1 Hour / 1 CE

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Culturally Informed Care in Corrections is presented by Eman Tadros, LMFT, PhD.

This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts toward a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Correctional Mental Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials.

This one-hour program, led by Dr. Eman Tadros, examines the impact of incarceration on family relationships, emphasizing culturally informed care within correctional settings. Dr. Tadros explores the unique relational struggles of incarcerated individuals and their families, particularly focusing on couples—a less-studied dynamic in incarceration research. 

Drawing on over a decade of clinical experience and 150 peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Tadros provides insights into theoretical frameworks and methodologies for understanding these complex, underserved relationships and the specific challenges they face. Participants learn practical techniques and culturally sensitive interventions to enhance relational resilience, promote family stability, and inform policies that better support justice-impacted individuals and their loved ones. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe the latest research findings relevant to culturally informed care within the context of the justice system
  • 2 Describe methods for providing culturally informed care in correctional settings

  • Intended Audience

    This training is intended for clinicians who are interested in supporting families affected by incarceration, with a focus on those specializing in mental health, social work, or family therapy within correctional or justice-involved populations. It is most relevant for professionals who provide culturally informed, family-centered care to justice-impacted individuals and their families.

    Examples of Relevant Professionals:

    • Mental Health Professionals
    • Social Workers
    • Family Therapists
    • Counselors working with justice-involved populations
    • Case Managers supporting incarcerated individuals and their families

  • Experience Level

    This program is designed for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals at the beginner and intermediate levels.


    • Beginner: Participants are new to working with justice-impacted families or have limited experience providing culturally informed care in correctional settings.

    • Intermediate: Participants have some experience with incarcerated populations and are seeking to deepen their understanding of family and couple dynamics, as well as enhance their culturally sensitive intervention skills.

  • Practice Setting

    Clinicians practice in secure, justice-involved care environments that integrate clinical services with correctional procedures and community supports to serve incarcerated and returning individuals and their families. These settings are security-aware, trauma-responsive, and multidisciplinary, emphasizing culturally informed, family-centered interventions and coordination across behavioral health and justice systems.

    Examples of Practice Settings:

    • Jail and prison mental health units
    • Community reentry programs and halfway houses
    • Probation/parole-integrated counseling clinics
    • Court-mandated family or couple therapy programs
    • Community mental health centers serving justice-impacted families
    • Telehealth services for incarcerated or justice-involved clients
Presented By

Eman Tadros, LMFT, PhD


Dr. Eman Tadros is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She is the Assistant Editor for the journal Child: Care, Health and Development. Her research focuses on incarcerated couples and families, dating and relationships, and culturally informed treatment. She has published 148 peer reviewed journal articles and various magazines, blog posts, book chapters, op-eds, and policy briefs.

Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Introduction to Family Dynamics in Incarceration
    - Overview of incarceration’s impact on family relationships
    - Emphasis on couples as an under-researched area

  • Culturally Informed Care in Correctional Settings
    - Importance of culturally sensitive approaches
    - Addressing relational struggles in justice-impacted families

  • Theoretical Frameworks and Methodologies
    - Models for understanding family and couple dynamics
    - Application of Dr. Tadros’s clinical and research insights

  • Intervention Techniques and Policy Implications
    - Practical strategies for building relational resilience
    - Informing policy to support justice-impacted families

Earning a Certificate

This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
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CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).


Sponsorship Approval Statements

Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7190. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Palo Alto University, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Palo Alto University maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits. Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0103. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073.