Grandparents As Parents: A Survival Guide To Raising A Secon

Sylvie de Toledo, L.C.S.W., B.C.D., is the founder of the organization Grandparents As Parents and the co-president of the National Coalition of Grandparents. A founder of the California Coalition of Grandparents and Relative Caregivers, she currently serves on the organization's board. She recently received a 1995 Special Achievement Award from the Southern California Psychiatric Society in recognition of her work with and for children and grandparents. Deborah Edler Brown, a freelance writer, has written articles for numerous publications including Time, Psychiatric Times, The SelfHelper, and the Detroit Free Press.

Preface

I. When the Second Shift Arrives

1. Unplanned Parenthood: Why Me?

2. Taking Immediate Action

3. Your Lifestyle: Changed and Challenged

4. Family at Large: Your Spouse and Other Children

5. Your Adult Children

6. Your Troubled Grandchild

7. Your Grandchild and the School

8. The Drug Epidemic at Home

9. When Parents Get Their Children Back

II. Through the Red Tape

10. Grandparenting and the Law

11. Child Protection and the Dependency System

12. Government Aid and Public Assistance

13. Special Education and Early Intervention

III. Strength in Numbers

14. Their Arms About Us: Finding and Forming Support Groups

15. The Call to Action

IV. Conclusion

V. Appendices

Appendix A: Resources for Grandparents and Relative Caregivers

Appendix B: Conversation Topics for Grandparent Support Groups

Index