ISDD COVID-19 RESPONSE:
We continue to provide services and support during this uncertain time. To ensure the safety of our staff and clients, we are following guidelines and precautions as recommended by the CDC.
Empower, educate and equip kinship caregivers of disadvantaged children in Metro Atlanta.

Parenting the Second Time Around Workshop
Join Project GRANDD as we work together using an award-winning curriculum created by Cornell University for relative caregivers raising children. Topics include: child development, discipline,
caring for oneself as a caregiver, rebuilding a family, living with teens, legal issues and advocacy. PASTA is a FREE 8-week enrichment program.
Modules:
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Workshop 1: It Wasn't Supposed To Be Like This - identifying and reflecting ambivalent feelings about changing roles, identifying helpful community resources
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Workshop 2: Getting to Know You - child development, individual differences, journals
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Workshop 3: Rebuilding a Family - adult/child interactions, grief, and loss, relating to your adult child, solution-focused problem solving
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Workshop 4: Discipline is Not a Dirty Word, But It May Look Different Today - characteristics of effective discipline, establishing a discipline style, addressing high-risk behaviors
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Workship 5: Legal Concerns of Relatives of Raising Children - legal issues including custody, visitation, child support
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Workshop 6: Standing up for Grandparents/Grandchildrens Rights - advocacy, negotiating systems, connecting with community programs
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Workshop 7: Grandparents and Teens Living Together- key points in adolescent development and realistic expectations for behavior
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Workshop 8: Living with Teens Can Be Challenging- indicators of high-risk teen behavior and strategies and resources to help in dealing with them.
How to Receive Services
If you are a grandparent taking care of a grandchild with any kind of disability or chronic illness, contact us to connect with Project GRANDD.
Please fill out this form or call Laura Wells, LCSW at 404-310-3452.
Partners
Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Department of Community Development Services
Brookdale Foundations Group - Relatives as Parents Program (RAAP)
DeKalb County Human Services
DeKalb County Public Library - Covington Branch
Funding provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Department of Community Development CSP Program
Promoting Safe and Stable Families, Division of Family & Children Services
United Way of Greater Atlanta

Grandparents Raising And Nurturing Dependents with Disabilities
2020 PASTA Fulton Workshop Schedule

Thursdays (8 weeks)
10 am - 12 pm
October 6th
October 13th
October 20th
October 27th
November 3rd
November 10th
November 17th
December 1st
Workshop Location:
ACCESS Mental Health Agency
1903 Phoenix BLVD, STE 200
Atlanta, GA 30349
Workshops are FREE but
registration is required.
Call: 470-310-3458
or:

