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Portrait of the Incarcerated Woman as a Reading Mother: Revealing the Perceived Outcomes of a Shared Reading Program

dc.contributor.authorBrown, Alison
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Library and Information Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Information Managementen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorJoAnn Watsonen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerKeith Lawsonen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Julie Ann Winkelsteinen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJudith Murphyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Vivian Howarden_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorJennifer Grek Martinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T14:05:22Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T14:05:22Z
dc.date.defence2017-08-15
dc.date.issued2017-08-25T14:05:22Z
dc.description.abstractEach year, 25 000 Canadian children will not share a bedtime story with their mother because their mother is incarcerated. For many families, contact with their incarcerated mother is rare. The separation caused by maternal incarceration can disrupt the attachment bond, create physical and mental health problems, and lead to increased anxiety, depression, loneliness, and isolation. To ameliorate some of these detrimental effects, organizations are delivering programs that allow incarcerated mothers to maintain and strengthen relationships with their children. Read aloud programs are among them. This thesis explores the outcomes of a read aloud program for incarcerated women and their children, from the perspective of those who participated. Six interviews were conducted with former participants of the program and 94 letters from participating families were read. Findings reveal how a shared reading program can provide meaningful mother-child contact, strengthen relationships, encourage love of reading, foster positive identity, and nurture resilience.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/73176
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectshared readingen_US
dc.subjectincarcerated mothersen_US
dc.subjectread alouden_US
dc.subjectrelational-cultural theoryen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.subjectbronfenbrenner's ecological systems theoryen_US
dc.subjectfamily literacyen_US
dc.titlePortrait of the Incarcerated Woman as a Reading Mother: Revealing the Perceived Outcomes of a Shared Reading Programen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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