305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents

1. 305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents

2. Name Tent

3. 305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents • Agenda • Competency • Learning Objectives 4

8. Online Module Review, Part I

9. Online Module Review, Part II • In your small groups, discuss: • How are the resources addressing the losses to social capital? • How are agency policies addressing the losses to social capital? • What gaps remain?

10. Online Module Review, Part III • Prepare to report to the large group: • One resource everyone should know about (not previously mentioned) • One exemplary policy that demonstrates the work counties are doing to engage incarcerated parents • Any other interesting discussion points or ‘aha’ moments you came to as a group

11. TEAMING

12. Key Principles of Multidisciplinary Collaboration

13. Key Terms and Definitions Prison Department of Corrections Jail Bureau of Prisons Parole Probation Remember to take notes!

14. Teaming with Criminal Justice Professionals: Roles Activity

15. CASE PLANNING

16. Incarcerated Parent’s Rights & Responsibilities

17. Considerations to Case Planning • Individually: Fill out the chart • Pairs: Discuss your answers • Large Group: Reflect on the big picture • What stands out to you? • Do you see benefits to the youth’s permanency or well-being? • What challenges do we experience as professionals? • What skills or resources do you need to overcome these challenges?

18. Family Service Plan Goals For Incarcerated Parents

19. CONTACT AND VISITATION

23. Contact & Visitation • Questions about contact and visitation (Activity) • Benefits of contact and visitation (Video) • When contact and/or visitation should NOT occur Don’t forget to take notes! 305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center 23

24. SupportingContact & Visitation Youth Before During Incarcerated Parent Non Incarcerated Caregiver After 305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center 24

25. The McAbee Scenario Read Part 1 Watch the video Read Part 2

26. Skills Application Activity • Count off by three’s • Each group of 1-2-3 sitting next to one another will work through a simulated exercise together • The child welfare professional (#2) will have a conversation with a non-incarcerated caregiver (#1) about the possibility of arranging visited with the incarcerated father. The observer (#3) will take notes. • #1: Use Appendix #7 • #2: Use Participant Guide Page 21 • #3: Use Participant Guide Page 22

27. Skills Application Instructions The child welfare professional should be sure to: • Discuss the benefits to Molly of maintaining a relationship with her incarcerated father • Address any concerns Mrs. McAbee has about Molly visiting her father in prison • Answer any questions the non-incarcerated parent has about visitation, as it relates to the child’s well-being or the logistics of visitation • Team with the non-incarcerated parent to begin to coordinate contact or visitation Review Participant Guide Page 22 before beginning.

28. Skills Application Feedback Cycle • In your small groups, discuss: • How did you feel? • CWP asks non incarcerated parent • What went well? • CWP shares • CWP asks observer • CWP asks non incarcerated caregiver • What could improve? • CWP shares • CWP asks observer • CWP asks non incarcerated caregiver • CWP summarizes feedback and then: • Commits to what to keep doing • Commits to a couple of items to work on • (Activity adapted from NHS Human Services, Inc., 2010)

29. Action Plan • Something I will use when working with an incarcerated parent and his/her family • Programs and resources available in my county, community, or local correctional facility • My next step in preparing to effectively engage incarcerated parents, their children, and their families

30. Accessing Resources