Jared Bigelow Sauntia Griffin Sebastien Beaudet Simone Senn Tina Roush

EDUC 513 Adult Learning

Employment Criminal history Walgreens, Starbucks, and Target

Organization: Seattle Education Access Scholarship + Financial Aid Mentorship + Support University of Washington Free ESL classes Activities Admissions Job placement Theories: Experiential Learning Narrative Learning Transformational Learning

Need for Good Advising

Poor advising is widespread (Weissman, et al, 2007) Some career fields are effectively closed Some legal impediments can be overcome Access to financial aid

Organization: Indiana Office of Student Affairs

Need for Quick Access to Education and Employment

Supports student learning, student engagement, and promotes diversity

Opportunities reduce recidivism rates (OBrien, 2002) Fighting Stigma with Positive Credentials (Owens, 2009)

Theories:
Critical (Power and Oppression; Hansen, 1993)

Mental health issues range from psychosis to learning disabilities

Employment and education

Organization: Department of Social and Health Services Child Protective Services

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Foster Care/Kinship Care Parenting Classes Social Work/Counseling Behaviorist Theory Humanist Theory Social Learning Theory

Theories:

Mentorship

Life Coaching Goal Setting Networking Tough Love

Educational Institutional Role

Confidentiality Community Partnerships Mentorship agreements

Theories Critical Theories

With mentorship students are more likely to get a job sooner, hold a job longer and prevents recidivism.
(US Department of Labor, 2007)

Involvement of family/support group Funds for expenses outside of school Must meet the basic needs of hunger, shelter, safety and love before self-actualization can occur

Organization: Post Prison Education

www.postprisonedu.org

Theories: Maslows, founder of humanistic psychology, hierarchy of needs

People from backgrounds marked by poverty and lack of education are over-represented in the prison population of the United States. One third of inmates were unemployed and half estimated their income to be at the poverty level.

Product of their environment Need to believe that they can succeed Reset their value of education Idea of self-efficacy

Theories:

Banduras social cognitive theory Rotters notion of locus of control-need to move to the idea of internal locus of control

Websites:
A Guide For Attorneys Representing College Applicants http://www.communityalternatives.org/pdf/publications/Criminal-History-Screening-inCollege-Admissions-AttorneyGuide-CCA-1-2013.pdf The Institute for People with Criminal Records http://peoplewithcriminalrecords.com/the-pcracademy/

Book:
Gordon, G., Smith, H., and Lewis, D. (2002). A framework for breaking barriers: a cognitive reality model. Bellevue, WA: Gordon Graham and Company, Inc.

Programs:
Post Prison Education Program www.postprisonedu.org Life-Skill-To-Work, South Seattle Community College http://www.southseattle.edu/newholly/program-options.aspx