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Working with Fathers: Practical and Effective Ways to Increase Father Participation in Early Years Settings

Working with Fathers: Practical and Effective Ways to Increase Father Participation in Early Years Settings


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Working with Fathers offers a practical and comprehensive resource to support the work of professionals in Children's Centres, nurseries and infant and primary schools. The book and accompanying CD provide lots of practical ideas, advice and support. It covers such areas as * father-inclusive practice * making your venue father-friendly * audit of practice * planning * evaluation * staff and volunteer training * running successful sessions for fathers * involving fathers with the whole process. The CD includes forms and templates, a constitution for a fathers' group, a volunteer handbook, workshops, training materials and activities for dads and babies/toddlers.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; A legal requirement; Better outcomes for children; Making it work in your setting; Father-inclusive practice; What is meant by father inclusive?; How father-inclusive practice helps families; Making your services more father inclusive; All dads are different; The barriers to achieving father inclusion; Overcoming the barriers; How to make your venue father friendly; Image; Variety; Quality; Innovation; Ownership and empowerment; Planning and Evaluation; Planning; Systematic approach to planning, NAOMIE; What is the NEED?; What do we AIM to do about it?; What specific OBJECTIVES can be set?; What is the best METHOD to achieve the desired results?; How do I IMPLEMENT the plan?; How do I EVALUATE the plan?; Evaluation; Feedback forms; Monitoring; Impact; Staff and volunteer training; Why train; Ten principles for engaging with families; Useful hints; Shared commitment; Making it happen; Finding out about local fathers; Making contact; Find out what fathers in your local area want; Make use of their skills and interests; Goals and action plans; Practical considerations; Running successful sessions for fathers; Encouraging fathers to run their own groups; Measurable steps and manageable actions; Involving fathers checklist; Useful websites. CD Contents Activities for Fathers and Babies / Toddlers; Attendance Sheet; Barriers to Working with Fathers; Checklist: Making Your Centre Father Friendly; Consultation Templates; Daddy, Let's Play Workshop; Evaluation Feedback Form; Evaluation Sheets; Example Vision Statement; Fathers' Charter; Fathers' Charter Audit Tool; Father Engagement Audit; Finding Out What Dads Want; Handbook for Volunteers; How to Write Case Studies; Learning Journals; Model Constitution; NAOMIE PowerPoint; Plan-do-prove-review - Example; Plan-do-prove-review - Template; Principles for Engaging with Fathers; Session Evaluation Form; Session Planning Sheet; SMART Action Plan; Training Workshop; Use of Service Questionnaire; Volunteers.

About the Author :
Ali Perry has been manager of a Sure Start Children's Centre in Wiltshire for the past five years and she has vast experience of working with parents. Ali has a well-earned reputation as a result of the highly successful programmes and workshops she has run for fathers and male carers. Daniel Ayeni has been a Children's Centre and Extended Services Manager in Sutton since 2008. He received a 4Children National Children's Stars Award in 2010 in recognition for his work with fathers. He has led a highly successful Dad's Project (Men Behaving Dadly) since 2008. The project was recently shortlisted for a Nursery World Award.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781857411232
  • Publisher: Southgate Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Southgate Publishers
  • Height: 297 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Practical and Effective Ways to Increase Father Participation in Early Years Settings
  • Width: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1857411234
  • Publisher Date: 14 Nov 2011
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 140 gr


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