Working With Custodial Grandparents

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): SPRINGER PUB CO INC
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Summary

Univ. of Akron, OH. Volume provides documentation on the impact of custodial and noncustodial grandparents' roles on grandparents and children. Presents methods of design, implementation, and funding of programs to help grandparents raising grandchildren. Topics include support groups, children with developmental disabilities, and psychological distress.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Foreword xi
Denise Burnette
Preface xvii
Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Julie Hicks Patrick
Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Custodial Grandparents
Custodial Grandparenting Viewed From Within a Life-Span Perspective
3(10)
Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Julie Hicks Patrick
Intervention Strategies for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Lessons Learned From the Caregiving Literature
13(14)
Karen A. Roberto
Sara Honn Qualls
Links Between Custodial Grandparents and the Psychological Adaptation of Grandchildren
27(18)
Sally Keller
George Stricker
An Integrative Assessment Model as a Means of Intervention With the Grandparent Caregiver
45(14)
Francine Conway
George Stricker
Through My Eyes: Service Needs of Grandparents Who Raise Their Grandchildren, From the Perspective of a Custodial Grandmother
59(10)
Annabel H. Baird
Part II Empirical Studies of Helping Efforts With Grandparent Caregivers
How Caregiving Grandparents View Support Groups: An Exploratory Study
69(24)
Gregory C. Smith
Grandparent Caregivers to Children With Developmental Disabilities: Added Challenges
93(18)
Jennifer M. Kinney
Kathryn B. McGrew
Ian M. Nelson
Why Support Groups Help: Successful Interventions for Grandparent Caregivers of Children With Developmental Disabilities
111(16)
Stacey R. Kolomer
Philip McCallion
Jenny Overeynder
Psychological Distress and Physical Health Problems in Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Development of an Empirically Based Intervention Model
127(18)
Susan J. Kelley
Deborah M. Whitley
A Stress and Coping Model of Custodial Grandparenting Among African Americans
145(18)
Martha Crowther
Rachel Rodriguez
The Impact of a Psychosocial Intervention on Parental Efficacy, Grandchild Relationship Quality, and Well-Being Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
163(16)
Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Part III The Pragmatics of Working With Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
Grandparents Who Are Parenting Again: Building Parenting Skills
179(16)
Carolyn W. Kern
Group Processes Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
195(18)
Elizabeth C. Wohl
Jessica M. Lahner
Jane Jooste
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Guidelines for Family Life Educators and Other Family Professionals
213(16)
Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab
Dena B. Targ
Behavioral Content of Grandmother-Grandchild Dyadic Interactions
229(14)
Julie Hicks Patrick
Jennifer Pickard
Lessons Learned From Custodial Grandparents Involved in a Community Support Group
243(14)
Karen Kopera-Frye
Richard C. Wiscott
Ana Begovic
Strategies for Solving Everyday Problems Faced by Grandparents: The Role of Experience
257(20)
JoNell Strough
Julie Hicks Patrick
Lisa M. Swenson
Epilogue: The Next Stage in Helping Custodial Grandparents
277(6)
Julie Hicks Patrick
Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Index 283

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