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Daehlin, Diane; Hynes, Jane – Child Welfare, 1974
Mothers in prison awaiting release face special problems of readjusting to their families and to life in the general community. A discussion group program in a Minnesota prison indicates ways in which social workers can help these mothers. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correctional Rehabilitation, Group Therapy, Mother Attitudes
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Thomas, Carolyn B. – Child Welfare, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Correctional Rehabilitation, Emotional Disturbances, Foster Children
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Fodor, Iris E. – Child Welfare, 1972
Article describes techniques used in dealing with delinquent girls in a training school. (Editor/RY)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Block, Kathleen J.; Potthast, Margaret J. – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses enhanced prison visiting programs that offer support for the mother-child relationship in cases of incarcerated mothers. Highlights the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program, which offers a solution to the problems of mother-child separation by imprisonment, traditional visiting practices, mother-child reunification, and permanency planning.…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Katz, Pamela Covington – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses the needs of incarcerated mothers for child welfare services. Explores why working with women in jail and their children is within the scope of the child welfare system's mandate. Describes pressures on criminal justice and child welfare systems that prevent either from working effectively with these families; suggests a collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Hairston, Creasie Finney – Child Welfare, 1998
Examines issues in designing policies and providing services that promote maintenance of parent-child bonds and responsible parenting when fathers are incarcerated. Examines differences between public perceptions and real-life experiences of prisoner parents. Discusses impact of correctional and child welfare policies on fathers' parenting…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation