NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of young children who are ages birth through 2 years and reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father warmth, sensitivity, and closeness; father cognitive stimulation; father engagement; and father restrictiveness, harshness, and controlling behaviors and their impact on cognitive development, social and emotional development, infant health, and motor development of the children. References are provided for the statistics cited.
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of young children who are ages 2 through 6 years and reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father warmth, sensitivity, and closeness; father supportiveness; father cognitive stimulation; father engagement; father restrictiveness, harshness, and controlling behaviors; financial support; and other forms of involvement and their impact on cognitive development, social and emotional development, externalizing behaviors, and health and physical development of the children. References are…
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of children who are ages 7 through 10 years and reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father engagement; father supportiveness; father responsibility; and father warmth, sensitivity, and closeness and their impact on academic achievement, socioemotional development, and externalizing behaviors of the children. References are provided for the data cited.
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of adolescents who are ages 11 through 18 years and reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father warmth, sensitivity, and closeness; father engagement; father supportiveness; and father restrictiveness, harshness, and controlling behaviors and their impact on academic achievement, the socioemotional development, and externalizing behavior problems of the adolescents. References are provided for the statistics cited.
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of adolescents who are emerging adults ages 18 years and older who reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father warmth, sensitivity, closeness and engagement and their impact on academic and work achievement/performance, socioemotional development, and externalizing behavior problems of the young adults. References are provided for the statistics cited.
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A DVD produced by Dr. Percy Ricketts, which is designed to give divorced and divorcing parents some simple steps that they could take, which could help make their adjustment and their children's adjustment to divorce, quicker and more effective. (Author abstract)
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Evaluating outcomes is critical for program growth and improvement. Increasingly, agency administrators are being required to provide evidence that their services make a difference for the children, families, and communities they serve.To assist in this effort, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides two Logic Model Builders: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Family Support Programs and Postadoption Services Programs. These Logic Model Builders help programs define their service goals and outcomes, identify indicators of success, and select evaluation instruments that may be…
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This poster presents the results from the second collection of Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) review data for approved measures for the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grantees.
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This fact sheet defines the meaning of dating. It highlights parents' concerns about dating before age 14 or 15 and consequences of early dating consistently shown in research (e.g., involvement in early sexual activity). It also provides detailed information for parents on what to do when their children start dating early.
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This issue brief notes recent research that provides strong evidence for the inclusion of fathers in the home visiting process and indicates including fathers in home visiting programs is not only good for young children, it is an opportunity to positively impact the health and well-being of new fathers. The economic, social and emotional development, cognitive development, and academic achievement benefits for children when they have involved fathers are reviewed, as well as the role of fathers in modeling positive adult relationships. Strategies home visiting programs can use to promote the…
