It is a sad fact of modern life that more and more children are experiencing the breakdown of family relationship. In some areas as many as one child in three has to learn to cope with problems which can affect them for the rest of their lives.

Children react in different ways to the problem but in all cases there will be an adverse effect. Depression and a consequential effect on performance at school are common outcomes.

Teachers, parents and children all need to be able to cope with the situation. 'Coping with Family Change' brings together leading experts to give advice and assist in developing strategies to help all concerned with these difficult problems.

Much of the help and advice to be found in the students section of the programme is provided by children who have been through family change and wish to stop others making the same mistakes as themselves.

Other content has been provided by experts from leading organisations that deal with these problems on a daily basis. Relate, NCH Action for Children, Parentline plus, Rainbow, the National Stepparents Association, Childline, The Dawn Project and Childrens Express are some of the main contributors to the content. Information from many countries has also been included.

'Coping with Family Change' has been produced with the support of the NATIONAL FAMILY & PARENTING INSTITUTE.