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MARCH/APRIL 2014
form printed on the back of the
registration form and send it in
with your registration.
Annual GAP Conference
Set for March 20
Grandparents raising grandkids
invited
by Martha Evans Sparks,
Staff Writer
The 12th annual Grandparents As
Parents (GAP) conference will be
held Thursday, March 20, 2014 at
the Clarion Hotel, 1950 Newtown
Pike in Lexington. Although the
conference is open to everyone,
it is especially planned to help
grandparents or other relatives and
caregivers who have full parental
responsibility for children not their
own. Registration for the conference begins at 8 a.m. The event
ends at 3:30 p.m.
Thirteen workshops will cover
issues that often confront relative caregivers, including the legal
process in seeking custody of
children in your care; how to discipline the traumatized child who
has been abused or comes from a
substance-abusing home; how to
achieve a healthy balance between
your needs as
a caregiver and
the needs of the
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child; and others.
New this year will be benefits
consultations. Representatives
from several agencies, including
Social Security and the Kentucky
Department of Community Based
Services, will be available to meet
individually about benefits, family
support and adoption. Conference
attendees interested in a consult
should indicate it on the registration form. You can sign up for a
time when you
arrive for the
conference.
workshops will
Dr. Malcolm
As in previous
Smith, an extencover issues
years, individual
sion professor
that often
free consultations
in the Univerwith a volunteer
sity of New
confront relative
attorney will be
Hampshire’s
caregivers.
available. Time
Department
slots are limited
of Education,
and will be filled on a first-come,
will give the keynote address at
first-served basis. To request a con- 8:30 a.m. In 2011, Smith founded
sultation, you will need to fill out
the Courage to Care Program that
the Legal Consultation Request
teaches empathy and kindness to
thousands of middle school children across America. His keynote
is titled “The Meanest Generation
– How Things Have Changed and
What to Do about It.” In addition,
Smith will present two workshops,
“Realistic Grandparenting,” which
will explore how parenting has
changed in this generation, and
“Understanding Bullying.”
A resource fair will be available all
day during registration, between
sessions and during lunch. It will
feature various services and publications helpful to those raising children that are not their own. Continuing education units (CEUs) in
social work and continuing legal
education units (CLEs) are available for professional who attend.
Registration is $5 for grandparents,
caregivers, relatives and any other
interested person. For professionals
and exhibitors at the resource fair,
the registration fee is $50, which
includes lunch. For more information or to get registration forms,
call (859) 257-5582 or go to www.
gapofky.org.
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