How do you build a stable home for you and your family when you lack many of the tools necessary to construct a solid structure? What does it mean to build a a safe home when you didn’t have one as a child? Those are the questions Good Dads 2.0 answers in this curriculum. The 15-module course is designed to help any dad (stepdads, grandfathers, and father figures), and especially at-risk dads to build a safe and stable home for their children and family. The curriculum covers a variety of topics through meaningful and thought-provoking questions, multimedia expert testimonials and educational activities.
Looking to learn more about Good Dads 2.0? Call us at our offices at 417-501-8867 or email Director of Curriculum and Education Rhonda Andersen at Rhonda@gooddads.com.
The next training opportunity for Good Dads 2.0 will take place May 22–24 in Springfield, MO. This training event is intended to help those who want to be more effective in their work with at-risk fathers (i.e. fathers with a child support problems, histories of poverty, incarceration and/or substance use).
Successful facilitators may be mental health professionals, members of the faith community, members of the recovery community, retired professionals who want to give back to the community, or anyone passionate about helping at-risk fathers overcome the barriers they may face. Good Dads 2.0 provides up-to-date information and research on recruiting and engaging at-risk fathers, and it addresses common issues they face (e.g. parenting as a single father, stress and anger management, child support issues). Good Dads 2.0 also includes strategies for helping fathers reconnect and engage with their children.
Participants in the Good Dads 2.0 training will be trained in facilitating fatherhood groups using the Curriculum. Included in registration is 1 Facilitator Binder, 1 flash drive and 1 set of Participant Guides. Good Dads 2.0 includes the best evidence-based approaches that primarily target minority fathers living in an urban setting and adapts them to a more diverse group of fathers living in small and mid-size cities in the Midwest. It is based on the accumulated experience of Good Dads facilitators serving hundreds of fathers from 2018–2022. It may not be as suitable for minority fathers in an urban setting.
Registration for the Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Training will open this fall. If you have any questions about registration,call us at our main offices at 417-501-8867 or email Director of Curriculum and Education Rhonda Andersen at Rhonda@gooddads.com.
Good Dads 2.0 is focused on equipping at-risk fathers with what they need to overcome the barriers they may face in becoming responsible fathers. Participants in the Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Training will gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to working with at-risk fathers (i.e. those with a history of poverty, child support issues, incarceration and/or drug use).
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Introduction to Class Facilitation
Describe the goals, format, and content of the GD 2.0 curriculum and the target population for which it was developed.
Develop a contract to guide behavior within the group.
Values
Identify one’s personal values, especially regarding fatherhood and the target population, and recognize how these influence behavior and interaction with participants in the class.
Identify the range of values held by group members and acknowledge the importance of differing values and perspectives in a diverse society.
Describe how a person’s values can change as they mature, experience life, and are exposed to other perspectives.
Explain the relationship of a father’s values on his ability to positively influence his children.
Labels & Manhood
Identify positive male role models within and outside one’s cultural group.
Examine and describe the impact of one’s relationship with one’s father and other men as a child on one’s personal experience as a father thus far.
Identify beliefs and experiences distinguishing the difference between a “boy” and a “man.”
Reputations and Stereotypes
Explain how stereotypes influence how we think about ourselves and others.
Identify one's personal biases and assess their accuracy.
Analyze situations where stereotypes may play a role and explain ways to overcome negative assessments from others.
Challenges to Safety
Evaluate various scenarios and identify the challenges that might interfere with building a strong, safe and stable family.
Analyze situations where stereotypes may play a role and explain ways to overcome negative assessments from others.
Communication
Define and explain the basic components associated with healthy communication.
Identify danger signs associated with damaging communication.
Demonstrate the ability to communicate safely about difficult topics.
Conflict Resolution
Identify potential sources of conflict between fathers and the mother(s) of their children.
Identify and explain personal “anger styles” and how to recognize cues one is becoming angry.
Explain and demonstrate ways of resolving conflict without threatening words or actions.
Stress & Anger Management
List and explain stressors common to at-risk, single-parent fathers.
Describe and explain the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma on one’s ability to manage stress as an adult.
Describe the role of the amygdala and frontal lobe in handling stress and anger.
Assess current stress levels and learn stress reduction techniques.
Identify stress management strategies most likely to be successful for different individuals.
Decision-Making & Your Support Network
Explain and demonstrate the process of decision-making, including the assessment of consequences associated with various decisions.
Identify characteristics of supportive relationships and effective ways to ask for help.
Managing as a Single Father
Identify challenges and effective strategies to challenges faced by single-parent fathers providing part-time care for their children.
Explain constructive, age-appropriate ways to deal with a child’s behavior.
Describe ways to respectfully interact with the mother of one's child or other caretaker.
