHIPSMilitary Adolescent
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Peer relationships
• Difficulty in peer relationships– Results in low self-esteem– Higher fear of negative evaluation by peers– Social avoidance and distress– Loneliness
• Longer time at the current address– Better peer relationships– Less loneliness
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General issues
• Difficult forging new relationships on PCS• Academic issues• Emotional/behavioral adjustment• Differing family roles and responsibilities
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IMPACT OF DEPLOYMENTMilitary Adolescent
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Pre-deployment
• Fear that caregivers won’t be able to adequately care for them
• Ineffective coping– Crying, temper tantrums
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Deployment• Mixed emotions• Angry, sad, numb, alone• Sleep difficulties, anxiety, ineffective coping• Poor diet• Lack of exercise• Changes in academic performance
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Deployment
• Interaction with peers• Somatic complaints • Added roles and responsibility• Uncertainty, loss, boundary ambiguity• Relationship conflict
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Redeployment (Reintegration)
• Intense anticipation• Excitement, bursts of energy, difficulty making
decisions• Fear of homecoming due to changes in routine
or expectations • Fear loss of independence
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Post-deployment
• Reunion can be difficult for both parent and child– Hard to respond to discipline from returning
parent– Fear of changes to routine – Re-establishing old models of discipline and
caretaking
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Experience of the Adolescent Caregiver
• Deployment – Anxiety, strain, tension during deployment– Excessive stress interferes with caregiver-child
relationship• Return from deployment
– Resentment as returning parent begins to “reengage” with the family
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Risk Factors/Predictors
• Psychosocial vulnerability is not inevitable• Family cohesiveness and mother-child
relationships– Critical to psychosocial adjustment of child– Strong relationships= Better resilience– Ineffective coping skills of adolescent and
caregiving parent= Poor functioning
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Risk Factors/Predictors
• Deployed mother leads to significant increase in risk-taking behavior
• Pre-existing emotional problems in caregiving parent or child leads to poor psychosocial functioning
• Parents with poorer mental health reported more child difficulties during deployment
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Support
• Pets • Strong coping skills• Reservists
– Family support groups• Help with boundary ambiguity
– Tend to re-stabilize once parent home and back at work
• Living in base housing (support)• Parental employment outside the home
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Children
Ages 5-12
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Problem behaviors
• Often lower between the ages of 2-12 – Modulated by
• Level of adult supervision• Self-exploration during development
• Increase during adolescence
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Middle Childhood (5-12)
• Development – Self– Family– Friends– School– Community
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Self
• Self-esteem– Experiences of success– Reasonable risk-taking behavior– Resilience and ability to handle failure– Supportive family and peer relationships
• Self-image– Body image– Physical changes associate with development
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Family
• What matters at home:– Consistent expectations and limit setting– Family time together
• Family meals
– Communication– Family responsibilities– Family transitions– Sibling and caregiver relationships
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Friends
• Making friends• Family support of friendships
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School
• Consistent expectations for school performance• Homework• Building relationships with teachers
– Managing conflict• Parent-teacher communication• Addressing cultural needs in the school• Negative Impact
– Aggression, bullying, and victimization– Absenteeism
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Community
• Community organizations• Religious groups• Cultural groups
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Potential High-Risk Behaviors
• Substance use• Unsafe friendships• Unsafe community environments
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Anxiety
• 1/3 clinically significant anxiety– Regardless of deployment status – 32% exceed cutoff for “high risk” anxiety levels
• 2.5 times the national norm
• Cumulative length of parental deployment and parental distress– Correlate with child depression and
externalizing behaviors
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Children (5-12 years)
– Difficulty sleeping- 56%– Attention concerns- 13%– School related- 14%
• Dropping grades• Decreased interest in school • Teacher conflict
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Impact on Girls 5-12
• AD parent deployed– Increase in externalizing behaviors
• And not internalizing behaviors
– Resolves on return of parent – Problems with reintegration– Girls more likely to have problems with the
deployment than boys
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Impact on Boys 5-12
• Increase in externalizing behaviors when AD parent returns
• Man of the house
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Single study result
• Fort Lewis and Camp Pendleton– No elevations in depression, internalizing or
externalizing behaviors compared to community norms
– Limitation: very few E1 to E4 outcomes
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Caregiver experiences
• Anxiety– ¼ of parents with a deployed spouse– Decreased on reintegration
• Care-giving parent distress– 42% had high levels of stress
• significantly higher than national norm
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Caregiver experiences
• As the number of combat months deployed increased– stress and distress of at-home caregiver increased
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Impact of parent-child relationship
• If parent perceived their child as “difficult”– Reported more dysfunctional interactions
• 19% exceeded “at risk”
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Impact of parent-child relationship
• If parent perceived their child as “difficult”– Reported more dysfunctional interactions
• 19% exceeded “at risk” for maltreatment• Neglect and maltreatment
– 55% exceeded at risk on at least 1 of 3 measures– 10% on all 3 measures– Only 6% would be considered “high risk” for
neglect and maltreatment
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Children of parents with PTS
• Exhibit externalizing (but not internalizing) behaviors
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Risk Factors/Predictors
• Mental health and coping of parents– Correlates with adjustment of child
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Incidence of Mental and Behavioral Health Issues
• There is an 11% increase in outpatient visits for mental and behavioral health issues during a parent’s deployment – Despite overall 11% decrease in outpatient visits
during deployment – 18-19% increase in behavioral and stress disorders– Stressed parents must prioritize which conditions
warrant an outpatient visit
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Incidence of Mental and Behavioral Health Issues
– Older children and children of married parents had more outpatient mental and behavioral health visits
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The gender of the deployed member makes a difference
– Male member deployed• Increased outpatient visits
– Female member deployed• Decreased outpatient visits
– Combination of factors• Gender-specific differences in the behavioral
response of children to deployment – Recognition of child issues during deployment– Difficulty in bringing issues to professional attention
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Children
