Caring for Military Children

​Child care providers often come into contact with children of varying backgrounds and family situations.

In this video, LTC Keith Lemmon, MD, FAAP discusses why it is important for those caring for military children to acknowledge and understand the unique nature of these children’s lives.

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• Deployment and Children
• Smooth School Transitions: Tips for Military Families
• Military Families: Child Care Support During Deployments
• Helping Children Adjust to a Move
• A Message to Military Families: Staying Connected (Video)
• Resiliency of Military Children (Video)
• Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in U.S. Military Families (AAP Clinical Report)

Additional Resources:

• CNN Reports on New AAP Clinical Guideline on the Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families (CNN.com)
• Coming Together Around Military Families (zerotothree.org)
• FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress™)
• FOX News Talks to Pediatrician on the Effects of Deployments on Families (Fox.com)
• Government form to release medical or dental records to a new provider (PDF)