The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part II: Enhancing the Resilience of Military Families

Course Code: EL-CSFAM2-MIL-CDP

Credit/Contact Hours: 1.75

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2013

Learning Objectives:
Describe the concept of resiliency in families.
Summarize general strategies that promote resiliency in couples and children.
Discuss specific skills to promote healthy adjustment for families throughout the deployment cycle.

Instructor: Jenna Ermold, Ph.D.

Jenna Ermold, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who has been with the Center for Deployment Psychology since 2006, initially as the Deployment Behavioral Health Psychologist at Malcolm Grow (USAF) Medical Center and currently as a Web Content Developer. Her current responsibilities include developing online training materials for behavioral health clinicians to improve competency in working with military members and their families. She is a graduate of Middlebury College (Psychology, English) and has her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont (2003). She is a graduate of the Malcolm Grow (USAF) Medical Center Psychology Residency Program (2003) and served on Active Duty as a psychologist in the United States Air Force from 2002 to 2006. The focus of Dr. Ermold’s clinical work, supervision and training is on deployment and redeployment related mental health issues, specifically assessment and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Additionally, Dr. Ermold specializes in health psychology, behavioral health integration into primary care, and women's reproductive behavioral health.

Instructor: William Brim, Psy.D.

William Brim, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He has been with the Center for Deployment Psychology since 2007, initially as a Deployment Behavioral Health Psychologist at Malcolm Grow (USAF) Medical Center and serving as the Deputy Director since 2008. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee (Psychology) and has his Master's and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL (1998). He is a graduate of the Wilford Hall (USAF) Medical Center Psychology Residency Program (1998) and the Wilford Hall Clinical Health Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship Program (2001). Dr. Brim served on Active Duty as a psychologist in the United States Air Force from 1997 to 2007.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is entry and intermediate level clinical professionals and nurses; nurses in the following settings: hospital, ltc facilities, outpatient/ambulatory clinics, public health facilities; practice categories: addictions nursing, community health nursing, general nursing practice, gerontological nursing, home health nursing, medical surgical nursing, mental health psychiatric nursing, pain management, pediatric nursing.

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