702: Leading Those Who Engage
Incarcerated Parents
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Agency
Name
Position
A Quick Survey:
• Do you believe that most children want to maintain a
bond with their incarcerated parent?
• Do you believe that a child has the right to visit with their
incarcerated parent?
• Do you believe that a child's visitation with an
incarcerated parent is important to the child's wellbeing?
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (2012).
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the importance of engaging incarcerated
parents in case planning and visitation to the child’s
well-being;
2. Identify the role of the leader in supporting staff who
engage incarcerated parents;
3. Recognize tools and strategies that support the
engagement of incarcerated parents; and
4. Initiate the development of a teaming strategy to
support the engagement of incarcerated parents.
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Agenda
Introduction and Overview
The Importance of Engaging
Incarcerated Parents
Strategy and Tools for Engaging
Incarcerated Parents
Initiating Teaming Efforts
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Incarceration Rate:
2011
2.3 Million
+ 300% since 1980
The highest incarceration rate in the world
Western and Pettit (2009)
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Incarcerated Parents:
1.1 Million
Fathers
120,000
Mothers
That’s 2.7
million children with an incarcerated parent
Western and Pettit (2009)
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Global Effects of Incarceration:
The ability to:
• Problem solve
• Self Improve
• Maintain
Human
Relationships
Capital
Social
Capital
Social
Networks
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Supportive
relationships:
• Friends
• Family
• Neighbors
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Global Effects of Incarceration (continued)
Families experience a
Human
Capital
Social
Capital
22% reduction
in income when
the father is
incarcerated
Western and Pettit (2010)
Social
Networks
44% of inmates
lived with
children prior to
incarceration;
6 in 10 mothers.
Glaze and Maruschak (2008)
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Impact on Children:
In 2009
.
8% of youth in care
entered because of parental incarceration
U.S. Government Accountability Office (2011)
The State Correctional Institution at Muncy:
70%
of their prison
population are
mothers.
50%
of those
mothers have a
child in the
dependency
system.
AOPC Survey Results (2012)
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Video:
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC)
Dependent Children of Incarcerated Parents Workgroup
Training video for judges and legal professionals:
PLAY
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Purpose of the AOPC Dependent Children of
Incarcerated Parents Workgroup
• Identify perceptions about the issues and barriers
• Identify best and promising practices for engaging
incarcerated parents and visitation planning
• Make recommendations to improve the engagement
of incarcerated parents in
• Case planning and service delivery
• The court process
• Visitation and contact between children and their
incarcerated parents
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AOPC Dependent Children of Incarcerated Parents (2012)
Survey Results:
100%
80%
60%
Judges
Administrators
Wardens
40%
20%
0%
Maintain Bond
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Right to Visit
Important to
Well-Being
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Practical Application of Teaming at All
Levels:
• Children, youth and families
• Agency staff
• Private providers and community
members
• State partners
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A Leader’s Role in Stages of Team
Development:
• Defining and achieving goals, gaining
support, resolving conflicts, motivating
team members, and sustaining
commitment.
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Stages of Team Development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
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Team Leader’s Functions
• Lead with a clear purpose
• Empower to participate
• Aim for consensus
• Direct the process
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The Workgroup’s Three Core Strategic Areas
of Focus
• Collaboration
• Education and training
• Data collection
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Sesame Street Tools
TOOLS
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Sesame Street Video
PLAY
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Teaming Discussion
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Action Planning
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Dr. Karl Menninger Quote
“Prison need not
be the end of the road
but the beginning of
an interesting and
productive life.”
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Final Questions
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Action Planning and Closing Activities
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Action Planning
Evaluation
Thank you for being here today!
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