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Understanding Injury Resources
Supporting Conversations That Strengthen Families
Living with an Armed Forces-related injury can affect the whole household, including children and young people who may not always understand what is happening or how to express what they are feeling. These resources are designed to help families have open, age-appropriate conversations about injury, change, emotions, and everyday family life.
Through conversation guides, videos, and practical follow-up support, we hope to help families build understanding, connection, and resilience, so that difficult experiences are shared, not carried silently into the next generation.
These resources have been produced alongside health and educational professionals, a clinical psychologist, as well as those with lived experience to help you have the conversations that matter.
*Please note that these resources are not for distributing outside of The Ripple Pond Membership without express permission.
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KS1 - Children aged 4-7 Understanding Injury
This resource begins a conversation around understanding injury.
There are conversation prompts, follow up ideas and recommended books to read, to help you have a conversation to understand what an injury might mean for you.
There are additional conversation points to explore further more specific injuries
Understanding Injury
KS2 / KS3 Resources
These two resources are for children in KS2 and KS3 to explore what a physical or psychological injury means for a parent or loved one who has served in the Armed Forces.
It aims to give you language to start a conversation, to encourage healthy communication and provide emotional safety for you as a family.
Each resource includes links to an optional video you can use with your child as well as books and other resources you can explore together.
Understanding PTSD
KS2 / KS3 Resources
These two resources are for children in KS2 and KS3 to explore what specifically PTSD means for a parent or loved one who has served in the Armed Forces.
It aims to give you language to start a conversation, to encourage healthy communication and provide emotional safety for you as a family.
Each resource includes links to an optional video you can use with your child, as well as further resources you can explore together.
