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This section contains handbooks and guides designed especially for youth. Many of these documents are workbooks that your children will enjoy. Click on the links below to learn about each document.

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Deployment Guides

The Family Program’s Youth Deployment Guide

Separation/Activity Books for Youth

Lets Take a Trip (Ages 2-4)

Travel Trunk (Ages 5-7)

Travel Journal (Ages 8-10)

Trip Ticket (Ages 11-12)

Travel Pack (Ages 13-18)

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About:
This 31-page guide discusses deployment and its effect on youth. The guide includes extensive checklists and information about how to help your children cope with these impacts.
Sections
  • Preparing for Deployment
  • Deployment and Me
  • Deployment and My Family
  • Help from the National Guard
  • Resources

 
Source:
National Guard Bureau-Family Program Office, February 2003
File (Size):
PDF file (526K)

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About:
These are colorful, well-written activity books designed to help your children deal with the deployment of a loved one.
Activity Guides by Age Group File (Size):
Lets Take a Trip

(Ages 2-4)

 PDF file (4.2MB)
Travel Trunk

(Ages 5-7)

 PDF file (6MB)
Travel Journal

(Ages 8-10)

 PDF file (3MB)
Trip Ticket

(Ages 11-12)

 PDF file (6MB)
Travel Pack Ages

(13-18)

 PDF file (3.6MB)
Source:
National Guard Bureau-Family Program Office, February 2003

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