How do you build a safe and stable home for you and your family when you didn’t experience one as a child and you lack many of the tools necessary to construct a solid structure? That’s the question Good Dads 2.0 answers in this curriculum.
The 15-module curriculum is designed to help any dad (stepdads, grandfathers, and father figures), and especially at-risk dads, 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.
The next training opportunity for GD2.0 is May 22 - 26. The GD2.0 Facilitator Training is intended to help those who want to be more effective in their work with at-risk fathers (i.e. noncustodial fathers with a history of poverty, incarceration and/or substance abuse). Facilitators can be mental health professionals, members of the faith community, members of the recovery community, retired professionals who want to give back to the community, and others with an interest in helping at-risk fathers overcome the barriers they 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 noncustodial fathers reconnect and engage with their children. Participants in the GD2.0 training will be trained in facilitating fatherhood groups using the GD2.0 Curriculum.
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 Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Training will open this spring.
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Download Free Participant SampleDownload Free Facilitator SampleThe Good Dads 2.0 Curriculum is focused on helping at-risk fathers overcome the barriers they 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 (e.g. those with a history of poverty, incarceration and/or drug use).
Participants will be able to:
Introduction to Class Facilitation
Values:
Labels & Manhood
Becoming Self-Sufficient
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Stress & Anger Management
Decision-Making & Your Support Network
Managing as a Single Father
Fatherhood Today
Impacting Your Children
Understanding What Children Need
You & Your Child’s Self-Confidence
Helping Children Learn
Understanding the Child Support System
Moving Forward as a Good Dad
The Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Kit includes the Facilitator Manual, one of each of the participant modules, and a USB drive with the “Contractor/ Construction Clips.” The Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Kit is included in the Good Dads 2.0 Facilitator Training registration. To order additional kits, click here.
Good Dads 2.0 participant modules are available in packs of 10 for each of the 15 modules. Click here to order additional participant modules.
Additional items (Good Dads 2.0 manual or USB drive) may be ordered here.
PRESENTERS:
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.