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Training Materials This 850-page curriculum with Strengthening Families protective factors woven throughout includes facilitator resources and detailed group meeting plans and activities to make it easy to engage young people. Dads receive special focus, not just in the meeting plans for dads but also in material for moms. Five units address topics in the areas of personal development, health and safety, parenting skills, child development and using community resources. (Author abstract)Note: The curriculum includes a CD with parent handouts.
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This toolkit provides essential reading for those running a young fatherhood programme with young men aged 13-19. The programme's 11 sessions and 44 activities cover: knowing ourselves and others; understanding values and beliefs; problem solving and risk taking; what it means to be a man; relationships; sex and sexual health; what babies need; being a good dad; dads and the law and safety and first aid. Activities have been piloted in a variety of settings including, parenting projects, leaving care services and YOI's. (Author abstract)
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This DVD and workshop guide are designed to be used to with young parents or teens who are not yet parents. The DVD features a 28-minute documentary on young fathers and seven teachable moment clips from the film that are 1 to 7 minutes each. The documentary focuses on two young fathers and highlights the needs and circumstances of many low-income fathers, including those who have been involved with the criminal justice system. It addresses the challenges of early parenthood, the role of fathers in their children's lives, the need to build solid co-parenting relationships, and attitudes about…