Best Of: Parenting While Incarcerated

Parenting While Incarcerated

Course Description

This course will teach you important tips to help you stay involved in your children's lives while in prison. You will hear from experts on how to best support your children during this difficult time. This course features Ann Adalist-Estrin, Director of the National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated, and Carol Burton, Executive Director of Centerforce and Director of Alameda County Children of Incarcerated Parents.

Learning Objectives & Skill Development:

• Self-awareness
• Empathy
• Parenting skills
• Communications and relationship skills

Course Overview:

Lesson 1: Who We Are as Parents

Lesson 2: Children and Childhood

Lesson 3: Environmental Influences

Lesson 4: Incarceration's Effect on Children

Lesson 5: Resilience

Lesson 6: The Purpose of Parenting

Lesson 7: Observation and Understanding, Communication and Discipline 

Lesson 8: Parenting with Others

Lesson 9: Parenting Inside

Lesson 10: The Homecoming

Check out the attached for more details on Lesson Descriptions and Objectives! 

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