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A2 - Building and Restoring Coparenting Relationships
(Event: National Kinship Care Conference)

Sep 17, 2014 3:30pm - Sep 17, 2014 5:00pm
Session Type: Workshop

Description

A2 - Building and Restoring Coparenting Relationships with Mothers in Jail and Kin Caring for their Children: Results of a Pilot Study

This workshop presents results of a two-year pilot test of a coparenting intervention with mothers detained for substance abuse related crimes and relatives caring for their children. The intervention is designed to facilitate the mother’s successful return to the community, support relatives who care for children while the mother is detained and following release, ensure stability and facilitate the well-being of children, and reduce relapse, recidivism, caregiver burden and stress, and family disruption. This presentation describes all phases of the intervention using illustrative case examples, presents results of standardized assessments, and encourages participation of workshop participants in assessing study implications.

Presenter(s): James P. Gleeson, Faith Johnson Bonecutter and Qiana Cryer-Coupet, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL