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Serving and Advocating for Children with Incarcerated Parents with Dr. Emily Brown


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Dr. Emily Brown is an Assistant Professor of Counseling and Associate Department Chair in the College of Education at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Her background includes working with children and their families as an elementary school counselor and mental health counselor. Her research focuses on counseling children who have experienced loss, crisis, or trauma with a particular focus on children of incarcerated parents. In this episode, we further our discussion on addressing the needs of children with incarcerated parents. Dr. Brown discussed the needs of children with incarcerated parents through the lens of mental health. More specifically, we highlighted common experiences of children with incarcerated parents (e.g., feelings of loss, stigma and shame, instability, etc.) and the consequences of these experiences. Dr. Brown provided recommendations and resources that will aid in supporting and advocating for children with incarcerated parents.

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Resources for Counseling and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Books:

What Do I Say About That? (Julia Cook)

My Daddy is in Jail (Janet Bender) - includes group discussion guide

The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail (Melissa Higgins)

Visiting Day (Jacqueline Woodson)

The Invisible String (Patrice Karst)

Full List of Books

Resources for Counseling:

Empowering Children of Incarcerated Parents (Burgess, Caselman & Carsey)

Sesame Street's Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration

Additional Information about Parental Incarceration

Parents Behind Bars: What Happens to Their Children (Murphey & Cooper, 2015)

Children of the Incarcerated Video

The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated

Additional Resources for those Supporting CIP

Top 10 Things You Should Know

Handbooks for Caregivers from the Osborne Association

List of 36 Resources from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Tip Sheet for Teachers Supporting CIP

The Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights

Support Programs for CIP

Amachi Mentoring

Angel Tree - Prison Fellowship

Project Avary

Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.

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