Category: For Parents & Caregivers
Resources for parents and caregivers of children with incarcerated parents
Turning the Tide in Corrections to Address Racial and Economic Disparities
Last week (September 15, 2018) there was an interesting article in The Economist Magazine. It is titled, Australia’s Aboriginals: Turning the tide. https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/09/15/australias-aboriginals-try-a-novel-approach-to-fighting-crime The article gave a brief introduction to the disproportionate incarceration rates...
Separation and Detention of Parents and Children at the Border: Lessons from Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children & Families
http://cimmcw.org/resources/cicw-publications/research-briefs/ Two new research briefs are available from the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention...
Resources for Children with Incarcerated Parents in Wisconsin
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 and I have participated in MUM’s Returning Prisoner Simulation,...
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 parents. It includes excellent suggestions for what can be...
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 a wide array of tools for studying the children...
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 children with jailed parents. The study was a joint...