Kids With Incarcerated Parents
By Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, PhD
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 born preterm (at or before 36 weeks gestation, which...
Read the story about pregnant women who are still being shackled in Wisconsin and other states
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 project with incarcerated pregnant women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055267t
A new report from the Urban Institute summarizes 6 programs for fathers with a history of incarceration. The following organizations and programs were included in the report: Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Inc....
My recent Ph.D. graduates (Drs. Cynthia Burnson, Lindsay Weymouth, and Hilary Runion) and I just published a new study on attachment in young children with incarcerated fathers. We rated young children’s attachment behaviors at home and developed...
http://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/articles/2017-01-19/parent-in-prison-how-to-protect-the-well-being-of-the-child
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to investigating factors that negatively affect children’s outcomes. This is with good cause. Gaining information about the different risks and adverse experiences that threaten children’s health, development, and cognitive...
Many children of incarcerated parents are exposed to a pile-up of risk factors that are mainly out of their control. The culmination can lead to internalizing and externalizing behaviors that we sometimes think are...
In the United States, more than 5 million children have experienced a co-resident parent leaving for jail or prison. After attending the National Council on Family Relations 2016 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I learned...
Over the past year, the number of people incarcerated in Wisconsin has increased to over 22,000. More than half of incarcerated individuals in the state have children. I recently had the opportunity to hear...