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Father Involvement: Building Strong Programs for Strong Families


Abstract The role of a responsible and loving father is strengthened and emphasized in Head Start programs. Family and community partnerships staff, parent involvement staff, and other social services staff can strengthen the involvement of parents by intentionally engaging fathers through strategies and tips discussed in this Head Start Bulletin.

Father Involvement: Building Strong Programs for Strong Families INTRODUCTION Head Start’s Fatherhood Focus Head Start’s Commitment to Fathers The Building Blocks for Successful Father Involvement in Head Start APPRECIATING HOW FATHERS GIVE CHILDREN A HEAD START Fathering Infants Did You Know This About Fathers? A Single Father’s Story Fathers and Discipline Research Facts: Dads and Children's Literacy FIRST THOUGHTS ON INVOLVING DADS The Role of Fathers in Head Start How Can Head Start Staff Support Fatherhood Efforts? Father-Friendly Environmental Assessment BUILDING A FATHERHOOD FOUNDATION Father Involvement in Early Head Start: The Practitioners Study Lessons from the Early Head Start Fatherhood Demonstration Projects Healthy Marriage Matters to ACF Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Head Start Fathers Father Poetry: AIM Why is a Family Story Book Important? PLANNING FOR SUCCESS Action for Boston Community Development — A Variety of Approaches Compu-dads in Texas — Building Computers and Father Involvement Family Star Montessori — Where the Fathers Build It and the Fathers Come Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc. — A Male Involvement Program Red Cliff Band — An Innovative Fatherhood Initiative A Caribbean Experience — Parent Involvement and the 21st Century Exploring Parenting Program IMPLEMENTING A FATHERHOOD PROGRAM Literacy Starts with the Family... And That Means Dads Too Using Children's Books with Dads My Story Become a Child's Hero Today — Stop Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke! National Men's Health Week Celebrates 10th Anniversary RESOURCES PULL-OUT: Tips for Creating a Family Story Book PULL-OUT: Consejos para Crear un Libro de Historias Familiares Resources Webliography

Father Involvement: Building Strong Programs for Strong Families. Head Start Bulletin #77. DHHS/ACF/ACYF/HSB. 2004. English.

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