Guide for Helping Children and Youth Cope With Separation.

This guide was created for parents, relatives, teachers, service members, and community members to help children and youth cope with separation from a parent due to military deployment. Because children can be seriously affected by the absence of a parent orboth parents, it is important for those adults closest to the child to be educated and informed about separations and deployment and how to help childrenadapt to these changes. This guide was written with children ages 7-18 in mind. (Author abstract modified)