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         AGA, Inc.   Non Profit     501 C3    I RS  U.S. Government                        

       AGA, Inc.  Florida State Department Division of Corporations

                                    Board of Directors

• Susan Randall, President

• Vickjo Letchworth, Elder Abuse Advocate

            The Shelter for Abused Women and Children

• Carol Golly, P.L., MSW, LCSW, RPTS                                              Child - Adolescent - Family Therapist, PAS/GA;                       Frequent Court-Appointed Child Therapist

• Pascal J. LaRuffa, M.D., F.S.A.M.  Adolescent Medicine

• Jim Karl, Attorney    Collier County     Family Law   PAS

• Jerome Singer, M.D. Pediatrician  Grandparent Advisory
• Suzi Krig  Grandparent Advocate
  

                      International Alienation Consultants

                                    Michael Bone, PhD

                                    Glenn Caddy, PhD

                                    Joshua Coleman, PhD

                                    John Killinger, PhD

Alienated Grandparents Anonymous focuses on the struggle so many grandparents have in being part of their grandchildren's lives AGA provides support and information, and helps validate the feelings of those suffering some degree of estrangement, alienation, or isolation.  AGA serves toward bringing alienated grandparents, parents, and grandchildren together.

AGA originated in Collier County in September 2011. It was then established as a 501c3 Non Profit in October 2012. This organization is presently active in 41 states and 9 countries.  International Headquarters is located in Naples, Florida  U.S.A.

Abandonment by our adult children is endemic in our society and globally.

Though common, it is rarely talked about.  Grandparents faced with this loss are wounded emotionally and psychologically by their adult children. It has no socio-economic boundaries.  Alienation is a willful intimidation. It involves such issues as personality disorders including narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder,  delusional disorder, unresolved childhood issues, patholgical lying,  brainwashing, mind control, neuro-linquistic programming, and cult-like thinking.  It is about power and control.  It is frequently generational.

The unjustified abusive controlling behavior of our adult children is creating a lifetime of emotional problems for our grandchildren.  It is considered by the experts in Alienation to be a severe form of child abuse, and elder abuse. Abuse is never acceptable; abuse is never OK.(site pages: YouTube Joshua Coleman, PhD;

Is this Child Abuse/Elder Abuse? ;  Alienation Info form the Experts)

At each meeting, one of our professional consultants or featured international guest speakers will impart valuable knowledge and insight from their field of expertise.  (site page: YouTubes)    Qualified consulting experts help grandparents/parents come to understand the varied dynamics involved in the complex realities of Grandparent Alienation-GA and Parental Alienation Syndrome-PAS.  AGA presenters offer strategies for rebuliding and healing these relationships with our adult children. They offer coping skills to help manage the devastating emotional pain of being disconnected from our grandchildren.

Understanding the complexities of alienation helps grandparents.  Knowledge is power.  When we hear an expert say something with which we can personally identify, a light bulb goes off in our minds, and a new piece of the puzzle comes together.  If you take away with you even one piece of information from each meeting (YouYubes), process it, and then apply it to your adult children and grandchildren; eventually, you will begin to see a clearer picture of the bewildering phenomena of our own children not wanting us to have a place in their lives and in our grandchildren's lives.

You will come to realize that you did not cause this; therefore, you cannot fix this campaign of denigration. Healthy minds want to fix things. Unhealthy minds do not.  You will come to understand that you should not be embarrassed by this estrangement, and that you can stop blaming yourselves. You are not suffering alone. This website receives thousands of hits each month.

AGA meetings also include an interactive discussion with the speaker. Grandparents who attend will remain anonymous so that everyone will feel free to openly share their plight. It is a  place for those of us who are experiencing this excruciating emotional trauma to share circumstances with those who "get it".  AGA recognizes that each situation is unique; however, many commonalities are shared.  Simply knowing that you are not alone on this traumatic journey, helps you cope better with the heartbreak and frustration of being a targeted grandparent.  

After the meeting, grandparents can consult individually with all AGA professionals attending the meeting.

Who is there to help our grandchilren with this emotional chaos?

Do not give up on your grandchilren. They would not want you to give up on them. We must be the voice of our grandchilren.

* You may request AGA brochures be mailed to you.

Meeting Location

For support group meetings in your local  area see     Site Page  column

Support Group Meetings for SW Florida International Headquarters 

All welcome          No Admission fee

Saint John the Evangelist Library

625  111th Avenue North (Immakolee Road West)

Naples, FL 34108

3rd Thursdays 7:00 P.M.        except August

Contact information

Email:        info@AGA-FL.org

Website:    www.AGA-FL.org



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