Clinical and Educational Interventions With Fathers

by Fagan; Jay

• ISBN13: 9780789006455
• ISBN10: 0789006456
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Call on men's hidden strengths to help them become responsible fathers in even the most challenging circumstances! Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers gives you fresh approaches for effective interventions with fathers. Whether by calling on their faith to help them deal with the complexities of fatherhood or offering high-tech interventions on the Internet, these techniques help men find their strengths, maintain their masculinity, and learn to guide, nurture, and discipline with love and responsibility. Instead of thinking of fathers as deficient, the book emphasizes finding fathers'strengths and potentials for growth. It also respects the diversity of parenting styles among fathers from various ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds. No man wants to be a bad father. Nevertheless, many men in our culture do not know how to care for the children they beget. Trapped by stereotypes of masculine behavior and deprived of positive role models, they find themselves trying to do the challenging work of fatherhood without the necessary resources, information, or support. Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers offers positive approaches to helping men become responsible fathers, including: designing special techniques and programs to help fathers in prison and other challenging circumstances helping fathers manage anger developing therapeutic support groups for African-American men offering Web-based support for fathers training staff to recognize and respond to fathers'unique needs finding legal tools to support fathers'rights Reaching fathers has become an ever more urgent priority for practitioners as family structure and family life change. Traditional social-service programs for mothers tend not to work well with men's very different needs and attitudes. Yet very little has been published on successful interventions with fathers. Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers fills that gap and suggests promising new directions for further research in this field. By offering positive, tested ways to help men become responsible fathers, this volume will help you improve their lives and the lives of their sons and daughters.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	x
Contributors	xi
Foreword	xiii
Ken R. Canfield
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Introduction	1	(2)
Jay Fagan
Alan J. Hawkins
Organization of the Book	3	(1)
Objectives of the Book	4	(2)
The Need for Fathering Interventions	6	(4)
What Practitioners Need to Know to Work with Fathers	10	(5)
Conclusion	15	(8)
SECTION I: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
Tools for the Trade: Clinical Interventions with Fathers in Family Therapy	23	(22)
James L. Furrow
Fathers in Family Therapy: Psychological and Social Issues	24	(4)
Assumptions and Values	28	(2)
``Tools'' of Best Practice with Fathers	30	(8)
Increasing Fathers Involvement in Therapy	38	(1)
Outcome and Evaluation	39	(1)
Conclusion	40	(5)
Therapeutic Support Groups As a Primary Intervention for Issues of Fatherhood with African-American Men	45	(22)
Anderson J. Franklin
Tommy Davis III
Some Underlying Psychological Factors	46	(5)
Therapeutic Support Groups for African-American Fathers	51	(2)
Major Themes to Promote in Therapy	53	(5)
``Best Practices'' for Implementing Support Groups	58	(5)
Evaluation	63	(1)
Conclusion	64	(3)
When a Divorced Father Does Not Visit	67	(24)
Geoffrey L. Greif
Psychological, Social, and Economic Issues Faced by Divorced Fathers	68	(5)
Divorced Fathers and Contact	73	(2)
Clinical Issues in Reconnecting Divorced Fathers to Their Children	75	(12)
Conclusion	87	(4)
Anger Management for Fathers	91	(26)
Charles C. Humphrey
Mark Toogood
The Psychological and Social Foundations of Anger Management	92	(6)
Theoretical Assumptions of Constructive Engagement	98	(2)
Constructive Engagement (STRACK): A New Approach	100	(7)
Expected Outcomes of STRACK	107	(1)
Evaluation	108	(1)
Barriers	109	(1)
Conclusion	110	(7)
SECTION II: EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS
Parent Education for Incarcerated Fathers	117	(26)
Glen Palm
Review of Research	118	(6)
Designing a Program for Incarcerated Fathers	124	(11)
Core Learnings: Lessons from the Field	135	(3)
Conclusion	138	(5)
Web-Based Education and Support for Fathers: Remote But Promising	143	(28)
Travis R. Grant
Alan J. Hawkins
David C. Dollahite
Web-Based Education and Fathers	145	(4)
Overview of Fathering Education Sites: What Is Out There?	149	(3)
Evaluating Outcomes: A Case Study	152	(9)
Conclusion	161	(1)
Appendix A	162	(1)
Appendix B	163	(2)
Appendix C	165	(6)
Father/Male Involvement in Early Childhood Programs: Training Staff to Work with Men	171	(20)
Brent A. McBride
Thomas R. Rane
Social and Economic Issues Faced by Fathers	171	(3)
Intervening to Encourage Father Involvement in Early Childhood Programs	174	(2)
Basic Assumtions and Values: Father Involvement in Early Childhood Programs	176	(2)
Evaluation of the Intervention Program	178	(2)
Outcomes of the Evaluation	180	(3)
Implications and Lessons Learned for ``Best Practices''	183	(4)
Conclusion	187	(4)
Turning the Hearts of Fathers: Faith-Based Approaches to Promoting Responsible Fatherhood	191	(24)
Wade F. Horn
Basic Assumptions	193	(2)
Evangelical Protestant Approaches to Fatherhood Interventions	195	(6)
The Catholic Church and Fatherhood Interventions	201	(1)
Mainline Protestant Denominations and Fatherhood Interventions	202	(1)
Smaller Faith-Based Fatherhood Interventions	203	(2)
Barriers and Challenges Ahead	205	(5)
The Promise of Faith-Based Approaches	210	(2)
Appendix	212	(3)
Legal Support for the Father-Child Relationship in Disunited Families	215	(20)
Anne P. Mitchell
Introduction	215	(1)
Know the Rules	216	(2)
Legal Tools to Use in Custody and Time-share Issues	218	(7)
Plan a Course of Action and Do Not Lose Sight of the Ultimate Goal	225	(1)
Special Legal Issues Faced by Single Fathers	226	(6)
Evaluation of Father Advocacy	232	(1)
Conclusion	233	(2)
English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrant Fathers: The Task of Unpacking the Cultural Pathways to Intervention	235	(22)
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Meera Shin
Tracey Y. Lewis
Caribbean Migration	237	(1)
Psychological, Social, and Economic Issues Faced by Carribbean Immigrant Fathers	238	(8)
Practice Strategies for Working with Caribbean Immigrant Fathers	246	(3)
An Approach to Working with Fathers	249	(2)
Conclusion	251	(6)
Research and Practice on Fathers in High-Risk Families: Exploring the Need and Potential Areas for Collaboration	257	(28)
Vivian L. Gadsden
Edward W. Pitt
Neil Tift
Historical Overview of Policy and Research	258	(7)
The Argument for Practice-Derived Research	265	(3)
Focus Group Participants and Procedures	268	(3)
Learnings from Father-Focused Practice and Programs	271	(7)
Creating a Context for Collaboration	278	(7)
Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers: A Synthesis	285	(10)
Alan J. Hawkins
Jay Fagan
The Need for Evaluation	285	(2)
The Value of a Generative Fathering Framework	287	(1)
The Need for Creative, Nontraditional Intervention Approaches	288	(2)
The Need to Find What Is Missing	290	(1)
Conclusion	291	(4)
Index	295