Consultation

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street, has continued to provide resources and emotional support to military families with young children. Stephen Cozza, M.D provided consultation and support in the development of these resources.

“Talk, Listen, Connect,” Phase I and II address the needs of military families and their children during some of the most significant challenges they face, including deployment, multiple deployments, and the return of a parent who is changed due to combat injury.  This bilingual educational outreach initiative is a series of three different sets of videos and materials covering: deployments, homecomings and changes, that are designed for military families and their young children to share and can be accessed at

"For Children of Valor: Arlington National Cemetery” is dedicated to helping children and families of the fallen buried here to cope with their loss. The Arlington National Cemetery Commemorative Project produced the book in conjunction with illustration and photography support from the Washington Post. Dr. Stephen J. Cozza, a retired Army colonel, advised and helped author portions of the book. Dr. Cozza is a psychiatrist and expert in child trauma currently serving as a professor with the Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences; children’s author Linda Tyler wrote the main text, and artist Deborah Withey illustrated the book.

The 52-page book is filled with somber images of children and families visiting the cemetery, as well as colorful patriotic graphics typical of an elementary school arts-and-craft project. Educational messages and information about Arlington cemetery history appear on the pages. There is also a section of artwork toward the back of the book for children to color in themselves.