Publications and Quoted Statements
This training power point is intended for school psychologists and all mental health providers. University professors are also a target audience so that they may incorporate this topic into their lecture schedule for future mental health providers. The content explains the intricacies of the deployment cycle and interventions to help families manage deployment stress.
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Rebuilding the Bond is an article in GX Magazine (Vol. 13, Issue 4, 2016) offering pointers on how to reconnect with your toddler or infant after your absence. The article is on page 57.
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This 2016 article in GX Magazine (Vol. 12. Issue 4) (official magazine of the National Guard) explains the importance of families alerting schools of an impending deployment. Schools can serve as a significant support for the child during a parent deployment.The article is on page 46.
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This feature article in GX Magazine (Vol. 12, Issue 2) (the official magazine for the National Guard) from May 2015 reviews the deployment cycle and ways to ease deployment stress
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New York Times article from Nov. 29, 2009
FASHION & STYLE | November 29, 2009
Sunday Styles Preview: War's Other Enduring Videos
By Jan Hoffman
Surprise visits home by soldiers are being caught on camera and shown on news broadcasts, YouTube and countless other Web sites. But what is the effect on children?
Courier Journal, Louisville, KY article from February 2011 reviewing the impact of deployment on families
New York Times article from September 27, 2009
US | September 27, 2009
Women at Arms: Wartime Soldier, Conflicted Mom
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ The U.S. military has in large part adapted to women fighting successfully alongside men. Motherhood, though, poses a more formidable challenge.
New York Times article | August 16, 2009
Women at Arms: G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves
By Lizette Alvarez
Before 2001, America's military women had rarely seen ground combat, but the Afghanistan and Iraq wars have changed that.
Military Deployment and Family Reintegration.
BY MARK C. PISANO, EDD, NCSP, Fort Bragg Schools, NC. Reintegration as a family after military deployment.
Military Deployment: How School Psychologists Can Help
This article appeared in the National Association of School Psychology Communique publication Vol. 37, #2, October 2008. Military Deployment: How School Psychologists Can Help. The military deployment cycle is described along with the impact on children and how school psychologists can help those children and their families manage the stress associated with the deployment.
Impact on deployed parents' families varies
Feb 19, 2011 – Mark C. Pisano, a school psychologist at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, said how well children do while a parent is deployed has a lot.
Courier Journal, Louisville, KY article from February 2011 reviewing the impact of deployment on families.
Pisano, Mark C. 1996 Implications of Deployed and Nondeployed Fathers on Seventh Graders' California Achievement Test Scores during a Military Crisis. Doctoral Dissertation, Campbell University.
Advances in Family-School-Community Partnering (FSCP): A practical guide for school mental health professionals and education stakeholders, Supporting Military Connected Families Through a Multi-Tiered Framework (2020)
Supporting and Educating Traumatized Children, Chapter 11: Students from Military Families, Oxford University Press, NY 2020
Best Practices in Service to Children in Military Families - Book chapter written for inclusion in Best Practices in School Psychology V, National Association of School Psychology (2015)
Kimochis Activity Kit for Military Families and Feel Guide - Co-Author for Social Emotional Program specifically for military children. San Rafael, CA
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