Custodial Grandparents: Familial Contexts for Early Intervention and Special Education.

Beverly, Cheryl L.

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ERIC Number: EJ568726

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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ISSN: ISSN-1053-5586

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Custodial Grandparents: Familial Contexts for Early Intervention and Special Education.

Beverly, Cheryl L.

Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, v8 n2 p135-47 Jun 1998

Because more than 3.75 million children are being raised in households headed by a grandparent, this article attempts to describe contextual aspects of custodial grandparent families. Implications for working with custodial grandparent families, as well as suggested strategies for building close collaborations, are also provided. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Custody, Child Rearing, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Caregivers, Family Environment, Family School Relationship, Grandparents

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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