FOCUS Family Centered Prevention
In this presentation Dr. Lester introduces FOCUS for Military Families. FOCUS is a trauma-informed, evidence-based, family-centered resiliency building and prevention program providing services to US Military families in the US and Japan. Dr. Lester provides a description of the program as well as program effectiveness data. During the presentation she identifies the needs of military families and children, reviews the theoretical foundation for FOCUS, describes FOCUS services and key components, highlights program outcome and evaluations, and describes FOCUS adaptations and initiatives.