A family literacy program for men in San Quentin Federal Prison in California. Focuses on reading as a vehicle for communication between parents and children. Dynamics parenting class, includes family structure and patterns, human sexuality, communication in families, effects of abuse, healthy parenting, and planning for change. Units on The Active Parent, Understanding Your Child, Instilling Courage, Developing Responsibility, Winning Cooperation, The Democratic Family in Action, speaker from United Services for Effective Parenting. Delivered by interactive satellite television.
Feedback is by telephone and remote keypads.
Keypad responses are stored in individual student files and summarized in real time to track class understanding of material. Program also includes supervised visits with children and support groups, and support for the guardians who transport children to the prison for visits.