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Parenting Inside-Out

Sustaining Humanity for

Incarcerated Parents &

their Families

Community Works West

• One Family
• Project WHAT!
• San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP) - https://www.projectavary.org/bill-of-rights - #5 and #

Strengths & Opportunities

Opportunities

• More natural environment
• Treated more as a right than a privilege.
• Seen as a partnership that supports healing, not as a benefit that people take advantage of. Ex. Contact visits as the scapegoat for drugs being present in the jail.
• Authentic motivation to connect with children.
• Motivated to care for children once released
• Buy-in from non-incarcerated parent.
• Providing tangible supports for the parent who is not incarcerated.

Strengths

• Apply information in real time through contact visits.
• Sustained purpose that’s meaningful – agency over one’s legacy = freedom
• Promotes healthy attachment during a difficult time.
• Opportunities to process and model healthy coping mechanisms with children.
• Parenting shows people’s humanity
• Led by an outside organization. Minimal contact/interaction with custodial staff.

Parenting Inside Out (PIO) Topics

Week 1:

Creating a

Collaborative

Learning

Environment

• Lesson 1.1: Getting Acquainted
• Lesson 1.2: Effective Speaking Skills

Week 2:

Communication

and Problem

Solving

• Lesson 2.1: Effective Listening Skills
• Lesson 2.2: Effective Problem- Solving Skills

Week 3:

Connecting

With Your Child

• Lesson 3.1: Bonding Through Play and Reading
• Lesson 3.2: Bonding Through Emotion Coaching

Parenting Inside Out (PIO) Topics

Week 7: Parenting

Children as

Individuals

• Lesson 7.1: Nurturing Your Child’s Temperament
• Lesson 7.2: Your Child’s Love Language

Week 8:

Parenting

Through

Family

Challenges

• Lesson 8.1: The Family System
• Lesson 8.2: Your Values and a Plan for Parenting

Week 9: Child

Guidance

• Lesson 9.1: Directions and Encouragement
• Lesson 9.2: Rules, Rewards, and Consequences

Parenting Inside Out (PIO) Topics

Week 10: More

Child Guidance

• Lesson 10.1: Time Out and Privilege Removal
• Lesson 10.2: Advocating for Your Children

Week 11:

Parenting

Practice

• Lesson 11.1: Reuniting: Your Children and You
• Lesson 11.2: Dealing with Behavior Challenges

Week 12: Wrap

Up and Closure

• Lesson 12.1: Building Healthy Partner Relationships
• Lesson 12.2: Wrap Up and Closure