The Effectiveness of Parent Education for Incarcerated Parents: An Evaluation of Parenting from Prison
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This study evaluates the efficacy of the Parenting from Prison curriculum which was implemented across Colorado correctional institutions. Parenting from Prison is a skills-based program that aims to strengthen family relationships and promote positive behaviors by increasing parental knowledge about risks, resiliency and developmental assets. A pretest-posttest design was utilized to assess short-term changes in communication with children, parental knowledge and parental attitudes among incarcerated parents (N = 150). Improvements in parenting knowledge and parenting attitudes among female and male incarcerated parents were found. Results warrant further investigation into the benefits of parent education prog rams for incarcerated parents, including a randomized control study of the effects of Parenting from Prison. According to the Bureau of Justice (Sabol a Couture, 2008) by midyear 2007 over 1.5 individuals were incarcerated in state and federal prisons, a 1.6% increase over the
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This study evaluates the efficacy of the Parenting from Prison curriculum which was implemented across Colorado correctional institutions. Parenting from Prison is a skills-based program that aims to strengthen family relationships and promote positive behaviors by increasing parental knowledge about risks, resiliency and developmental assets. A pretest-posttest design was utilized to assess short-term changes in communication with children, parental knowledge and parental attitudes among incarcerated parents (N = 150). Improvements in parenting knowledge and parenting attitudes among female and male incarcerated parents were found. Results warrant further investigation into the benefits of parent education prog rams for incarcerated parents, including a randomized control study of the effects of Parenting from Prison. According to the Bureau of Justice (Sabol a Couture, 2008) by midyear 2007 over 1.5 individuals were incarcerated in state and federal prisons, a 1.6% increase over the
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