focus gen brief
DESCRIPTION
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 3 Deployment 1 Deployment 4 Deployment 2 Deployment Spiral credit to NMFATRANSCRIPT
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
(619) 556-6075
Questions and
Discussion