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Training Materials In Parenting Wisely: American Teenagers, nine typical problem situations are presented including: doing household chores, stepparent-youth relationships, monitoring "troublesome" friends, improving poor school performance, sibling fighting, and complying with parental requests (phone use and music volume) and more. Both effective and ineffective solutions are depicted for each problem followed by comprehensive critiques and explanations of the parenting and communication skills viewed.Parenting Wisely (American Teens) has been named an "exemplary" program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and…
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Training Materials In Parenting Wisely: Young Children, seven typical problem situations are presented including: misbehaving at the grocery store, interrupting telephone conversations, problems getting along with friends, how to parent when stepparents or grandparents also live in the household, school and homework problems, sibling fighting, and how to get children off to bed and ready for school on time.Based on the success of the original Parenting Wisely program, this new version is specifically designed to address the unique communication and compliance needs of parents of younger children by teaching the…
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Training Materials This video follows a diverse group of expectant and new dads as they play a vital role in pregnancy, labor, and the birth of their children. The DVD is divided into five easy-to-view sections: 1. Dads are unique - why are dads essential? 2. The Pregnant Father - going to prenatal exams, healthy habits, finances, and taking time off. 3. Labor and Birth - being there, attending to mom's needs, asking questions, being with baby. 4. Emotions - postpartum blues for mom and dad, intimacy. 5. Baby care - benefits of breastfeeding, bonding, signs of illness, SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome, coping with…
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Training Materials This video will inspire young dads to nurture their child's development as they deal with the life-changing realities of being a father. The DVD is divided into six easy-to-view sections: 1. Connect ? child development, health and safety.2. Positive Discipline - setting limits and coping with frustration. 3. Take Care of Yourself ? having personal goals, dealing with your own father. 4. Relating - resolving relationship conflict, "I" messages. 5. Work and Family - flexible hours, sharing work with your child, finding work. 6. Single Fatherhood - shared parenting, fathering from a distance and…
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Training Materials The Center for Successful Fathering presents a year long series of high energy, father-friendly, interactive instructional sessions aimed at dads of children from birth through six years. The course content and the learning process incorporates lessons learned from over a decade of hands-on experiences with tens of thousands offathers. The content appeals to a new father's need to make a difference in the life of his child, and offers proven effective ways to get started. The process minimizes the use of lecture and emphasizes the use of movement, interaction and physical play.
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Training Materials Week One: What is Good Communication and Why is Mine So Bad? Week Two: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Week Three: The Art of Active Listening. Week Four: Communicating in Conflict. Week Five: How to Handle Problems Well. Week Six: Verbal Blessings and Affirmations.
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Training Materials This course is part of the curriculum of Dads of Destiny, a training program designed by the National Center for Fathering to encourage and equip fathers in practical skills in order to strengthen their families. It was written for small groups of fathers which are started by an NCF-trained leader, and seeks to encourage fathers to practice their fathering skills and hold each other accountable. (Author abstract)
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Training Materials The course is part of the curriculum of Dads of Destiny, a training program designed by the National Center for Fathering to encourage and equip fathers in practical skills in order to strengthen their families. It was written for small groups of fathers which are started by an NCF-trained leader, and seeks to encourage fathers to practice their fathering skills and hold each other accountable. (Author abstract)
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Training Materials This workbook presents curriculum guidelines for Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs) working with fathers who have been violent. The materials address men in their roles as fathers or father figures to children, and are designed to increase men's awareness of the effects on children of domestic violence, motivation to stop abusive behavior, capacity for healing and having constructive relationships with their children, and support of their partner's parenting. The curriculum guidelines center around three included parenting exercises that are meant to be implemented over a four-to-six…
