Resources for Special Needs Grandparents

by JoleneAug 20, 2015Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized0 comments

This post wraps up the Different Dream series about and for special needs grandparents by providing links to more resources about the subject.

Thank you for stopping by for the last post in our series about special needs grandparents. In this wrap-up, you’ll find links to more posts and resources of interest to special needs grandparents.

Links to Articles for Special Needs Grandparents

To start things out, here are links to online articles about and for special needs grandparents.

From WonderBaby: Grandparents Make a Difference
A post not about special needs grandparents, but with encouraging information: Surprising Benefits of Grandparent/Grandchild Relationship
From Different Dream guest blogger Kathy Guzzo: 3 Ways to Grandparent Kids with Special Needs from a Distance
From Different Dream guest blogger Laurie Wallin: When They Won’t Hug Grandma
From Different Dream’s creator Jolene Philo: Grandparenting Kids with Special Needs: 7 Ways to Connect and 8 Parenting Truths Learned as a Grandparent

Links to Books for Special Needs Grandparents

While books for special needs grandparents can’t be found in great abundance, here are 2 that have been previously featured at Different Dream. By clicking on the links, you’ll go to the original reviews of both books and find links to Amazon where they can be purchased.

For the Love of Aimee by Julie Riera Matsushima: Part 1 and Part 2
Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs by Charlotte E. Thompson

Your Thoughts

Do you believe more books about and for special needs grandparents are needed? If so, what would you like to see covered in such a book? Also, if you are interested in being interviewed for a book about special needs grandparenting, please leave a comment in the box below. Thanks so much for following this series about grandparenting kids with special needs.

Part One: Different Dream’s Special Needs Grandparenting Series Begins
Part Two: Special Needs Grandparenting 101
Part Three: Special Needs Grandparenting–The First Word Is Never the Last Word
Part Four: The Special Needs Grandparenting Tug of War
Part Five: Special Needs Grandparents Are Part of the Village
Part Six: What’s It Like to Be a Special Needs Grandparent?
Part Seven: Special Needs Grandparenting from a Man’s POV
Part Eight: Resources for Special Needs Grandparents

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By Jolene

Jolene Philo is the author of the Different Dream series for parents of kids with special needs. She speaks at parenting and special needs conferences around the country. She’s also the creator and host of the Different Dream website. Sharing Love Abundantly With Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, which she co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman, was released in August of 2019 and is available at local bookstores, their bookstore website, and at Amazon.