Developing an Effective Intervention for Incarcerated Teen Fathers: The Baby Elmo Program.

The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor developmental outcomes. The Baby Elmo Program, a parenting and structured visitation program, aims to form and maintain bonds between children and their incarcerated teen fathers. The program is taught and supervised by probation staff in j...

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Publicado en:Zero to Three Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 26 - 33
Autores principales: BRITO, NATALIE, BARR, RACHEL, RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER, SHAUFFER, CAROLE
Formato: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Zero to Three May2012
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          BRITO, NATALIE
          BARR, RACHEL
          RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER
          SHAUFFER, CAROLE
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          Adolescent Fathers
          Prisoners
          Program Evaluation
          Parenting
          Fatherhood
          Father-Child Relations
          Father-Infant Relations
          Parental Role
          Attachment Behavior
          Infant Development
          Child Development
          Sex Factors
          Gender Role
          Program Development
          Models, Theoretical
          Parenting Education
          Environment
      ab: The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor developmental outcomes. The Baby Elmo Program, a parenting and structured visitation program, aims to form and maintain bonds between children and their incarcerated teen fathers. The program is taught and supervised by probation staff in juvenile detention facilities. This intervention is based on building a relationship between the teen and his child, rather than on increasing the teen's abstract parenting knowledge. Because the intervention is conducted in the context of parent-child visits, it fosters hands-on learning and increases the opportunity for contact between these young fathers and their children, a benefit in itself. An evaluation of the program indicated improvements in quality of interactions and communication; this increase in the interactional quality of the relationship increases the likelihood that the father and child will form and maintain a positive relationship.
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