Graduation Year
2021
Degree Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor in Psychology (Psy. D.)
Abstract
The growing population of incarcerated individuals in the United States has resulted in 2.6 million minor aged children with at least one parent living in a correctional facility. Incarcerated parents are the beginning of a ripple effect whose unique challenges directly and indirectly impact the overall well-being of their children as well as their children’s home caregivers. With this image in mind, the benefits of empirically supported data and behavioral interventions can do the same producing a positive ripple effect starting from the inside out. To evoke this positive ripple effect, resources were compared to the literature and those most in accordance were presented on infographics. These infographics were created to provide evidence-based information and interventions for children of incarcerated parents and their families. This modality for sharing information was chosen to quickly and easily convey a large amount of data which is otherwise difficult to access, convoluted in nature, and whose validity is uncertain.
Faculty Mentor
Myra Beth Bundy, Ph.D., BCBA
Department Affiliation
Psychology
Committee Member
Teri Nowak, Ph.D.
Department Affiliation
Psychology
Committee Member
Dustin Wygant, Ph.D.
Department Affiliation
Psychology
Copyright
2020 Rena L. Harp
Recommended Citation
Harp, Rena L., "School-Aged Children of Incarcerated Parents: Information and Behavioral Interventions for Minimizing Negative Effects of a Parent’s Absence" (2021). Psychology Doctoral Specialization Projects. 4.
https://encompass.eku.edu/psych_doctorals/4
