Children of Imprisoned Parents

<p> For too long the adverse impacts of parental incarceration have remained in the shadows. This book and its companion workbook <I>Children of Imprisoned Parents: A Workbook for Holistic Caregiver and Child Well-Being</I> (ISBN 978-1-4766-8717-9) illuminate the hidden challenges helping caregivers to understand children's stress-response systems and enabling them to recognize how anxiety and grief may manifest in a child's daily behaviors. </p><p> How do you recover from the pain of telling children mistruths about parental arrest and imprisonment? How does parental incarceration affect child development and the body-brain connection? Are children of incarcerated parents prone to incarceration themselves? With sensitivity and clarity the authors address a range of questions including such tough topics as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) trauma childhood suicide ideation and grief and loss.</p><p> Readers will find evidence-based trauma-informed interventions and practical tools to promote coping emotional regulation and stress reduction. Trauma-responsive and healing-centered approaches empower caregivers and their children to thrive in the face of daunting challenges.</p>