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Top Ten Tips For Keeping Children Out of the Middle

https://jud.ct.gov/forms/grouped/family/divorce.htm          CT Judicial Branch Divorce
www.jud.ct.gov/csc/loc.htm                                                Court Service Center Locations

www.ctlawhelp.org                                                       Connecticut Network for Legal Aid
www.collaborative-divorce.com                  Connecticut Collaborative Divorce Lawyers
www.ctmediators.org                                     Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation
www.saafamilies.com                                                 Stepfamilies Association of America 
www.beyond-divorce.com                                       The Center for Divorce & Remarriage

www.afccnet.org                                              Association of Family & Conciliation Courts 
www.211CT.org                                                                                                              Infoline
www.ctcadv.org                                     Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ourfamilywizard.com                                          Online Communication & Planning                

https://www.afccnet.org/Resource-Center/Resources-for-Families                  Resources

https://www.sesamestreet.org/toolkits            Sesame Street Divorce Toolkit and Video

203-283-8260          Ansonia-Milford Court Service Center

203-207-8766          Danbury Court Service Center

203-579-7214          Fairfield Court Service Center

860-706-5064          Hartford Court Service Center 

860-626-2529          Litchfield Court Service Center

203-238-6499          Meriden Court Service Center 

860-343-6499          Middlesex Court Service Center

860-515-5151          New Britain Court Service Center 

203-503-6819          New Haven Court Service Center

860-823-0857          Norwich Court Service Center 

203-965-5328          Stamford Court Service Center 

860-896-4945          Tolland Court Service Center 

203-591-3308          Waterbury Court Service Center 

860-928-7749 x4022      Windham Court Service Center 

888-774-2900          Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Hotline  

800-799-SAFE          National Domestic Violence Hotline 

860-232-9993          Children's Law Center of Connecticut  

211 or 211CT.org    Infoline

Infoline is a system of help via the telephone or internet for information about community services, referrals to human services, and crisis intervention. It is accessed toll-free from anywhere in CT by simply dialing 2-1-1. It operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Multilingual caseworkers and TDD access is available.

American Girl (2009). A Smart Girl's Guide to Her Parents' Divorce: How to Land on Your Feet When the World Turns Upside Down. China: American Girl Publishing. (For girls ages 8-13).  

Brown, Laurie and Brown, Marc (2009). Dinosaur's Divorce. New York: Little Brown and Company.

Brace, Rachel (2019). Max's Divorce Earthquake. Little Steps Publishing.

Bullard, Lisa (2015) My Family, Your Family. Lerner Publishing Group.

Karst, Patrice (2000). The Invisible String. California: DeVorss Publications.

Lang, Suzanne (2015). Families, Families, Families! Random House Children's Books.

Lansky, Vicki (1998). It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear. Minnesota: Book Peddlers.  

Roberts, Jillian (2017). Why Do Families Change? Our First Talk About Separation and Divorce. Canada: Orca Book Publishers.

Schmitz, Tamara (2008) Standing on My Own Two Feet: A Child's Affirmation of Love in the Midst of Divorce. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group.

Spelman, Cornelia Maude (1998). Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce. Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company.  

Thomas, Pat (1999). My Family's Changing. New York: Barrons.

Walsh, Melanie (2012). Living with Mom and Living with Dad. China: Candlewick Press.

Ahrons, C. (2004). We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce. New York: Harper Collins Publishing.
 

Everett, C.A. (Ed.). Minority and Ethnic Issues in the Divorce Process. New York: Haworth Press.
 

Garrity, C., Johnston, J.R., Baris, M.A., & Bruenig, K. (1997). Through the Eyes of the Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce. New York: Simon & Schuster. 

Family Center of the Conciliation Court. (2001). Children and Divorce, Second Edition. Tuscon, Arizona: The Family Center of the Conciliation Court.
 

Garber, Benjamin (2008). Keeping Children Out of the Middle: Child Centered Parenting in the Midst of Conflict, Separation and Divorce. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications.
 

Hone, Lucy (2017) Resilient Grieving: Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss that Changes Everything. New York: The Experiment Publishing.

Johnston, J.R., & Roseby, V. (1997). In the Name of the Child: A Developmental Approach to Understanding and Helping Children of Conflicted and Violent Divorce. New York: Free Press. 

Johnston, J.R., & Campbell, L.E. (1999). Impasses of Divorce. New York: Fireside. 

Mercer D., & Pruett, M.K. (2001). Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist Guide You Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce. New York: Fireside. 

Viorst, Judith (1998). Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies and Impossible Expectations that All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow. New York: Free Press. 

Wolf, A. E. (1998). Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster? New York: Noon Day Press. 

Wolf, A. E. (1991). Get Out of My Life But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager. New York: Noon Day Press. 

Wolf, A. E. (2000). The Secret of Parenting. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.