All research and evidence on NICCO is reviewed using a Quality Assessment Tool (QAT) developed by the University of Huddersfield and Barnardo's.
Research and evidence is assessed in four key areas: Methodological Quality, Child-Centredness, Relevance to Policy and Strategy, and Relevance to Practice with offender's children. This ensures that items on the NICCO website are as useful as possible to academics, practitioners, commissioners and other professionals. For more information about the development of the QAT or to review research in order to list it on NICCO, please see the QAT webpage where you can download the Tool, Guidebook and a short step-by-step 'How To' document. Please contact us to submit quality assessed research on to NICCO.
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This research refers to the US but can be learned from by people from any country.
The prison population in the United States has increased significantly over the years. Research shows that the children of prisoners experience academic and social challenges. This article argues that professional school counselors are in an ideal position to provide theory-based interventions to support children of prisoners. This article firstly describes the challenges experienced by children of prisoners, then secondly advances choice theory as a theoretical framework to meet their needs, and includes a case study that details the effective use of choice theory with the children of prisoners.
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You must purchase this peer reviewed article from the American Psychological Association's PsychNet to view the entire article or request it for free from the authors via Researchgate.
Although written about American research, the finding from this article can be used by professionals everywhere. The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being shows that approximately 1 in 8 children who are investigated by child welfare services (CWS) agencies for mistreatment have parents who were recently arrested. These children are disproportionatley younger than other children who come into contact with CWS, more likely to be African American and far more likely to be living within the care system. Despite the fact that 2 in 5 children age 2 and older with arrested parents had clincally significant emotional or behavioral problems, only 1 in 10 received mental health care. Parents in the study varied in characteristics by race but rates of substance abuse, serious mental illness, domestic violence, and problems meeting basic needs were all higher among arrested parents than among other parents. Purchase Parental Arrest and Child Welfare Services Agencies on Psychnet.
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This thorough book presents the results from four recent large-scale studies undertaken with thousands of children in England, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States. Drawing from a systematic meta-analysis of 50 studies, the authors provide a detailed picture of the impact of parental incarceration on child development. Areas of study include the effects on children of their parents' arrest, trial, sentence and return home, as well as attachment, reduced quality of child care, social and economic strain resulting from reduced income, changes in discipline, social learning and stigma among peers.
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Designed for pan-European professionals, volunteers and decision makers, this is a comprehensive illustrated and updated version of a publication which features initiatives, expertise and good practice examples of direct and indirect work with the children of imprisoned parents.
The publication is a children's rights centered publication based on the research project, Children Of Imprisoned Parents. It showcases pan-European practice examples throughout the 7 key sections which are themed around: legal frameworks; the impact of parental imprisonment on children's lives; parenting from prison; maintaining contact; mothers and young children in prison; training, tools and methodologies; and advocacy for policy and practice change.
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This article looks at the challenges associated with the common occurrence of grandmothers caring for children whose parents are in prison. It firstly gives a brief over view of the literature around children separated from their parents by imprisonment and the numbers of grandparents who care for them. There is then a simple report on the thematic findings from a small number of interviews with grandmother carers and focus groups with mothers in prison. Themes include commitment and appreciation, the impact of stigma, managing changes in roles, the impact on grandmothers from providing care and lack of support for grandmothers. This article offers important insights into the support needs of the women who keep prisoners' children from going into Looked After care.
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This evaluation explores the work and benefits of Ormiston's Breaking Barriers outreach service for children with a loved one who has recently been sentenced to prison.
The service, which offers 8 visits from a practitioner to a child in school, is assessed in relation to the aims of the service using service data, first hand interviews with children and parents and anecdotal evidence from school partners. The evaluation ends with clear recommendations for running the service, (such as post-intervention follow ups, awareness raising about children of prisoners) as well as evaluating (using direct measures against the service aims for example).
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