Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Training Manual for Group Leaders (Springer Series on Life Styles and Issues in Aging)

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. 00000___fd9baf2059e4ad4dc100911ef8fec5f3 1 00001___71eadcd6d11c9aa36b84e2199d182845 2 00002___c03cc1e89168f75d28d6e3958d6ca3ec 3 00003___206289d2075493823638794dab05ae82 4 00004___d998f38d4e74b69a3afb06de27c8c142 5 00005___840d61d42f27df44b224d2197fdb8aaa 6 00006___f71ff8b8ad7b8fd84937f33dd5dba973 7 00007___290e0a8c81fe27acfb3c280911a728bf 8 00008___8c9f71491b4d018f2f39cd0b9f8bd617 9 00009___fe2c9efa4ce036bce1aa02509641d572 10 00010___f1378f08147e983128a7c853fcffaf5e 11 00011___194cda0b3c7694bb2b625cb4ab9eb991 12 00012___8425f1db202536ba5a3fa0fe7ffd5770 13 00013___486575730082bd0d92bc180484b4ffb4 14 00014___38c4fae204e3aec30cc7f7d500931771 15 00015___dc03aa0905411eda5529681ace8e76da 16 00016___791a4922bca79d7118c8069aa56e6ebe 17 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alone. Designed to complement "To Grandmother's House We Go and Stay," the workshop sessions focus on strengthening the parenting skills of grandparents so that they are better able to cope with the many challenges they face. The manual's introductory chapter details the development and implementation of the curriculum with a group of African-American grandparents in New York City. The 3-hour workshop topics are: (1) "Understanding Empowerment"; (2) "Helping Children Build Self-Esteem"; (3 and 4)"Communicating with Children; (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 Child's Grief and Loss"; (10) "Navigating the Service System"; (11) "Legal and Entitlement Issues"; (12) "Developing Advocacy Skills"; (13) "Getting Your Message Across"; and (14) "What Did We Learn?" Each workshop includes the objectives, information for leaders, and instructions for activities. The manual concludes with a list of 14 national organizations focusing on the needs of grandparent caregivers and their grandchildren. (Contains 17 references.) (KB) 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