FOCUS for Military Families

Devin Price, M.A., LMFT / Site Director, San Diego

Lori Serratto, M.S. / Resiliency Trainer

Kristin Donahue, M.A. / Resiliency Trainer

Craig Calhoun, B.S. / Resiliency Service Coordinator

(619) 556-6075

“If a community values its children,

it must cherish their parents.”

Bowlby, 1951

Deployment Spiral and Children

Deployment Spiral credit to NMFA

Deployment 3Deployment 1 Deployment 4Deployment 2

FOCUS ProgramServices

Parent and child group skill building

Multi-Session individual family resiliency training

Educational workshops and community outreach

Provider and family consultations

Parents only Parents onlyChildren only Family Sessions

FOCUS Individual Family Resiliency Training

Parental Timeline

Before Deploy 1 Home Deploy 2 Past Month

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In Iraq

Wildfires at home

Departure

Delay

Family avoidant

Daughter New Fears

Painful Goodbye

Delayed Homecoming

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Family Emotional Regulation Skills

Family Communication Skills

Assertive communication

“I” statements

Body language

Parent-Child communication

Listening and talking

Monitoring reaction

Deployment communication plan

Developmentally appropriate

deployment expectations

Family Goal Setting Skills

Problem Solving

Family Cohesion Activities

Activities:

• Family Calendar

• Family Collage

• Family Ideal Scene

• Family Scrapbook

• Family Mission Statements

• What I Can’t Live Without

• How to Hold a Family Meeting

Increasing Social Support

• Identify types of support• Problem solve barriers• Utilize family support systems• Enhance communication within the

support network

FOCUS World: Online Resiliency Education

To Contact Us

FOCUS San DiegoDevin Price, M.A., LMFT / Site Director, San Diego

Lori Serratto, M.S. / Resiliency Trainer

Kristin Donahue, M.A. / Resiliency Trainer

Craig Calhoun, B.S. / Resiliency Service Coordinator

www.focusproject.org

sandiego@focusproject.org

(619) 556-6075

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