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This workshop will examine the challenges associated with Black children of incarcerated parents while also recognizing resilience factors that mitigate negative potential outcomes. Due to racial disparities within mass incarceration, Black children are 7.5 times more likely than White children to have a parent in prison. Parental incarceration is considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE), which can lead to potentially negative outcomes such as social stigma, development of behavior and mental health challenges, substance abuse and future involvement in the penal system. During this interactive workshop, participants will be challenged to consider the resilience factors present within Black children who seemingly thrive while experience parental incarceration. Participants will engage with one another at different junctures in the session to reflect and develop plans of action to best serve this population at the macro, mezzo, and micro levels. In this way, practitioners can learn and utilize best practices when providing services to these children and their families.

Objectives: 
Learning Objectives: During this workshop, participants will
1.       Recognize the racial disparities among incarcerated parents in the United States
2.       Understand the impact of parental incarceration as an adverse childhood experience
3.       Identify protective factors that mitigate the impact of ACEs and amplify these areas of resiliency