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Katherine Ancell MEd Jonathan Chitiyo MEd Southern Illinois University Discuss the importance of father involvement Provide examples of programs that involve fathers and offer strategies to promote father involvement ID: 575849

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The Importance of Father Involvement in Early Childhood Programs and Early Intervention Services

Katherine Ancell, M.EdJonathan Chitiyo, M.EdSouthern Illinois UniversitySlide2

Discuss the importance of father involvement

Provide examples of programs that involve fathers and offer strategies to promote father involvementRecommendations that focus on infants and toddlers with disabilitiesSlide3

Family Involvement

Family involvement is defined as parents’ investment in the education of their childrenWays in which parents can demonstrate this investment: volunteering at school

,

helping children with homework

,

attending school functions visiting the student in the classroom taking leadership roles at schoolSlide4

Benefits of family involvement

Improved school readiness and social developmentImproved social connections, emotional security, higher IQ scoresStudents enroll in higher-level programsStudents attend school regularlyImproved social skillsSlide5

Family involvement and Children with Disabilities

IDEA mandates that families should play an integral part in all decisions and participate in services and supportsStudents have better chances of meeting their IEP goals Slide6

Father involvementSlide7

Benefits of Father Involvement

Higher IQ scores for childrenAdvanced linguistic and cognitive capacityImproved quantitative and verbal skillsFathers have unique ways of speaking to and playing with children. They use more direct, challenging speech that involves directions, requests, and open-ended questionsSlide8

Benefits of father involvement to the fathers

Involved men are more confident and effective as parentsFeel more important to their childFeel more involved and encouragedExhibit high levels of psychosocial maturityMore likely to participate in community and leadership rolesSlide9

Father involvement in EI & ECSE

Despite these benefits, mothers are still the primary participants in EI and ECSE programsBarriers to father involvement EmploymentEducators working exclusively with mothersLack of knowledge about the systemFathers feeling unwelcome to programs

Environments which are not father friendly

Single-father and two-father households are on the riseSlide10

Fathers-In-Training

20 weekly training sessionsFocus on finances, responsible fathering, working with support systemsSlide11

National Center for Fathering

Training, programs, education, information and servicesFather Daughter SummitWatch-DogsSlide12

Steps Toward Effective, Enjoyable Parenting

Secure attachment between parent and childTargets fathers’ knowledge, skills and commitment to fatherhood roleSought to increase father support given to mothersSlide13

Dads Matter Pilot Study

Dads Matter enhancement to typical EI servicesHome visitors are taught to assess father’s role, engage fathers in services, and building effective co-parenting teamTaught fathers about different social skills and language skills children learn from fathersSlide14

Head Start and Early Head StartSlide15

Head Start and Early Head Start

Building Blocks handbooks:Importance of father involvementExplore barriers and how to overcomeFather involvement planSuggestions for keeping activities appealingSlide16

Head Start and Early Head Start

Specifically assigning resources for father involvement strategiesStaff training on father involvementHelp to make and measure “father friendliness” of programsSlide17

Father Involvement Strategies

Developing Father Friendly ActivitiesProviding Incentives for Father ParticipationLogistics of Father InvolvementFeedback from Participating FathersHiring Male ProvidersFather involvement in training and PDSlide18

Developing Father Friendly Activities

Acknowledge fathers as skilled and knowledgeable caregiversPartner with park district/rec agency for a basketball gameUse EI family liasonTheme night in collaboration with a community partner

Sports Nights

Family Game Night

Art NightSlide19

Providing Incentives for Father Participation

Drawings or raffles to promote participation at eventsDiscounts on monthly tuition or fees in exchange for participationIncentives from local restaurantsChild responses can be incentives as wellProviding materials to promote continued interactionSlide20

Logistics of Father Involvement

Evening and weekend activitiesUsing technology to reach fathersShort videos or pictures of activities done in therapy sessionsEmail parent letters and information rather than give at pick-upLocation of activities may need to be adapted particularly for non-resident fathersPT session at a park or community settingSlide21

Feedback from Participating Fathers

Rely on participating fathers for recruitment and feedbackAssign someone in the agency the task of father involvement and recruitmentFather Assessment ToolsDFAASlide22

Hiring Male Providers & PD Efforts

University programs should target male students Staff training on father involvement strategiesKnowledge of the importance of father involvementSlide23

Father Involvement Activities

Sports Activities (including Father-Child Adapted Basketball Game, make your own bowling with plastic cups and lightweight ball, and gross motor activities like obstacle courses, kicking/throwing foam balls, or using exercise balls for games) Family Games (including developmentally appropriate turn-taking games and make your own activity folders)Literary Activities (including monthly highlighted authors or genres and library events)

Build

With Me (including milk-carton airplanes, and Lego cities)

Nature

Activities (including nature walks, leaf rubbings and growing vegetables)

Cooking Activities (including ideas for Weekend Breakfasts and healthy snacks)

Art and Sensory Activities (including materials for sensory play and art projects such as Daddy and me self-portraits)Music Activities (including make your own instruments and lending CDs)Daily Activity Skills (including dress-up activities so children can practice putting on coats and shoes

)Slide24

Strategies to Increase Father Involvement

Strategies for Practitioners/Program AdministratorsDevelop “father friendly” activities Provide incentives for participationAssist with logistics as needed (e.g., flexible scheduling, transportation)Request ongoing feedback from participating fathers on ways to enhance and nurture involvement

Include fathers as parent volunteers

Inviting fathers to read to children in the classroom

Use available technologies (email, text message, social media) to communicate regularly with fathers

Use short videos and pictures to provide examples of strategies, therapies, and successes

Strategies for Higher Education Personnel

Increase efforts to recruit males to pursue study and employment in ECE and EI Increase focus on father involvement in preservice

and

inservice

training and professional developmentSlide25

Father Involvement Programs

Fathers-in-TrainingBirth to 18 yearsEducation on health, parenting, financial responsibility; Aims to increase father engagementhttp://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/human-services/for-residents/Pages?Fathers-In-Training-FIT.aspxNational Center for FatheringBirth to 18 years

Support fathers through research, training, resources

and programs including Father-Daughter Summit and Fathering Court

www.fathers.com

National Fatherhood Initiative

Birth to 18 years

Disseminate information on the importance of paternal involvement and provide resources and literaturewww.fatherhood.orgUS Department of Health and Human ServicesBirth to five yearsProvides information on the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project which focuses on the role low-income fathers play in the lives of their children

http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/Parenting/hs.shtmlSlide26
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Select References

Guterman, N. B. (2012). Promoting father involvement in home visiting services for vulnerable families: A pilot study. Final Report to the Pew Center on the States, University of Chicago. Retrieved on 2 October 2013 from  Raikes, H. (2004, June). Father Involvement in Early Head Start: The practitioners study.

Head Start Bulletin

.

www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb

Raikes

, H. H., & Bellotti, J. (2006). Two studies of father involvement in Early Head Start programs: A national survey and a demonstration program evaluation. Parenting:Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 229-242.

doi

: 10.1080/15295192.2006.9681307

Raikes

, H. H., Summers, J. A., &

Roggman

, L. A. (2005). Father involvement in Early Head Start programs.

Fathering, 3(1),

29-58.

White, J. M.,

Brotherson

, S. E.,

Galovan

, A. M., Holmes, E. K., &

Kampmann

, J. A. (2011). The Dakota Father Friendly Assessment: Measuring father friendliness in Head Start and similar settings.

Fathering, 9

(1)

,

22-43. Slide29
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kancel@siu.edu