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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Grandparenting a child with a disability? How Can You Help?

Gram Power 101

If you are a grandparent of a special needs grandchild, then this series may be just what you are looking for. Learn about the several major developmental disabilities and the many categories of exceptional children. Discuss ways to understand and help your children in working with their children with special needs. The program, structured over four sessions, organized as follows:


Four sessions: Thursdays, Oct. 5 & 12, Nov. 9 & 16. 10 am – Noon. Fee: $20
Session 1 – Children with Special Needs and their parent’s journey. The important role of Grandparents.
Session 2 – The varieties of special needs and the “Five Bumps in the Road”.
Session 3 – Different Cases – Different Places. Transition Issues and Community Living.
Session 4 – The Law, Services, Resources and Issues.

INSTRUCTOR:Dr. Don Stedman

Don Stedman is a Developmental Psychologist and UNC – Chapel Hill Emeritus Dean and Professor of Education and Child Development who has worked with children with developmental issues and their families for over 45 years. He is former Associate Director of UNC – Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, former Director of the Vanderbilt /Peabody Kennedy Center for Research in Child Development at Vanderbilt University, and former Pediatric Psychologist at the Duke University Medical Center. He loves working with grandparents because he is one, too!

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