Surviving Deployment
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Author of Deployment Journal for Kids, Deployment Journal for Spouses, and Deployment Journal for Parents

An author and educator focused on child development, Rachel Robertson combined her professional training and personal experience supporting herself and her two children through her husband’s military deployments to create a series of journals for families during deployment: Deployment Journal for Kids, Deployment Journal for Spouses, and Deployment Journal for Parents.

Rachel is a nationally recognized expert in child behavior management, early childhood education accreditation, and training in a variety of fields.

She writes for parenting publications nationally and offers workshops for military families, single parents, and education staff around the country.

Rachel is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Child Care Association, and National Association of Child Care Professionals.

Deployment Journal for Kids Press Page

Deployment Journal for Spouses Press Page

Deployment Journal for Parents Press Page

Author Events

Journal Helps Kids Across Nation

Rachel's journal for kids is included in many special programs, including an after-school program for military children in an Upstate New York elementary school, family readiness kits from Military Ministries, and even on the set of the new movie Grace is Gone!

Deployment Journal for Kids (on nightstand) and Surviving Deployment (on bed) appear in a scene of Grace is Gone.

 
 

Web Site for Kids

Rachel writes for parenting magazines as well as web sites for children and parents.

DeploymentKids.com was created especially for military children who are going through a loved one's deployment. You'll find a time zone and distance calculator, games, cards, hero certificates, information about deployment locations, and much more!


To arrange interviews or request one of Rachel's custom workshops for kids, please contact pr@elvaresa.com.

From Rachel's Mailbox

"Thank you for writing this journal. My husband has been in Iraq for eight months, and could be there for up to eighteen months. [The journal is] a perfect way to get my 10 and 11 year old boys to express some of their feelings and let them know they aren't the only ones who feel that way. ...I have never seen them more enthused about something!! It's like they finally have a voice, and it matters what they think and feel too.
Thank you for giving me the tool to help them, and thank you for giving them a smile today." — Janet L., proud Guard wife

Campers at Operation Purple Camp in Wisconsin use Deployment Journal for Kids to help express their feelings during their parent's deployment.