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Resources and Other
Helpful Links
Information/Resource
Sites
Divorce Magazine. com
– an informative online magazine which provides area specific
resources.
Divorce-online. com - Provides lots of articles and
information on a wide range of topics related to divorce. Also
supplies a professional reference index by area.
Collaborative
Law Institute of Texas
is an organization comprised of independent, unaffiliated family law
practitioners who are dedicated to resolving divorce and family law
disputes, without bloodshed.
Mediate.
com – offers information
to professionals and parents on the process of mediation. To find a
mediator in your area click on the following link
http://www.mediate.com/mediator/search.cfm
Colorado Divorce Mediation -
Award-winning information by Colorado attorney-mediators on
this child-friendlier and increasingly popular and positive
alternative to adversarial divorce: family mediation. Especially
recommended are the
web-exclusive child custody parenting plans
of Dr. Joan Kelly, with illustrative graphics. Even if
you live outside Colorado, this site has lots of useful divorce and
mediation information.
Resolution,
first for family law - a
UK based organization comprised of family lawyers committed to the
constructive resolution of family disputes. Resolution members
follow a Code of Practice that
promotes a non-confrontational approach to family problems and
encourages solutions that consider the needs of the whole family -
and in particular the best interests of children. Also an excellent
resource for mediation and collaborative law.
Online Resources for PAS/HAP
Help
Stop PAS.com - Help Stop
PAS is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering healthy,
rational, supportive and sustainable relationships between parents
and their children during and after divorce. Their mission is to
educate parents, extended family, law practitioners, clergy,
medical and mental health professionals to recognize the signs and
symptoms of parent alienation in order to intervene and to reduce
the occurrence of parent alienation.
Hostile Aggressive Parenting.com
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Hostile Aggressive Parenting is
encountered in most high conflict child-custody disputes and is
often used as a tool to align the child with one parent during
litigation. This site strives to educate the public about this
growing problem in hopes of getting help to those who need it.
Parent Alienation Awareness Organization
- An organization dedicated to educating
the general public, the schools, police, counselors, religious
leaders, and more, about the growing problems of Parent Alienation
and Hostile Aggressive Parenting. This organization has been
actively involved in raising awareness through campaigning for the
national and international recognition of Parent Alienation
Awareness Day on April 25th.
Additional Online Resources
for Parents
National Father’s Resource Center
- This offers information to fathers which supports shared parenting
and the active involvement of both parents in a child’s life.
Our Family Wizard. com –
is
an interactive and secure means for separated or divorced parents to
communicate and share information between households. By using this
site families can eliminate the stress of verbal communication. The
website also provides a way for family members to retrieve important
information or access a schedule from any location.
www.ourfamilywizard.com
How to Divorce as Friends. com - Bill Ferguson guides
you through healing your hurt, resolving personal issues and ending
conflict with your ex spouse. Bill also empowers people to change
their attitudes and in doing so, change their lives.
Starting Over
Smart Marriages. com -
Sponsored by The Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couple
Education. This site focuses on helping individuals build skills for
successful, healthy relationships and families.
The
Stepfamily Association of America - provides
supportive resources for stepparents and blended families.
Bonus Families.com -
An international non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting peaceful coexistence between divorced or
separated parents and their combined families. Committed to changing
the way society looks at co-parenting after divorce or separation
and stepfamilies it also hosts the syndicated column "Ex-Etiquette"
by Sharyl Jupe and Jann Blackstone-Ford. A great resource for
parents who are wanting to grow beyond the stereotypical view of
step-families.
Recommended Readings
Joint Custody with a Jerk by Julie A. Ross
and Judy Corcoran - Most parents find the title
fairly amusing, however the book does offer more than a good
chuckle. Joint Custody with a Jerk is geared to help parents deal
with many of those less than ideal situations. It provides tips on
how to handle an uncooperative ex, identifying your own feelings,
problem solving and conflict resolution.
Divorce Poison, Protecting the Parent-Child
Bond from a Vindictive Ex by Dr. Richard A. Warshak
- An excellent resource for parents who are dealing with a
vindictive ex-spouse who is focused on seriously damaging your
relationship with your children. This book helps parents identify
damaging behavior from the subtle to the severe and provides good
information on how deal with this situation.
We’re Still Family, What Grown Children Have
to Say About Their Parents’ Divorce by Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.
- In this book, Constance Ahrons challenges the myth that children
of divorce are troubled, drug abusing, academically challenged, and
unable to form adult relationships. Instead she provides new
evidence that the legacy of divorce is not as devastating as some
researchers have suggested. By listening to the voices of these
grown children, divorcing parents will learn what they can do to
maintain family bonds.
The
Truth about Children and Divorce by
Robert
E. Emery Ph.D. In
this book, Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience
as researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road
map to divorce. Topics include how parents can manage the
potentially toxic feelings of their divorce and deal more
effectively with the necessary daily tasks—from talking to children
and creating a workable parenting schedule to dealing with legal
issues.
Mom's house, Dad's house by Isolina Ricci
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Considered
a classic guide by many professionals Ricci's book focuses on the
experience of parents through the divorce process Throughout
parents are guided through helpful exercises and self assessments to
identify their own feelings and take stock of their relationship
with the other parent.
Resources for Children
Lemons 2 lemonade, How to Handle Life When
Things Go Sour Between Mom and Dad
This award winning DVD program is designed to address many of the concerns and problems
children of divorce face everyday. Created for children between the
ages of 6 to 12 years old, topics are presented in a
fun, entertaining and kid friendly way. Lemons 2 Lemonade offers
parents the opportunity to do something positive for their children
in the very place where things are changing most…. their homes. To
learn more about Lemons 2 Lemonade
click here.
Dinosaur’s Divorce by Marc Brown and Laurie
Krasny Brown - Sympathetic to the full range of
feelings that divorce produces, the authors use evocative cartoon
dinosaur characters to convey their message. Chapters address such
concerns as why parents divorce, what will happen to "me," where
will holidays be celebrated, living in two homes, etc.... for
children 4-8
Missing Rabbit by Roni Schotter
- A comfort to children who "go back and forth,"
Schotter's (Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane)
thoughtfully conceived story addresses the anxieties of very young
children living under joint custody arrangements. For ages 3-6.
Was it the Chocolate
Pudding: A Story
For Little Kids About Divorce
by Sandra
Levin - With
childlike innocence and humor, this book explains divorce from a
kid's point-of-view. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that
divorce is not the child's fault, that it is a grown-up problem.
Deals with practical day-to-day matters such as single-family homes,
joint custody, child-care issues, and misunderstandings.
My Stick Family by Natalie Reilly and Brandi
Pavaese – This book emphasizes and reaffirms the
resilience and constancy of love for children within the family,
even after a marriage ends.
Mom's house, Dad's House for Kids by Isolina
Ricci,Ph.D. - Designed for children 10 years and
older this books invites children not only learn more about how
their family is changing but also gives them the opportunity to
develop important life skills.
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