School Days and the Divorce Maze

by Renae Lapin

Overview

In today's climate of extended and mixed families, School Days & The Divorce Maze is the quintessential must-have guide for parents in navigating the maze of responsibilities and privileges regarding your child's schooling. Dr. Lapin specifically addresses each party's concerns and points-of-view, offering strategies to include these in effective solutions that build strong self-esteem for the child while maintaining positive, clear communication by and between parents. This book definitively answers parents' concerns on specific and oftentimes unexpected or overlooked issues that they and their child will face as a result of custodial living. By considering and including ALL parties involved in the education of your child, a total and hands-on effective approach is outlined for every issue the family needs to address to insure a happy, healthy and successful educational process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780883915561
Publisher:	Fell, Frederick Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Renae Lapin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with twenty eight years experience. She currently works for the Broward County, Florida School Board where she provides services to children and their families. In addition, Dr. Lapin has established new family counseling programs in five schools, supervised interns and provides parenting and classroom presentations.

Table of Contents

Introduction     i
Why a complete guide especially for school issues is needed for joint custody parents     i
Message to primary residential custodial Parents     i
Message to second custodial Parents     ii
Message to school age Children     ii
Message to School Administrators     iii
Message to Teachers     iv
Academic Issues
School Supplies: Tsunamis or Solutions     1
Textbooks: Tornados or Touchdowns     5
Assignment Book: Blizzards or Boosters     10
Homework: Hurricanes or Home Runs     14
Exams/Tests/Quizzes: Earthquakes or Epic     18
Projects: Pitfalls or Pleasures     23
Returned Papers and Tests: Roadblocks or Raves     29
Progress Reports: Punishment or Purr-fect's     33
Report Cards: Ravines or Rallies     38
Attendance: Avalanches or Awards     44
Significant School Events for Your Child
School Uniforms and School Clothing: Underworld or Upright     53
Picture Day: Dilemmas or Dreams     59
Field Trips: Fiascos or Fantasies     67
Fund Raising: Frenzy or Fun     75
Holiday Celebrations and Parties: Hazards or Happiness     80
Donations and Collections: Dungeonsor Delight     85
Contests: Caverns or Celebrations     90
Discipline/Referrals/Detentions/Suspensions: Ditches or Dazzle     95
Course Selections: Snowstorms or Sundaes     101
Career Day: Crashes or Champs     106
Post High School Planning: Puzzles or Payments     110
After School Sponsored Extra Curricular Activities, Clubs and Sports: Aftershocks or Aces     115
Significant Times for Parents to Be At Your Child's School
Registration: Riddles or Reassurances     123
Beginning a New School: Sitcom or Success     129
Open House/Parent Night: Horrors or Hoorays     134
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Circus or Consensus     139
Special Education Program: Erosion or Easy     143
Awards Assembly: Asteroids or Awesome     149
Recitals/Plays/Concerts/Sports Games: Road Shows or Raves     154
Volunteering: Vipers or Visions     163
Parent Teacher Association Meetings: Madhouses or Missions     168
Graduation: Gargoyles or Gaiety     173
Negotiating an Agreement with Your Ex
Developing an Agreement     181
Final Notes     187
Summary and Conclusions     190
Resources     191
Index     193