Promoting Resiliency in Veteran Families With Young Children (FOCUS-EC)
Stress, Psychological, Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Regulation, Self
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Stress, Psychological focused on measuring resilience, families, children, intervention, deployment
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
• Non-active duty OEF/OIF/OND veteran with at least one co-habiting child, ages 3 to 6 years old
- Spouse/partner of OEF/OIF/OND veteran with at least one co-habiting child, ages 3 to 6 years old, can only participate if Veteran is participating
- Co-habiting child (3 to 6 years) of OEF/OIF/OND veteran
- Signed informed consents
- Access to computer with webcam and internet access
Exclusion Criteria:
• Does not meet the inclusion criteria
- Either parent does not want the child to participate
- Participated in FOCUS-EC while on active duty
- Active psychosis/mania (as assessed by staff)
- Significant child developmental delays (as assessed by staff)
Families excluded from the study will be provided with a list of online resources.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
No Intervention
FOCUS-EC
Web-Based Family Education
FOCUS-EC provides developmental guidance, parent education, and key resilience skills that promote positive individual and family coping, including emotional regulation, problem solving, goal setting, communication, and management of deployment & combat stress reminders, which foster parent-child and family cohesion. The intervention is delivered in six 90-minute sessions in the family home. Each session is structured with a check-in, review of the previous week's "home activity," primary activity and discussion, selection of a new "home activity", and a closing check-out. The family learns and practices the skills during the sessions, commits to practicing the skills during the week, and reports on their experiences the following session so that skills can be reinforced and adjustments made. FOCUS-EC promotes parenting skills and more cohesive family relationships in two key phases: 1) creating a family deployment and reintegration timeline and 2) enhancing parent-child interactions.
Families in the WB condition will be provided access to online educational materials covering topics such as typical child development, effects of early childhood separations, common child reactions to family stress, and the importance of self-care. CDM families in this condition will also have access to the standard services that are available to OEF/OIF/OND veterans through the VHA system, TriCare, and California Department of Veterans Affairs.