Incarceration
A caring adult’s love and support can help children cope with the absence of an incarcerated family member.
Alex Copes with a Family Member’s Incarceration
A caring adult’s love and support can help children cope with the absence of an incarcerated family member.
Here are some specific tips to help you help the families you work with who are impacted by parental incarceration.
Caregiver Workshop: Taking Care of Yourself
Caregivers need to look after themselves in order to support children through tough times.
Helping Kids Stay Connected
Help parents to encourage their child to connect with a family member in prison.
Coping With Incarceration
An overview of strategies adults can use to help kids understand incarceration and the changes it brings.
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Coping With Incarceration
An overview of strategies adults can use to help kids understand incarceration and the changes it brings.
ArtMaker: Draw It Out! Incarceration
Help a child express themselves through drawing activities.
Little Children, Big Feelings
Use these strategies to help a child open up about their feelings.
Something to Count On
Caring adults and predictable daily activities will help a child feel safe.
Staying Connected
Learn great ways to help keep an incarcerated parent connected to their child.
Ask Me Anything
Telling children the truth goes a long way toward building trust and healing.
In My Family
This read-aloud story shows how a child may feel when a parent misses a special event.
Sticking to Routines
Predictable routines can help kids feel in control in the midst of hard circumstances.
Talk Together, Read Together
Reading and talking together during prison visits are great bonding opportunities.
Discover more resources for parents, caregivers, and providers.
Traumatic Experiences
Caring grown-ups can help lessen the effects of trauma and show children they’re not alone.
Children’s Feelings
When you help children to understand and express their emotions, you help them grow and thrive.
Calming Strategies
Little ones need lots of help from caring adults to grow and thrive. We offer calming strategies on comforting and providing nurturing touch, all of which are required for healthy brain development!
Children have a parent who is incarcerated.
