Parenting, prison and pups with a purpose: How dog-assisted therapy can improve inmates as mothers.

The article discusses how dog-assisted therapy can help improve inmates as mothers. Dog-assisted therapy is known to reduce trauma-induced feelings when a person has difficulty trusting others because of damaged or nonexistent early childhood attachments. Jail-based parenting programs can help mothe...

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Publicado en:Corrections Today Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 24 - 34
Autores principales: COLLICA-COX, KIMBERLY, FAGIN, BRUCE
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Correctional Association May/Jun2018
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Sumario:The article discusses how dog-assisted therapy can help improve inmates as mothers. Dog-assisted therapy is known to reduce trauma-induced feelings when a person has difficulty trusting others because of damaged or nonexistent early childhood attachments. Jail-based parenting programs can help mothers in developing healthy bonds with their children by making them feel more confident about parenting and by increasing their knowledge of effective parenting techniques.