Fatherhood Today
Analyze and clarify changing attitudes about appropriate roles and responsibilities for a father.
Identify and analyze various family structures and consider what works best for them.
Identify areas where healthy boundaries are necessary to ensure the health and safety of one's children.
Understanding what Children Need
Identify the influence fathers can have on their children.
Identify the values and behavior they want in their children and ways to nurture these characteristics.
Understand the stages of child development from birth through adolescence.
Self-Confidence
Define and describe the essential components of self-confidence.
Explain attitudes, skills and strategies associated with increasing self-confidence in one’s child.
Explain the relationship between chores and self-confidence, and identify age-appropriate household tasks for children.
Encouraging Play
Explain the importance of play in children’s development and well-being.
Analyze the positives and negatives of competition in play.
Identify ways children learn through play and expand repertoire of activities to help them learn.
Understanding the Child Support System
Describe and explain information related to child support laws, policies and procedures.
Explain the potential benefits of declaring paternity for fathers and their children.
bundles and purchasing options
Please note: Customers looking to purchase Good Dads 2.0 must first complete a facilitator training. To maintain the highest possible delivery quality of the evidence-based program to participants, Good Dads does not allow purchases from folks who haven't been trained.
Ultimate Contractor Bundle – $425
2 Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Manual Binders
1 flash drive containing digital copies of the Facilitator Manuals and all 15 Contractor Clips
20 sets of Good Dads 2.0 Participant Guides (each containing all 15 modules)
Handyman Bundle – $325
1Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Manual Binder
1 flash drive containing digital copies of the Facilitator Manuals and all 15 Contractor Clips
10 sets of Good Dads 2.0 Participant Guides (each containing all 15 modules)
Backyard Builder Kit – $24.95
1set of Good Dads 2.0 Participant Guides (15 modules)
Looking for other ways to bundle?
To order additional Participant Guides, flash drives or any other Good Dads 2.0 materials, please call Director of Operations Rhonda Andersen at 417-501-8867 Ext. 2 or email her at Rhonda@gooddads.com
Janice Reynolds MS - Janice Reynolds has a BS in Elementary Education, an MS in Learning Disabilities, and an MS in Guidance and Counseling. After retirement from a career in public school education, Janice was trained as a facilitator for Good Dads and has taught the Fatherhood Development Curriculum at a number a sites. In addition to helping to train new facilitators, Janice serves in a supervisory and mentoring role for new facilitators.
Sally Herman RN- Sally Herman is a retired registered nurse, a licensed minister, and a certified Faith Community Nurse. Sally’s involvement in Chi Alpha Campus Ministries of the Assemblies of God spanned over 40 years have prepared well for her work with group facilitation. She serves as a regular facilitator of the Fatherhood Development program with experience at three different sites. She has participated in Good Dads for 3 years, has taught 5 New Pathways classes, and has led facilitator training sessions. She continues to feel passionate about helping men become better fathers and better men.
I look at my role as a father in a different perspective. I am more compassionate, understanding and patient. Trying to be more fatherly.
My children have noticed the change in my attitude. They know I am striving to be a better father and person.
It gave me tools to adequately build a safe, structured, loving and lasting home for my family.
Teaches you how to look at things differently, healthy ways to overcome things you didn’t know.
(The course taught me) how to deal with stress or conflicts in my everyday life.
It is a great opportunity to show dads that they are not alone.
I learned so much I did not know.
(It showed me) the importance of being present.
Helped me realize how special your kids are.
Understanding the overall importance of a father in his children’s lives.
I have taken more accountability of my past actions and has helped guide my future decisions in parenting.
Showed me a lot of different parenting skills that I can use with my boys and different ways of parenting.
Makes me want to have a closer, more understanding relationship with my children.
It was a good group setting for fathers to meet and communicate.
It has made me feel more accomplished in fatherhood.
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I look at my role as a father in a different perspective. I am more compassionate, understanding and patient. Trying to be more fatherly.
My children have noticed the change in my attitude. They know I am striving to be a better father and person.
It gave me the tools to adequately build a safe, structured, loving and lasting home for my family.
Teaches you how to look at things differently, healthy ways to overcome things you didn't know.
[The course taught me] how to deal with stress or conflicts in my everyday life.
It is a great opportunity to show dads that they are not alone.
I learned so much I did not know.
[It showed me] the importance of being present.
Helped me realize how special your kids are.
Understanding the overall importance of a father in his children's lives.
I have taken more accountability of my past actions and has helped guide my future decisions in parenting.
Showed me a lot of different parenting skills that I can use with my boys and different ways of parenting.
Makes me want to have a closer, more understanding relationship with my children.
It was a good group setting for fathers to meet and communicate.