Link updated, February 2020 The Military & Community Family Policy, Office of Special Needs’ Early Intervention Directory is organized to help you quickly obtain the information you need to make decisions for your child with special needs. The directory will enable you to: Identify and learn about the early intervention provider serving your new location […]
Being part of a military family can be filled with many surprises, challenges, and opportunities. Part of the military life is moving to new locations every few years or even more frequently. This can be a bit more challenging when there’s a child in the family who has a disability. Lots of questions naturally arise:
Will special education services be available in the new location?
What about the types of therapists or expertise your child needs?
What do you need to do to get ready?
(2017, July) | Useful to Parent Centers and other support organizations who work with military families. When a military parent dies while serving, their child may express their grief through behavior changes. Parent Center staff may get a call from the surviving parent when the child’s grief has a negative impact at school. This article […]
(2016, March) | Useful to military families and to Parent Centers working with military families. This extensive resource page comes from the Military Parent Technical Assistance Center (MPTAC), also known as the Branch. The Branch is funded by OSEP to help Parent Centers increase their visibility with, and support for, military families within their communities. The […]
(Published 2014) Child Mind offers this guide to information about the challenges of raising kids in a military family, including access to mental health care, advice on dealing with the strain of deployment and return, and the particular mental health risks for kids and parents in this community. Find the guide here: http://www.childmind.org/en/military-families/home/
