By Rutgers University, Economic Development Research Group

August 31, 2011

This Community Education Centers, Inc. recently partnered with the National Fatherhood Initiative's® (NFI) InsideOut Dad™ program for a highly successful research project aimed at helping incarcerated fathers form healthy relationships
with their children and families. This article used quantitative data to examine the results of the program and found statistically significant changes across confidence, knowledge, behavior, and attitude variables compared to control subjects. Moreover, the qualitative data supports the efficacy of the program.

By Lou Barretti, Ph.D., Ben K Beitin

Contemporary Family Theory, 2010, Vol. 32, Pages 39-51.

This article focuses on the development of a marriage and family therapy internship in an offender reentry facility. The process of how students are referred and trained, the rewards and challenges of their work, and the supervision experience are described.

Erin K. Walker, Ph.D., Delaney Hall, Family Services Program

Submitted for publication in the Woman and Therapy Journal in 2010.

A Sobel analysis reveals that peer relational health and perceived mutuality in partnerships buffer the effects of trauma symptoms on self-esteem, and perceived quality of mother-child relationships buffers the impact of trauma symptoms and history of alcoholism on depression. Statistically and clinically significant results demonstrate the positive impact of a healthy mother-child relationship on depression symptoms, and the influence of healthy peer and partner relationships on raising self-esteem for previously incarcerated mothers.