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Theory-Based Multimodal Parenting Intervention for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children

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Parenting programs for incarcerated parents have become increasingly popular within corrections departments over the past several decades. The programs are appealing as they are thought to improve not only long-term prosocial outcomes and reductions in recidivism for parents who are reentering their communities after lockup, but also outcomes for their children. While some parenting programs have been shown to be effective in various ways, they may be insufficient to produce long-lasting, positive impacts for families with loved ones involved in the criminal justice system. We proposed that an expanded definition of what a parenting program is might be useful—a “multimodal” parenting program. Such programs address not only the development of parenting knowledge and the practice of parenting skills, but also the numerous contextual challenges that many correction-involved parents face during and following incarceration. Some of these challenges include inadequate housing, parent unemployment, parental mental and physical health issues, and conflictual personal relationships. We overview our work to build a multimodal parenting program for incarcerated parents and their families, and discuss the implication of such for future research, practice, and policy.

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  1. Family Translational Research Group, Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    J. Mark Eddy & Michael F. Lorber

  2. College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA

    Jean M. Kjellstrand

  3. College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Charles R. Martinez Jr.

  4. Portland Community College, Portland, USA

    Rex Newton

  5. Klamath Tribal Court, Chiloquin, OR, USA

    Danita Herrera

  6. Oregon Community Programs, Eugene, OR, USA

    Alice Wheeler

  7. Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR, USA

    Joann Wu Shortt

  8. Benton County Drug Court, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Jean E. Schumer

  9. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

    Bert O. Burraston

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Eddy, J.M. et al. (2019). Theory-Based Multimodal Parenting Intervention for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children. In: Eddy, J., Poehlmann-Tynan, J. (eds) Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16707-3_15

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