Raising a family is a lot like coaching a sports team. The winning habits good coaches employ are many of the same strategies that good dads use to raise and lead healthy, happy families. In many ways, a coach is to his players what a dad is to his family.
Fundamentals of Fatherhood: The Essential Good Dads Playbook, is a new curriculum from Good Dads designed to forge a connection with fathers using familiar language and relatable examples common to any sports lover. The curriculum’s goal is to help any father become the best he can be using a combination of video material, facilitator-led group discussion, and engaging activities. Participants in a Fundamentals of Fatherhood workshop or training will consider the following:
The eight-part curriculum is designed to help any dad, including stepdads, grandfathers, and father figures become the best role model and coach for the children in their life. The curriculum covers a variety of topics through meaningful and thought-provoking questions, multimedia expert testimonials, and educational activities. Modules include:
The Fundamentals of Fatherhood Facilitator Training is intended to help those who want to be more effective in their work with fathers. Potential facilitators may include mental health professionals, human resource specialists, and others working in a setting with men.
Fundamentals of Fatherhood provides up-to-date information and research on fatherhood issues along with strategies for encouraging father engagement with children. Participants will be trained in facilitating fatherhood groups using the FOF curriculum.
While FOF is focused on fathers, it includes principles and strategies useful to anyone desiring to be a good parent, including mothers, grandparents, and parent-figures in a child’s life.
To register for the Fundamentals of Fatherhood Facilitator Training, click here.
Fundamentals of Fatherhood Facilitator Training is eligible for Continuing Education approved by the American Psychological Association for mental health professional. To register for CEs, click here.
The curriculum for Fundamentals of Fatherhood is intended to help any dad be more intentional in his parenting of, and engagement with, his children. Participants in the Fundamentals of Fatherhood Facilitator Training will gain the knowledge and skills necessary for working successfully with men in the area of parenting and father engagement.
Participants will be able to:
Introduction to Class Facilitation
Values:
Labels & Manhood
Conflict Resolution
Fatherhood Today
Impacting Your Children
You and Your Child’s Self-Confidence
You and Your Support Network
The Fundamentals of Fatherhood (FOF) Facilitator Kit includes the Facilitator Manual, one of each of the participant modules, and a USB drive with the “Coaching Clips.” The FOF Facilitator Kit is included in the FOF Facilitator Training registration. Click here to order additional kits.
Fundamentals of Fatherhood participant modules are available in packs of 10 for each of the eight different modules. To order participant modules, click here.
Additional items (FOF manual or USB drive) may be ordered here.
PRESENTERS:
Jennifer L. Baker PsyD MFT – Dr. Baker is a licensed clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist. She is Founder and Executive Director of Good Dads, Inc., a non-profit focused on helping fathers be more engages with their children. From 2003-2011 she provided leadership for two large federal grants serving persons living in 29 counties in southwest Missouri. In 2018, she was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by the Springfield Business Journal. She launched New Pathways for Good Dads, a program to help under-resourced dads overcome the barrier challenging their ability and opportunity to be good dads.
Drew Dilisio MS PLPC – Drew Dilisio holds a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Drew is an active member in Evangel University chapter of Chi Sigma Iota the counseling honor society and has attended trainings on family systems therapy, motivational interviewing, and mental health first aid. Drew is certified to teach PREP 8.0, Fundamentals of Fatherhood, and Helping Fathers in the Heartland. He specializes in Family Systems therapy with an emphasis on couples and fathers going through divorce. He is the counselor and community specialist at Good Dads, a non-profit focused on helping fathers be more engaged with their children. Drew is an adjunct Professor at Evangel University where he has taught Counseling Skills in the graduate program. He has experience working with a variety of populations, from men at Victory Mission, a drug and alcohol treatment program, to being the counseling intern at Drury University. While at Drury he had the opportunity to learn a lot about stress and the stress response and building resilient college students.