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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.
Understanding Dad™ is a parenting program designed to help mothers recognize the importance of fathers’ involvement in their children’s lives and improve the relationships they have with their children’s father. Understanding Dad aims to support the growth of self-aware and communicative mothers by helping mothers improve their knowledge, behaviors and skills for the well-being of their children. Facilitators deliver Understanding Dad in a small group setting. Understanding Dad covers eight topics including: (1) what it means to be a mom, (2) my father’s impact, (3) my mother’s impact, (4) me and my children’s father, (5) the impact of the mother and father’s relationship on their children, (6) patterns of communication, (7) safe communication, and (8) how to listen. Over the course of the program, each mother completes activities in a “Mother’s Handbook” and identifies specific behaviors they can implement.
Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) is a home visiting prevention program designed for caregivers of children ages 0–5 years. PFR aims to promote secure and healthy relationships between caregivers and children through strengths-based parenting strategies. PFR uses reflective processes to help caregivers understand their own feelings and needs and those of their children. PFR promotes children’s social-emotional development, builds trust and security between children and caregivers, encourages children and caregivers’ emotion regulation and self-reflection, and helps caregivers address challenging behaviors.
Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH-ADTC) is an individual therapy program designed for children ages 5–15 experiencing ADTC challenges and their parents or caregivers. MATCH-ADTC aims to increase child and parent skills to manage the child’s mental health and reduce their symptoms. MATCH-ADTC has 33 therapeutic modules across the four possible primary focus areas (anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and conduct problems), representing 18 distinct practice areas. Each module includes step-by-step instructions, activities, and resources. Therapists select and deliver modules over multiple therapy sessions. To organize individualized treatment plans, therapists use flowcharts that suggest a narrow selection of modules aligned with the primary focus area and the child’s specific needs. Therapists may add modules from different focus areas to address any co-occurring concerns. At each session, therapists assess progress towards completing each module’s goals.Children and parents complete practice assignments between sessions.
Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) is a collaborative decision-making process designed to support families with children ages 0–17 who are involved in the child welfare system. FGDM uses a family group meeting to create and implement a child safety and care plan. FGDM seeks to convene an extended family group consisting of parents, primary caregivers, individuals with kinship and other connections to the child or parent, the child whenever possible, and service providers with family consent to attend. FGDM uses a four-phase process involving (1) program referral, (2) preparation for the meeting, (3) the meeting itself, and (4) the implementation of the plan. First, in the referral phase, child welfare agency staff and an FGDM coordinator who is not involved in the case reach out to the parents or primary caregivers and help the family decide if they would like to participate in FGDM.