Margo Candaleria , PhD, co-director of The Institute for Innovation and Implementation's Parent Infant Early Childhood team at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation, talks to WJZ about the new B'More Reconnects program that is helping current and recently incarcerated parents in Baltimore.
“Any separation from a caregiver can be traumatic for young kids,” Dr. Margo Candelaria, the co-director of the university’s Parent Infant Early Childhood team at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation, said. “But when it’s extended, or under circumstances that may have been traumatic or violent, it’s very challenging for them as parents.”