Title: Family Traditions: Kinship Caregiver Forums
Author: Emily Jean McFadden
Publication Date: June, 1997
Format: video and written materials
Abstract: This manual provides the guidelines for presentations
of ten kinship caregiver forums which provide participants the opportunity
to discuss issues of concern, exchange ideas and develop supportive networks.
Includes agendas, a list of questions and important points for discussion,
suggestions for resource persons, and handouts.
Length: 10 Forums
Ordering Information: Institute for the Study of Children, Families
and Communities, Eastern Michigan University, 102 King Hall, Ypsilanti,
MI 48197 -or- National Resource Center for Permanency Planning
at Hunter School of Social Work, 129 East 79th Street, Room 801, New York,
NY 10021; phone: 212-452-7053; fax: 212-452-7051.
Title: For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Series of Workshops
to Help You COPE
Authors: Grandparent Resource Center, New York City Department
for the Aging
Publication Date: N/A
Abstract: This 6 part workshop series is designed to help grandparents
who are raising their grandchildren to cope with some of the issues they
face. Each workshop provides practical tips and tools to help grandparents
work through the maze of service systems the face, and to empower them
to meet their own practical and emotional needs and those of their grandchildren.
Ordering Information: New York City Department for the Aging, 2 Lafayette
Street, New York, New York 10007-1392; phone: 212-442-1100
Title: Grandparents as Parents
Authors: Carris Booker, Dorothy James, Judith Warren
Publication Date: 1997
Abstract: Teaching curriculum to help Family and Community Educators
instruct custodial grandparents and increase their knowledge and skills
regarding their role as "parents".
Ordering Information: Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Family
Development and Resource Management; 305 History Bldg., Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843-2251; phone: 409-845-3850; fax: 409-845-6496
e-mail: fdrm@tamu.edu
Website: http://agextension.tamu.edu/
Title: Kinship Training Program
Authors: Crystal S. Mills and Debra Porchia Usher
Publication Date: June, 1997
Abstract: The program is organized around four three-hour modules.
Each module is designed to highlight strategies and techniques for developing
effective helping relationships and interventions with the extended family
to support intra-familial child placements.
Format: 4 modules (plus optional, stand alone videos)
Ordering Information: Institute for the Study of Children, Families
and Communities, Eastern Michigan University, 102 King Hall, Ypsilanti,
MI 48197 -or- National Resource Center for Permanency Planning
at Hunter School of Social Work, 129 East 79th Street, Room 801, New York,
NY 10021; phone: 212-452-7053; fax: 212-452-7051.
Title: Relatives as Parents Program Network-Program Descriptions
Authors: Nora O'Brien, Janet Sainer, Kevin Brabazon
Publication Date: 1996
Abstract: State program descriptions for grandparents raising grandchildren
programs funded by the Brookdale Foundation Group
Ordering Information: Brookdale Foundation Group, 126 East 56th
St., New York, NY 10022-3668; phone: (212) 308-7355; Website: www.ewol.com/Brookdale/
Title: Second Time Around - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren,
a curriculum guide for group leaders
Publication Date: 1996
Abstract: A curriculum guide for group leaders who intend to provide
an educational experience that will enable grandparents to enhance their
quality of family life.
Ordering Information: Linda Dannison, Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences, College of Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
MI 49008; phone: (616) 387-3704; e-mail: linda.dannison@wmich.edu
Title: Suggestions for Starting a Grandparents Self-help Group
Authors: American Self-Help Clearinghouse
Publication Date: NA
Abstract: Background materials for persons interested in starting a
support group.
Ordering Information: American Self-Help Clearinghouse, St. Clares-Riverside
Medical Center, Denville, NJ 07834; phone: (201) 625-7101; Website:
http://www.cmhc.com/selfhelp
