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Title Working with custodial grandparents / Bert Hayslip, Jr., Julie Hicks Patrick
Published New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages)
Contents Foreword / Denise Burnette -- Preface / Bert Hayslip, Jr., Julie Hicks Patrick -- Theoretical perspectives on custodial grandparents -- Custodial grandparenting viewed from within a life-span perspective / Bert Hayslip, Jr., Julie Hicks Patrick -- Intervention strategies for grandparents raising grandchildren : lessons learned from the caregiving literature / Karen A. Roberto, Sara Honn Qualls -- Links between custodial grandparents and the psychological adaptation of grandchildren / Sally Keller, George Stricker -- An integrative assessment model as a means of intervention with the grandparent caregiver / Francine Conway, George Stricker -- Through my eyes : service needs of grandparents who raise their grandchildren, from the perspective of a custodial grandmother / Annabel H. Baird -- Empirical studies of helping efforts with grandparent caregivers -- How caregiving grandparents view support groups : an exploratory study / Gregory C. Smith -- Grandparent caregivers to children with developmental disabilities : added challenges / Jennifer M. Kinney, Kathryn B. McGrew, Ian M. Nelson -- Why support groups help : successful interventions for grandparent caregivers of children with developmental disabilities / Stacey R. Kolomer, Philip McCallion, Jenny Overeynder -- Psychological distress and physical health problems in grandparents raising grandchildren : development of an empirically based intervention model / Susan J. Kelley, Deborah M. Whitley
Summary The 18 papers of this collection on grandparents who raise their grandchildren are grouped into the broad categories of theory, practical applications, and empirical studies. Individual topics include case studies, intervention research, support groups, cross-discipline approaches to establishing caregiving guidelines, the psychological adaptation of grandchildren, building parenting skills, and grandparent caregivers of children with developmental disabilities. The contributors teach psychology, social work, child development, and gerontology at universities in the US
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grandparents as parents.
Grandparents as parents -- Services for
Custodial parents.
Custodial parents -- Services for
Grandparent and child.
Older people.
Custody of children.
Self-help groups.
Aged
Parenting -- psychology
Child Custody
Family Relations
Family Characteristics
Self-Help Groups
elderly.
Self-help groups
Older people
Custody of children
Custodial parents
Grandparent and child
Grandparents as parents
Grandparents as parents -- Services for
SUBJECT United States
Form Electronic book
Author Hayslip, Bert, Jr
Hicks-Patrick, Julie.
ISBN 9780826116826
0826116825
128180679X
9781281806796
9786611806798
6611806792