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Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) is a group parenting education program designed for parents of children ages 6–12. STEP aims to teach parents how to encourage cooperative behaviors, avoid reinforcing unacceptable behaviors, change dysfunctional relationships with their children, and prevent substance use. Group leaders guide participants through weekly topic-focused sessions. Topics include understanding yourself and your child, understanding your child’s beliefs and feelings as well as your own, encouraging your child and yourself, listening to and talking to your child, helping children learn to cooperate, using consistent disciplinary methods, and preventing drug use.
Early Childhood Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (Early Childhood STEP) is a group parenting education program designed for parents of children ages 0–5. Early Childhood STEP aims to teach parents how to encourage cooperative behaviors, avoid reinforcing unacceptable behaviors, and improve relationships with their children. Group leaders guide participants through weekly topic-focused sessions. Session topics include understanding young children, understanding young children’s behavior, building self-esteem in the early years, communicating with young children, helping young children learn to cooperate, using consistent disciplinary methods, and nurturing social and emotional development.
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Teens (STEP/Teen) is a group-based parenting education program designed for parents of children ages 13–17. STEP/Teen aims to teach parents how to encourage cooperative behaviors, avoid reinforcing unacceptable behaviors, change dysfunctional relationships with their children, develop problem-solving strategies, and prevent substance use. Group leaders guide participants through weekly topic-focused sessions. Topics include understanding yourself and your teenager, changing your response to your teen, communicating respect and encouragement, encouraging cooperation and solving problems, using consequences to build responsibility, and applied problem solving for potential teen parenting challenges, such as homework completion, anger management, delinquency prevention, and sexual activity.
24:7 Dad® A.M. is a parenting program designed to help dads of children ages 0–18 develop basic fathering skills. 24:7 Dad A.M. aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. Facilitators teach content related to the five characteristics of a 24:7 Dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. Facilitators typically deliver 24:7 Dad A.M. in a small group setting but can also deliver the program one-on-one.
24:7 Dad® P.M. is a parenting program designed to help dads of children ages 0–18 develop advanced fathering skills. 24:7 Dad P.M. aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. Facilitators teach content related to the five characteristics of a 24:7 Dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. Facilitators typically deliver 24:7 Dad P.M. in a small group setting but can also deliver the program one-on-one.
24:7 Dad® A.M. + P.M. is a parenting program designed to help dads of children ages 0–18 develop both basic and advanced fathering skills. 24:7 Dad A.M. + P.M. aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. Facilitators teach content related to the five characteristics of a 24:7 Dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. Facilitators typically deliver 24:7 Dad A.M. + P.M. in a small group setting but can also deliver the program one-on-one. Fathers complete the 24:7 Dad A.M. curriculum before starting the 24:7 Dad P.M. curriculum.
ProFathering15™ is an online parenting program designed for fathers or father figures. ProFathering15 aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. ProFathering15 content is related to five characteristics of a great dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. ProFathering15 covers 15 fathering topics including: (1) family history, (2) what it means to be a man and a dad, (3) showing and handling feelings, (4) how to cope with grief and loss, (5) men’s health, (6) co-parenting, (7) communication, (8) resolving parental conflict, (9) fathering skills, (10) child development milestones and supporting children’s growth, (11) non-violent discipline, (12) sexuality and self-worth, (13) fostering close relationships, (14) balancing work and family, and (15) managing money. Each topic includes user-friendly text, videos, and exercises that can be completed in 15 minutes.
24:7 Dad® Key Behaviors Workshop is a brief parenting program designed to help dads of children ages 0–18 develop 12 key fathering behaviors. 24:7 Dad Key Behaviors Workshop aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. Facilitators teach content related to the five characteristics of a 24:7 Dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. Facilitators typically deliver 24:7 Dad Key Behaviors Workshop in a small group setting but can also deliver the program one-on-one.
InsideOut Dad® is a parenting program designed to help incarcerated fathers of children ages 0–18 develop fathering skills. InsideOut Dad aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. For fathers preparing for release, the program also seeks to build skills for reconnecting, parenting, and other responsibilities in the reentry process. Facilitators teach content related to the five characteristics of an InsideOut Dad: self-awareness, caring for self, fathering skills such as being a positive father figure and role model, parenting skills such as nurturing your children, and relationship skills. Facilitators typically deliver InsideOut Dad in a small group setting but can also deliver the program one-on-one.
The InsideOut Dad® Guide to Family Ties is a self-paced parenting program designed to help incarcerated fathers of children ages 0–18 develop fathering skills. The InsideOut Dad Guide to Family Ties aims to support the growth of caring and compassionate fathers by helping dads improve their knowledge, behaviors, and skills. For fathers preparing for release, the program also seeks to build skills for reconnecting, parenting, and other responsibilities in the reentry process. Fathers typically complete The InsideOut Dad® Guide to Family Ties on their own; however, prison or jail staff can also work one-on-one with fathers to facilitate the reading and activities in the guide.