Divorce & Family Changes - Karen Griffith Resources

Karen Griffith is a professional school counselor in Duluth, GA (and previously worked right here in Rockdale County). She shared this list at the GSCA Fall Conference in 2006 (Georgia School Counselor Assoc.). She has lots of wisdom and was named one of the 10 finalists for ASCA's prestigious award of 2009 School Counselor of the Year.


Resources for Changing Families

Books for Adults

Changing Families: A Guide for Kids and Grownups by Fassler; Waterfront Books, 1988

For the Sake of the Children by Kline and Pew; Prima Publishing, 1992

Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Teyber; Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1992

Kids are Non Divorceable (workbook) by Bonkowski; ACTA Publishers, 1987

Make It as a Stepparent by Berman; Harper Perennial, 1986

Surviving the Break Up: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce by Basic Books, 1990

The Parents’ Book About Divorce by Gardner; Bantam Books, 1991

Books for Adults to Use with Children

All About Divorce by Mary Blitzer Field; Center for Applied Psychology

All Kinds of Families by Simon; Whitman and Co. 1976

Dinosaur’s Divorce by Brown and Brown; Little Brown and Co., 1986

Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini; Scholastic, 1991

How It Feels When Parents Divorce by Jill Krementz; 1984

Let’s Talk About It: Divorce by Fred Rogers; GP Putnam’ Sons, 1996

Mommy an Daddy are Fighting by Paris; Center for Applied Psychology

My Mom and Dad Are Getting a Divorce by Florence Bienenfeld; EMC Corporation, 1980

My Mother’s House, My Father’s House by C. B. Christiansen; Puffin Books, 1990

My Wicked Stepmother by Leach and Browne; MacMillan, 1992

When Mom and Dad Separate by Marge Heegaard; Woodland Press, 1991

When Your Parents Get a Divorce: A Kid’s Journal by Ann Banks, Puffin Books, 1990

Where Has Daddy Gone? By Trudy Osman; Ideals Children’s Books, 1989

Why are We Getting a Divorce? By Peter Mayle; Harmony Books, 1988

Agencies for Parent Support

Resource Center on Child Protection and Custody in Domestic Violence Situations

PO Box 8970

Reno, NV 89507

(800) 527 – 3223

Single Parent Resource Center

141 W 28^th Street #302

New York, NY 10001

(212) 951-7030

Joint Custody Association

10606 Wilkins Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90024

(310) 475 – 5352

National Fathers Network Kindering Center

16120 NE 8^th Street

Bellevue, WA 98009-3937

(206) 747 – 4004

Children At Risk Today

http://www.curbet.com/cart

Self Help Improvement

http://www.selfgrowth.com/divorce.html