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PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – TeleFOCUS is virtual family resilience training for active duty service members and their families. This 6-10 week training provides free, fun and interactive sessions to guide active duty families safely through one of their programs.
Through the TeleFOCUS Family Skills webpage, there are eight pages that connect families with various FOCUS counselors. The pages are based on goals of the family, such as emotional regulations, family closeness, routines, goal setting, transitions, communication, problem solving, and deployments.
“After the initial intake, we scheduled weekly meetings for seven weeks, meeting on the computer each time,” said Angela Melcher, an active duty spouse with firsthand experience using TeleFOCUS. “The program started by working with myself and my husband, discussing how we communicated with each other and ways we could better communicate with our 11-year-old and some of the development expectations.”
There are in-person sites throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Japan, and Germany and sites for the United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment. For a safe, socially distanced experience, families can attend virtual resilience training. Virtual training is flexible and available to active duty service members after working hours and on weekends. Each family is assessed during the initial session, and the assigned counselor can determine which program works best for the family’s needs.
“The program gave my family an opportunity to sit down and evaluate things that we would not normally discuss in everyday life conversations and provided us with tools to help navigate the more difficult situations,” said Melcher. “As a military family our lives change, sometimes without much notice, and we have to be flexible, which can sometimes take a toll on our mental health. With programs like FOCUS we are supporting a stable and happy home so our service members can focus on their duties.”
These TeleFOCUS resilience programs can be found at focusproject.org/family-skills or through the 6th Marine Corps District Readiness Coordinator, Lisa Lyford at Lisa.Lyford@marines.usmc.mil.
| Date Taken: | 11.05.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 11.09.2021 14:19 |
| Story ID: | 408788 |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
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