Web Links & Bibliography
About Divorce
- Briles, Judith, Schilling, Edwin C. and Wilson, Carol Ann, The Dollars and Sense of Divorce (1998, Kaplan Education)
- Fagerstrom, Karen, Ph.D., Thompson, Peggy, Ph.D., and Nurse, A Rodney, Ph.D. Divorce: A Problem to be Solved, Not a Battle to be Fought ABPP
- Hertz, Frederick, Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples (1998, Henry Holt)
- Magnuson, David, Divorce for Grownups A Comprehensive Guide to Divorce in California (2010, Shipwright Press)
- Sember, Brette McWhorter, The Complete Gay Divorce (2005, Career Press)
- San Francisco Superior Court
- San Francisco Family Court Services
- www.colage.org (for LGBTQ families)
About Process Options
- Friedman, Gary, A Guide to Divorce Mediation: How to Reach a Fair, Legal Settlement at a Fraction of the Cost (1993, Workman Publishing)
- Friedman, Gary and Himmelstein, Jack, Challenging Conflict: Mediation through Understanding (2008, Section of Dispute Resolution, American Bar Association)
- Tesler, Pauline, Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation (1998, Section of Family Law, American Bar Association)
- Webb, Stuart G. and Ousky, Ronald D., The Collaborative Way to Divorce (2007, Penguin Group)
- Collaborative Practice San Francisco
- Center for Understanding in Conflict
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Collaborative Practice California
About Children and Co-Parenting
- Ahrons, Constance R., The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart (1994, HarperCollins)
- Baris, Mitchell and Garrity, Carla, Children of Divorce: A Developmental Approach to Residence and Visitation (1988, Psytec Corporation);
- Baris, Mitchell and Garrity, Carla Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High Conflict Divorce (1997, Lexington Books)
- Berman, Claire, Making it as a Stepparent, New Roles/New Rules (1986, Harper Collins)
- Blau, Melinda, Families Apart: Ten Keys to Successful Co-Parenting (1995, Perige)
- Delzer, Carol, 8 Weeks to Collaborative Co-Parenting for Divorcing Parents (2009, self-published)
- Gardner, Richard A., M.D., The Parents’ Book About Divorce (1977, Doubleday)
- Hannibal, Mary Ellen Good Parenting Through Your Divorce (2002, Marlowe and Company)
- Ricci, Isolina, Ph.D., Mom’s House, Dad’s House (1980, Macmillan)
- Riera, Michael, Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers (1995, Celestial Arts)
- Thomas, Shirley, Parents are Forever: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming Successful Parents After Divorce (1995, Springboard Publications)
- Kids Turn
- Parents Place
- Infant Parent Program
- Talk About It
- Our Family Wizard
About Communication
- Ellison, Sharon, Taking the War Out of Our Words (2009, Bay Tree Publishing)
- Faber A., and E. Mazlish, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, (1980, Avon)
- Rosenberg, Marshall, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 2nd Ed (2003, Puddledancer Press)
- Schulz, Kathryn, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error (2010, HarperCollins)
- Stone, Douglas; Patton, Bruce; Heen, Sheila (Harvard Negotiation Project) Difficult Conversations, How to Discuss What Matters Most (1999, Viking Press)
- Tannen, Deborah, The Culture: Moving From Debate to Dialogue (1998, House)
- You Don’t Understand (1991, Ballentine Books)
About Negotiation
- Fisher, Roger and Shapiro, Daniel, Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate (2006, Viking Penguin)
- Fisher, Roger, Ury, William, and Patton, Bruce Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (1991, Penguin)
- Mnookin, Robert, Beyond Winning (2000, Harvard University Press)
- Mnookin, Robert, Bargaining with the Devil (2010, Simon & Schuster)
- Ury, William L., Jeanne M., and Goldberg, Stephen B., Getting Resolved, Designing Systems to Cut the Costs of Conflict (1988)
- Ury, William L., Getting Past No, Negotiating Your Way From Confrontation to Cooperation (1993, Bantam, Doubleday Dell Putnam)
Books for Children
5 to 6 year olds:
- Best, Cari, Taxi! Taxi!
- Brown, Laurene Krasny and Brown, Marc, Dinosaurs Divorce
- Lansky, Vicki, It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear
- Willhoite, Michael, Daddy’s Roommate (for LGBTQ families)
7 to 9 year olds:
- Cleary, Beverly, Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Jong, Erica, Megan’s Two Houses
- Newman, Leslea and Hegel, Annette, Saturday is Pattyday (for LGBTQ families)
- Ricci, Isolina, Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: How to Feel at Home in One Home or Two
10 to 14 year olds:
- Blume, Judy, It’s Not the End of the World
- Voight, Cynthia, Bad, Badder, Baddest
For Adolescents
- Krementz, Jill, How it Feels When Parents Divorce
- Voight, Cynthia, Solitary Blue
- Garner, Abigal, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell it Like It Is
