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Resources for Grandparents of Children With Disabilities

Resources for grandparents and kin raising children with disabilities to help in accessing needed services.

Grandparent Caregivers to Children With Developmental Disabilities: Added Challenges
Kinney, McGrew, & Nelson (2003)
In Working With Custodial Grandparents
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Discusses life planning as an important responsibility for grandparent caregivers of grandchildren with disabilities.

Grandparents as Carers of Children With Disabilities: Facing the Challenges
McCallion & Janicki (Eds.)
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(3), 2000
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Highlights the impact on grandparents of caring for children with disabilities and identifies their needs for services from social work and disability agencies.

The Grandparent's and Other Relative Caregiver's Guide to Raising Children With Disabilities: What You Need to Know to Give the Child You Are Raising a Fair Start (PDF - 430 KB)
Children's Defense Fund (2002)
Explains how grandparents and other relative caregivers can access services for children with disabilities.

Why Support Groups Help: Successful Interventions for Grandparent Caregivers of Children With Developmental Disabilities
Kolomer, McCallion, & Overeynder (2003)
In Working With Custodial Grandparents
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Reports on the components of an educational support group supported by an active case management strategy and used successfully with grandparent caregivers of children with developmental disabilities.

Updated on July 3, 2008