Madison-area Urban Ministry is a wonderful resource for children with incarcerated parents and their families in Wisconsin, especially in the Dane County area. My students…
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Left Behind
New story from the Isthmus focuses on children with incarcerated parents
NCFR Family Policy Report: How Parental Incarceration Harms Children
A new family policy report from the National Council on Family Relations, written by sociologists Sarah Wakefield and Chris Wildeman, focuses on children with incarcerated…
New Book Focuses on Interventions for Children with Incarcerated Parents
This new volume provides a multidisciplinary analysis of how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. Contributors to this book bring…
Supporting Kids of Incarcerated Parents
Read the story that the Center for Healthy Minds wrote about supporting children with incarcerated parents
Video shares new findings about intervention for children with incarcerated parents
In this video, I describe the results of a new study focusing on the evaluation of Sesame Street’s Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration materials on…
New Podcast about Children with Incarcerated Parents from the Institute for Research on Poverty
In this podcast episode, child psychologist Julie Poehlmann-Tynan of the University of Wisconsin–Madison talks about a new study on attachment in children who have an incarcerated father…
Early signs of children’s behavior problems
A new study shows that toddler “dysregulation” can lead to significant behavior problems when children are six years old. The children in the study were…
Pregnant Incarcerated Women Still Being Shackled
Read the story about pregnant women who are still being shackled in Wisconsin and other states
How to Be a Better Mum in Jail
Listen to the BBC news report on “How to be a better mum in jail” featuring an interview with Prof. Rebecca Shlafer about her doula…