Reducing Trauma for Children of Incarcerated Parents

1250 Jordan Creek Parkway,West Des Moines IA 50266

29 October, 2021

Description

Reducing Trauma for Children of Incarcerated Parents from Arrest through Permanency. Topics covered include: Arrest Protocols to Reduce Childhood Trauma; Working Collaboratively to Reduce Children’s Wait times with Law Enforcement, Handle with Care Programs, Impact of Parental Incarceration on Children & Benefit of Parent-Child Interactions during Incarceration, ACES Research and Iowa Prision Population-Effectively Working with Traumatized Adults, Family Therapy with Incarcerated Parents, Advocating for Reasonable Efforts for Families with an Incarcerated Parent, Re-thinking Permanency Decisions.