Event Support Event Curriculum

Are You Ready? Being Prepared for Deployment

[July 2021] Pre-deployment

This class discusses planning and preparing for deployment with regard to legal, medical, financial, familial, emergency and civilian workplace matters.

Class Length: 45 minutes

Building and Strengthening Your Personal Support Network

[July 2021] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

This class covers the importance of a personal support network and discusses how to develop and use a personal support network.

Class Length: 45 minutes

Experiencing Deployment

[July 2021] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

This class examines common characteristics and feelings experienced by Service members and loved ones and considers strategies to help participants effectively navigate pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment transitions.

Just Breathe

[July 2021] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

This class presents breathing exercises as a tool to help manage stress. Participants will learn about the evidence-based benefits of using breathing exercises to support mental, physical, and overall well-being. Participants will also have opportunities to practice a few breathing techniques and leave with tips and resources to continue using the learned techniques at home.

Class Length: 60 minutes

Legal Considerations for Deployment

[ Oct 2019] Pre-deployment

This class covers the importance of making sure legal documents are up-to-date and discusses Powers of Attorney (POA), wills, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). These topics need to be addressed by Service members and their eligible family members as they prepare for deployment.

Class Length: 45 minutes

Meditation: How Training Your Mind Can Turn Down the Volume on Stress

[March 2020] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

This class explores meditation as a tool to help manage stress. Participants will learn about the evidence-informed benefits of meditation for the brain, body, and overall well-being. Participants will also have an opportunity to try a brief meditation practice and they will leave with tips and resources to set up a home meditation practice.

Class Length: 60 minutes

Move the Body and Relax the Mind

[July 2021] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

This class explores mind-body exercises as a tool to help manage stress. Participants will learn about the evidence-informed benefits of using exercises, including yoga, Tai Chi and Qi Gong, to help support mental, physical, and overall well-being. Participants will also have the opportunity to practice a few simple movements and leave with tips and resources to explore and to develop the practices discussed.

Class Length: 50 minutes

Reintegration: How I See It

[July 2021] Post deployment

In this class, participants will compare and contrast feelings commonly experienced by Service members, family members, and coworkers during reintegration and discuss tips to facilitate successful reintegration.

Class Length: 45-60 minutes

Renegotiating a New Normal after Deployment

[July 2021] Post Deployment

This class covers the areas that need to be addressed when renegotiating a new normal after deployment and provides time for attendees to start developing a plan for successful reintegration.

Class Length: 60 minutes

Understanding and Reducing Anger

[July 2021] Pre-deployment, During Deployment, or Post Deployment

Participants will define anger and learn facts about anger, including what triggers anger and how to handle their anger in various situations. Using the Anger Episode Model as a tool for understanding anger, participants will discuss three skills to reduce and manage anger and examine positive and negative short-term and long-term outcomes, problem-solving techniques, and solutions.

Class Length: 60 minutes