American Red Cross North Florida Region
Locations
Invalid Zip Code
Donate Now
Home
Local
American Red Cross North Florida Region
About Us
Our Work

Service to the Armed Forces

Resiliency Programs Offer Help to Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families

Resiliency programs provide critical support to service members, veterans, and their families, helping them navigate the unique challenges of military life. These programs focus on mental, emotional, and physical well-being, offering resources such as counseling, stress management, financial guidance, and peer support.

By building resilience, these initiatives empower individuals and families to overcome adversity, strengthen their relationships, and enhance their overall quality of life. These programs stand as a testament to the commitment to those who serve and sacrifice for our nation.

Workshops

Reconnection Workshop Modules for Adults
 
  1. Communicating Clearly helps participants understand and improve their communication style to help them successfully engage with colleagues and loved ones.
  2. Exploring Stress and Trauma teaches service members and their loved ones to recognize and manage stress and other military-related challenges, including trauma.
  3. Identifying Depression helps participants recognize behaviors, thoughts and feelings that may be signs of depression, find ways to address them and know when to seek additional help.
  4. Relating to Children helps participants learn how children react to stress and trauma by developmental level and teaches effective ways to help them through difficult times.
  5. Working through Anger teaches participants to recognize and understand sources and expressions of anger in response to stressful situations and offers options for how to respond when faced with emotionally intense situations and events.
Reconnection Workshop Modules for Children and Teens
 
  1. Roger That! Communication Counts
  2. Operation 10-4 Confident Coping
Mind-Body Workshops
 
  1. Introduction to Mind-Body Skills teaches participants to recognize and manage stress through a personal wellness plan that includes breathing techniques, mindfulness, stretching and movement, biofeedback, body training and/or biofeedback.
  2. Using Mind-Body Skills teaches participants to recognize and manage stress through a personal wellness plan that includes drawing, journaling, meditation, mindfulness, body scan, progressive muscle relaxation, mirroring and/or self-guided imagery.
Coping with Deployments: Psychological First Aid for Military Families
This course utilizes PowerPoint, role plays and small-group discussions to prepare military families for helping both themselves and those in their community to effectively cope with the challenges related to the deployment cycle. There are two courses available, one for teaching adults how to use Psychological First Aid (PFA) tools with other adults and another for teaching adults how to use PFA tools with children.

Contact Us

Please reach out to liz.tissicino@redcross.org to learn more or to schedule a workshop. Workshops are routinely offered to support service members, veterans, and their families. Please stay tuned and check for upcoming events.

/content/redcross/en/local/florida/north-florida/about-us/our-work/service-to-the-armed-forces