October 2022 marks the eighth year of See Us, Support Us, a month of national awareness-raising launched by the Osborne Association about the 1 in…
Category: For Parents & Caregivers
Resources for parents and caregivers of children with incarcerated parents
Black incarcerated fathers’ connections with their children
Thomas, A., Wirth, J. C., Poehlmann-Tynan, J., & Pate Jr, D. J. (2022). “When She Says Daddy”: Black Fathers’ Recidivism following Reentry from Jail. International…
Youth who experience parental arrest for alcohol- or drug-related charges show more behavior problems
● Elizabeth Johnson, Beth Planalp, and Julie Poehlmann recently published an analysis of data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (based on…
See Us, Support Us Month: Honoring Children with Incarcerated Parents
Along with a nationwide coalition, including the Osborne Association, We Got Us Now, Arizona State University’s Center for Child Wellbeing, FWD.us and many other local and national organizations,…
New Book on Incarcerated Mothers and their Children
This new book focuses on children with incarcerated mothers, a growing and vulnerable population. It presents five studies, along with an introduction and summary. The…
When children witness police violence against their parents
Photo caption: Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes speaks at a rally for Jacob Blake, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Morry Gash/AP Photo When children…
In-home video chat connects young children with their incarcerated parents
A new commentary in the Journal of Children and Media by Ph.D. student Elizabeth Skora Horgan and Professor Julie Poehlmann-Tynan lays out the benefits (and…
Sesame Workshop materials help families affected by incarceration
by Serena Larkin, 6/12/2020 “A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds that families affected by parental incarceration benefited from resources that…
Children should NOT have to witness their parent’s arrest
With all of the heart-breaking and horrifying police violence against Black and Brown people that has occurred in the United States, I keep thinking of…
Incarcerated Parent-Child Contact in the Time of the Novel Coronavirus
Staying in touch through writing, phone calls, and remote video visits can help. At many corrections facilities across the United States, in-person visits are being…