SW Practice with Organizations & Communities
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Prisoner Reentry Institute
Occasional Series:
Children of the Prison Boom
Interventions to Promote Positive Development
Jean Kjellstrand
Columbia University School of Social Work
[email protected]
Presentation
Key influences that affect development of
youth
Existing interventions
Next steps for moving forward
BACKGROUND
INFLUENCES
Economic
Factors
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Neighborhood
poverty
Family Poverty
Liveable wage jobs
Education &
Vocational training
• Parenting
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Family
Functioning
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Mentors
Physical,
Social,
Emotional,
Intellectual
Health Issues
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Physical, Mental
Health, Family
Support, Substance
Abuse
Access to affordable
and health services
and resources.
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HEALTHY
CHILD
OUTCOMES
Parenting and
Mentoring
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Social
Environment/
Neighborhood
IMMEDIATE
INFLUENCES
Education
and Care
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Affordable/quality day care
Quality Instruction
Positive environment
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Peer
Environment
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Pro-social
Healthy
opportunities
Reduced
exposure to
AOD, violence
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Prosocial norms
Informal social
control
Healthy community
norms
Community
Integration &
connectedness
Social Support
Physical
Environment
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Quality housing/buildings
Neighborhood design
Land use
Absence of toxic influences
Access to nutritious
food/activity
Existing Interventions
Good news and bad news
Varied and delivered in many settings
Tend to focus on 3 main areas
Child
adjustment
Parenting/Family functioning
Broader personal/community context
Child Adjustment - Goals
Intervene to boost children’s resiliency
Environment to safely discuss feelings
Provide support around difficult
situations/emotions
Help develop healthy coping and problem
solving skills
Child Adjustment
Mentoring
Support groups
Youth advisory programs
Day camps
Individual therapy
Peer leadership
Tutoring
Job readiness training
Parenting/Family Functioning
Increasingly popular (within correctional
setting and in community)
Focus on communication and
interpersonal relationships within families
Promote
positive development
Encourage family support post-release
Decrease likelihood of recidivism
Parenting/Family Functioning
Parenting classes
Visitation/remote contact
Prison nurseries
Alternatives to incarceration
Personal and Community
Context
Pre-release/ Post release programming
Employment
Health
(physical, mental, substance use)
Relationships
Housing
Personal and Community
Context
Comprehensive community initiatives
Byrne
Criminal Justice Innovation Program
Promise Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
Housing and Urban Development: Choice
Neighborhoods
Next Steps for Moving Forward
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Evaluate existing programs
Disseminate results
Adapt existing evidence-based programs
Develop new programs (cost/effective,
sustainable)
Link interventions to create multilevel strategy
that can be tailored to address individual and
family strengths and needs.
Principles of Effective
Preventive Programs
Comprehensive
Varied teaching methods
Sufficient dosage
Theory driven
Promote positive relationships
Appropriately timed
Socioculturally relevant
Well-trained staff
Outcome evaluation
(Nation et al., 2003)
Model and Promising Programs
http://www.blueprintsprograms.com/allPrograms.php
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolenc
e/prevention.html
http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/stryve/strategy_pdf.html
http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/
http://www.preventviolence.info/evidence_base.aspx