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

A 14-session workshop designed to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren alone. Professionals who use the manual can revise and expand upon the themes presented here to fit the needs of their particular work groups. Includes useful tips on communicating effectively with kids on drugs, sex, and sexually transmitted diseases, dealing with loss and abandonment, developing and maintaining self-esteem, dealing with their special behavior problems, as well as appropriate ways of instilling and maintaining rules in the home.