Developing Resilience in Youth with Incarcerated Parents: A Bibliotherapeutic Blueprint with Tween and Young Adult Literature Chapter Books

The number of children with incarcerated parents has grown in recent years. Many of these children are being raised by another family member or are part of the foster care system. This adverse childhood experience can affect the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral development of children. To...

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Published in:Journal of correctional education (1974) 2020-09, Vol.71 (2), p.37-56
Main Authors: Walker, Sharryn Larsen, Connery, Cathrene, Blackson, Ginny Norris, Divine, Teresa Francis, Walker, Teresa Day, Williams, Brita, Finke, Janet A., Bartel, Kimberlee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Academic Failure
Adolescent Literature
At Risk Persons
Authors
Behavior Development
Bibliotherapy
Child Advocacy
Child Development
Children & youth
Childrens Literature
Classrooms
Competence
Confidence
Coping
Correctional Institutions
Educational Practices
Empowerment
Families & family life
Family
Family (Sociological Unit)
Foster care
Grade 2
Grounded Theory
Health Needs
Imprisonment
Institutionalized Persons
Juvenile Justice
Methods
Parent and child
Parents
Parents & parenting
Peer Groups
Peers
Prisoners
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Reading Aloud to Others
Resilience (Personality trait)
Resilience (Psychology)
School Counselors
Social Work
Teenagers
Trauma
Young adult literature
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:The number of children with incarcerated parents has grown in recent years. Many of these children are being raised by another family member or are part of the foster care system. This adverse childhood experience can affect the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral development of children. To support them through this life experience, teachers, counselors, and social workers can use bibliotherapy. Coupling bibliotherapy with a framework from which to examine the lives of protagonists in literature can be a powerful problem-solving mechanism for children of incarcerated parents. The authors of this piece present how the 7C’s of Resilience are portrayed in chapter books about children with incarcerated parents. A case for using the 7C’s as discussion points during read-alouds and literature circles is presented.
ISSN:0740-2708