TOPIC: Divorce & Children

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Center Resources

Training Tutorial
• Student & Family Assistance Programs & Services to Address Barriers to Learning

QuickFinds
• Family Counseling and Support
• Student and Family Assistance Programs and Services-Outcomes

Practice Notes
• Grief and Loss
• School Helping Students Deal with Loss
• Students in Distress

Understanding Divorce
• Divorce Effects on Children
• The Influence of Parental Divorce on Depression Symptoms in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Fact/Statistics
• Coping with Separation and Divorce
• Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States

Coping
• Children and Divorce: Helping Kids Cope
• Overcoming Depression After a Divorce
• The Trauma of Divorce: Reducing the Impact of Separation on Children

Guides
• Helping Your Child Through a Divorce
• A Kid's Guide to Divorce

General
• About new approaches for divorcing while having children
• Advancing Co-parenting Education: Toward a Foundation for Supporting Positive Post-Divorce Adjustment
• Effects of Divorce on Children and Ways Schools Can Offer Support
• The Effects Of Divorce On Children’s Education
• Factors Linked with Coparenting Support and Conflict After Divorce
• Financial impact of divorce on children and families
• Helping Families Raise Children Between Two Homes
• How Does Divorce Affect Children’s Education? A Closer Look
• Psychological and Emotional Aspects of Divorce
• Tips for Divorcing Parents
• Typologies of Post-divorce Coparenting and Parental Well-Being, Parenting Quality and Children’s Psychological Adjustment

Programs and Intervention
• Preventive Sessions After Divorce Protect Children into Teens
• School Resources Available for Children of Divorce
Related Agencies and Websites
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