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Young Children <5
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Special PopulationsYoung Children (<5 years)
• Growth and Development – Based on developmental milestones– Gross motor– Fine motor– Cognitive, linguistic, and communication– Social-emotional
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Child Case Study
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Behavior Changes
• No single, simple effect• Increased behavior problems usually begin at
deployment– Behavior changes
• increase by number of deployments • number of months deployed
• Attachment problems occurred at reunion– Worsened with each successive deployment
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Behavior Changes
• Associated with individual child factors– Temperament
• “Anxious”, “difficult “ had more problems
– Pre-deployment attachment– Pre-deployment behavior– Age of the child
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Age Differences and Deployment
• Infants have fewer behavioral changes than older toddlers and pre-schoolers
• Children age 3-5 tend to have more externalizing behaviors
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Frequent Relocations
• In young children, frequent relocations increases behavior problems– Disrupts parent and child routine, social
relationships– Worse if relocate right before or right after a
deployment
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During deployment
– Need lots of attention– Clingy– Increase in temper tantrums– Asks lots of questions about the deployed parent– Attempts to control things– Defiant, disobedient, argumentative– Appetite changes– Prolonged crying– Sleeping problems/nightmares
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Reunion/reintegration
– Won’t sleep in their own bed– Prefers non-deployed parent or caregiver– Doesn’t want returning parent to leave the house– Ignores returning parent– Won’t let returning parent comfort him/her
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Risk Factors/Predictors
• Child– Personality- flexible, cooperative– Disposition– Positive mood– Parent support- warmth and family cohesion– Community support- strengthens coping, provides
role models
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Parent Perception as a Predictor
• Parents who report being stressed– Report that their children are stressed– Report more attachment problems in their
children on reintegration
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Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
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CSHCNDevelopmental issues
• CSHCN– Have same developmental goals and milestones as
other children– Additional issues in achieving those goals
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CSHCN Additional Developmental Issues
• Making friends and friendships with peers with and without special needs
• Family support to have typical friendship activities
• Parent-teacher communication• Addressing cultural needs in the school• Aggression, bullying, and victimization• Absenteeism
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CSHCNDevelopmental issues
• Available community organizations• Risk-taking behaviors• Easily victimized
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Incidence
• 23% of families report having a child with a health need that will last at least 1 yr– 9% need Rx (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy)– 14% need services (medical, mental health, or
educational services; special therapies; or treatment or counseling)
– 11% require special medical, mental health, or educational services
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Healthcare Needs
– 5x’s as many admissions– 10x’s as many total days in the hospital– 2x’s as many outpatient visits
• Average 19 visits per year– Many visits are related services (MH, Speech, OT, PT)
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Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
• Autism in general population 1:110– In military 1:88 *
• Why the higher rates of CSHCN in the military?– Partially due to insurance recognition and
coverage for services
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Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
• In general population– Elevated incident of abuse and neglect– Divorce rates >2x that of typical children
• Disruption in family cohesiveness• Inadequate coping skills
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Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
• Some AD members are concerned about the stigma of having a CSHCN– Particularly those with severe MH problems– Concern about effect of limited duty options
(EFMP)– Ability to stay in military
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Coordination of Care• Opportunities for improvement
– Coordinating moves for military families of CSHCN
– EFMP looks to see if services are available in community
• May not be covered by TRICARE
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Parental Stressors• Find providers who accept insurance• Get on waiting lists for services
– Referrals for specialty services lapse• Getting the child in the right school• Uncover benefits, providers and services
• ECHO and other insurance benefits• Specialty services (e.g. dentists who work with
children with Autism)
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CSHCN
• Many typical military children have trouble when a parent deploys for a long period of time– it may be even harder for a child who cannot
communicate his or her feelings or just doesn’t understand where his or her parent went.
– every child reacts differently to differences in family dynamics
– may see significant developmental regression– Catch 22
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What can school nurses do?Predeployment
• Identify potential units/families approaching deployment
• Discuss with family plans for the child during deployment
• Anticipatory guidance- emotional, physical and psychological needs– Local/base/community/religious resources– Peer groups
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What can school nurses do?Deployment
• Inform applicable school personnel of parental deployment
• In-service regarding needs of children/caregivers
• Follow-up on support resources• Discuss home and personal safety strategies for
child and caregivers• Monitor child and caregiver during deployment
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What can school nurses do?Re-deployment
• Anticipate homecoming• Monitor child and caregiver emotions
– Assess need for emotional/psychological support• Notify applicable personnel of impending
return– Help family celebrate the return
• Monitor child’s attention to school work, ADLs
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What can school nurses do?Postdeployment/reintegration
• Assist family in transition– Anticipatory guidance- potential changes in
roles/responsibilities/discipline– Direct to resources that can assist during transition– Reorganization of family roles and living
arrangements• Monitor coping
– Assess family health/risk– Need for intervention
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Family Support
• Most support needed during transitions– Deployment and upon reintegration– Targeted support– Before and after PCS
• Increases vulnerability, worsens peer functioning (KFA)
• Support for families with traumatic injuries• Highly stressed families have a hard time
participating in organized interventions
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School Environment
• A strong school environment provides established routine and structure– Minimizes child stress– A positive school climate improves academic
performance– Influences emotions and student behavior
• Identify and intervene in families at risk
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Role of the School
• Provide support for military families– Emotional and social support
• Staff training to recognize problems• Give children a forum to discuss deployment
related issues and stressors• Put children/families in touch with resources
and a peer support network
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