Incarcerated Parents and Their Children
By The Sentencing Project
Glaze, L. E. & Maruschak, L. M. (2008). Parents in prison and their minor children. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report. NCJ 222984.

1 in 110 white
1 in 41 Hispanic
1 in 15 black
1 in 43 have a parent

Takoma Park MS
918 students
27.7 black. 254 17
15.1 Hispanic. 139 3
31 white 285 3


http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/gla...

Dallaire, D.H. Ciccone, A. & Wilson, L. C. (2010). Teachers’ experiences with and expectations of children with incarcerated parents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 31. PP. 281-290.


Promoting Social and Emotional
Well-Being for Children of
Incarcerated Parents
A Product of the Federal Interagency Working Group for Children of Incarcerated Parents
June 2013

Children with parents absent due to incarceration displayed more misbehaviors than children with parents absent for other reasons.

Geller et al. (2012). Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development. Demography 49(1): 49-76

For more information on ACEs

http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/features-and-articles/ACEs.html

Dallaire, D.H. Ciccone, A. & Wilson, L. C. (2010). Teachers’ experiences with and expectations of children with incarcerated parents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 31. PP. 281-290.


Promoting Social and Emotional
Well-Being for Children of
Incarcerated Parents
A Product of the Federal Interagency Working Group for Children of Incarcerated Parents
June 2013

Using a creative activity the student identifies their emotions and then depicts how that looks on them.

This is intended to to help the student express their feelings and to build resiliency. Additionally it allows them to express their fears and feelings about this and potentially other traumatic events.

View of the literature on how to prepare students for a visit with an incarcerated parent.

Resource

Evidence-Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence: A Selection from Federal Databases
By U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being for Children of Incarcerated Parents
By Federal Interagency Working Group for
Children of Incarcerated Parents

Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event
By Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration
By http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topicsandactivities/toolkits/incarcerat...

Federal Toolkit
http://findyouthinfo.gov/youth-topics/children-of-incarcerated-parents

My Daddy is In Jail by Janet Bender

Mama Loves me from Away by Pat Brisson

Empowering Children for Incarcerated Parents
By Stacey Burgess, Tonia Caselman and Jennifer Carsey

When Andy’s Father Went to Prison
By Martha Whitmore Hickman, Abby Levine, and Larry Raymond

Visiting Mom or Dad: The Child’s Perspective
By Ann Adalist-Estrin

When a Parent Is Incarcerated: A Primer for Social Workers
By The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2011)

How to Explain Jails and Prisons to Children: A Caregivers Guide By Inside-Out Connections: Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents, a program of the Initiative Foumdation
Dallaire, D.H. Ciccone, A. & Wilson, L. C. (2010). Teachers’ experiences with and expectations of children with incarcerated parents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 31. PP. 281-290.

Petsch, P., & Rochlen, A. B. (2009). Children of incarcerated parents: Implications for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 7(40), retrieved from http://www:jsc.montant.edu/articles/v7n40.pdf.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/features-and-articles/ACEs.html