Emerging Practice

Promises of Parenting Program

State/Jurisdiction: Indiana
Setting: Community
Population: Families & Caregivers Infant Women & Maternal
Topic Area: Family & Youth Engagement Health Promotion & Communication
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The goal of the Promises of Parenting program is to improve the maternal-infant relational health of incarcerated mothers and their children both when residing on the Leath Unit and after release. We accomplish this by providing regular, evidence-based parenting education to mothers residing on the Unit.

Parenting classes are facilitated by a Grassroots Maternal and Child Health (GMCHI) staff member who is certified in the Circle of Security Parenting program model. Each mother participates in the Circle of Security Parenting Curriculum (once per week for eight weeks), CDC Milestone Moments session to learn about infant developmental milestones (once per week for eight weeks) and weekly play and learn sessions with Grassroots MCH Initiative staff wherein the moms can apply what they have learned. In order to create an optimal learning environment for these trainings, we developed an infant play and learning and maternal attachment zone in the nursery unit day room so that moms and babies have access to a rich environment for infant development. In addition, The Promises of Parenting Program also distributes educational books and learning materials to women residing on the unit and their co-residing children, items are distributed at the onset of the learning experience (which they can use while in the unit and when at home) and another tub of items is provided on release to community.


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CONTACT INFORMATION
Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Initiative
Mackenzie Porter
mporter2@iu.edu

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