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Research has shown that mentoring relationships are most impactful when programs take steps to ensure quality service delivery. MENTOR’s cornerstone publication, Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, details research-informed and practitioner-approved standards for creating and sustaining quality youth mentoring programs and consequently, impactful mentoring relationships. The Fourth Edition reflects the most up-to-date research, practice, and thinking in the mentoring field and is the most comprehensive attempt to date to build programmatic standards that are grounded in research…
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The FRPN Father Engagement Scale is designed to assess fathers' engagement with their children at different ages. The measure was validated with a sample of fathers very similar to those served in U.S. responsible fatherhood programs. A scoring guide for each of the four versions can be found here. (Author abstract)
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This guide explores a range of opportunities and challenges faced by kinship caregivers in Oregon. It starts with common issues faced by family members caring for relative children and moves on to provide resources for those families. The guide begins with information on the number of children living in households headed by grandparents or other relatives and the challenges kinship caregivers face. A checklist is then provided of important things caregivers should do right away when they begin to care for children. Following sections review information on meeting the emotional and behavioral…
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Intended for Wyoming caregivers, this guide provides an overview of the array of possible appropriate and available community services that can be utilized by and for children and their families. The continuum identifies risk factors and behaviors common to each of the six levels and then matches appropriate resources that may be helpful to caregivers. The levels include: prevention, early intervention, immediate and intermediate interventions, residential interventions, transition services, and aftercare services. Charts identify behaviors and effective models and services by population for…
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Sesame Street for Military Families is a free, bilingual (English and Spanish) website where families can find information and multimedia resources on the topics of military deployments, multiple deployments, homecomings, injuries, grief, and self-expression. (Author abstract)
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The Fatherhood Research and Practice Network Coparenting Relationship Scale is designed to assess fathers' coparenting relationships with the mother of their non-residential children. The measure was validated with a sample of fathers very similar to those served in U.S. responsible fatherhood programs. A scoring guide can be found here. (Author abstract) Other
This series for parents includes information on child development from prenatal to the early childhood years. There is one newsletter for each trimester and then one newsletter for each month, 1-60. The series includes tips and information on a range of topics from healthy pregnancy, good health choices, the couple relationship, and parent self-care to parenting, parent-child interaction, play, and healthy eating and sleeping habits.
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These questions were developed to help facilitate conversations around responsible fatherhood during a Fatherhood Buzz event.
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This poster was designed to promote the June 2015 #DynamicDads Fatherhood Buzz effort.
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This graphic was designed to be used on social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to advertise the June 2015 #DynamicDads Fatherhood Buzz effort.
