Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Training Manual for Group Leaders

by Carole B. Cox PhD

Overview

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 appropriate ways of instilling and maintaining rules in the home.

Designed to complement To Grandmother's House We Go and Stay, it is very reader-friendly and easy to understand, and can be read by anyone who has assumed a parenting role of any sort and is interested in raising a happy and healthy child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826197054
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/19/2000
Series:	Springer Series on Lifestyles and Issues in Aging
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	388 KB

About the Author

Carole B. Cox, PhD, is Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the author of more than 50 journal articles and chapters dealing with various aspects of aging and caregiving.

Table of Contents

"

Introduction: Project Description and Guidelines

1. Understanding Empowerment
2. Helping Children Build Self-Esteem
3. Communicating with Children, Part 1
4. Communicating with Children, Part 2
5. Dealing With Behavior Problems
6. Talking with your Grandchild about Sex and HIV
7. Talking with Your Grandchild about Drugs
8. Dealing with Loss
9. Dealing with a Childís Grief and Loss
10. Navigating the Service System
11. Legal and Entitlement Issues
12. Developing Advocacy Skills
13. Getting Your Message Across
14. What Did We Learn?
References and Resources
National Organizations
Index

"

Editorial Reviews

A practical and supportive manual containing a 14-session workshop designed to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren alone, written by a social services professor at Fordham University. Intended to be used by group leaders teaching a workshop, themes covered may be expanded or revised to fit the needs of a particular work group. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews