Springer series on life styles and issues in aging
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index.
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Project Description and Guidelines; Session 1 Understanding Empowerment; Session 2 Helping Children Build Self-Esteem; Sessions 3 & 4 Communicating with Children; Session 5 Dealing with Behavior Problems; Session 6 Talking with Your Grandchild about Sex and HIV; Session 7 Talking with Your Grandchild about Drugs; Session 8 Dealing with Loss; Session 9 Dealing with a Child's Grief and Loss; Session 10 Navigating the Service System; Session 11 Legal and Entitlement Issues; Session 12 Developing Advocacy Skills.
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This manual is a 14-session workshop designed to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren alone. Group leaders can revise and expand upon the themes presented here to fit the needs of their particular work groups. Some of the main issues that are explored are: useful tips for grandparents on how to communicate effectively with their grandchildren on all topics ranging from drugs and sex, to sexually transmitted diseases; helping them learn how to deal with loss and abandonment issues; helping them develop and maintain self-esteem; dealing with special behavior problems; and approp.
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Empowering grandparents raising grandchildren.
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Grandchildren-- Care.
Grandparent and child.
Grandparenting.
Grandparents as parents.
Grandparents-- Counseling of.
Grands-parents à nouveau parents.
Grands-parents-- Counseling.
Grands-parents et enfants.
Petits-enfants-- Soins.
Rôle grand-parental.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- Child Rearing.