Resources for Military-Connected Professionals
For campus personnel serving service members, veterans, and family members.
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Military Culture Training
Strengthening your campus community’s awareness of military culture is an important step in providing effective support. We recommend two free options from PsychArmor and VDVS:
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Posttraumatic Growth Training
Learn the foundational concepts of Posttraumatic Growth with the PTG for Life: Learning to Struggle Well online course, provided by the Boulder Crest Foundation.
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Access to Lethal Means Training
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) workshops prepare participants to have conversations about reducing access to lethal means during times of heightened suicide risk.
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Badges for Email Signatures
Help build a visible network of military-connected faculty and staff to help students easily recognize supporters and reduce isolation through increased community identification.
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Military-Connected Interest Group
We are forming an interest group for higher education personnel serving military-connected individuals across Virginia’s higher education institutions. Sign up for updates:
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Stories of Resilience
Hear stories from Virginia’s military-affiliated students and campus personnel sharing how they’ve built resilience and found support on their path to well-being.
Other Resources
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988lifeline.org: Veterans & Service Members
For those that serve or who have served, crises can be heightened by their experiences during military service. If you’re a veteran or service member and in crisis, these resources can help.
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DVS Virginia Veteran and Family Support Program
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services’ Virginia Veteran and Family Support program provides direct support through personalized care and community resource coordination and peer recovery support to service members, veterans and their families and caregivers as they address the challenges of military service, transition, deployments, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injuries.
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Firearm Safety Counseling
From the Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans (STRIVE) YouTube channel, Dr. Craig Bryan demonstrates the firearm safety counseling approach used in brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (BCBT) with an at-risk patient. This approach is influenced by the core principles of motivational interviewing, and involves four general phases: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and…
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Stop Soldier Suicide
Providing personalized care and case management, Stop Soldier Suicide, works to arrange assistance for mental health, housing, or any other service. They serve veterans, active duty, reserves, or guard along with military families from all branches and generations, regardless of discharge status.
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The Real Warriors Campaign
The Real Warriors Campaign encourages help-seeking behavior among service members, veterans, and military families coping with invisible wounds.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Information on suicide prevention programs and resources provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Uniting for Suicide Postvention
Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this site contains postvention support and resources for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.
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VA College Toolkit
This toolkit provides information for veterans and resources for faculty, staff, and administrators to better help them support student veterans. Information on the Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program is also provided.
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VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Guidebook
This guidebook highlights information on the range of VA mental health services and related programs designed to address the mental health needs of veterans and their families.
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Veterans Crisis Line
24/7 confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones. Are you a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one? You’re not alone. The Veterans Crisis Line is here for you. You don’t have to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to call.
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VetSuccess on Campus
The VetSucess on Campus (VSOC) program aims to help student veterans and their qualified dependents succeed and thrive through a coordinated delivery of on-campus benefits assistance and counseling, leading to the completion of their education and preparing them to enter the labor market in viable careers.