The FI Guide for New Dads: The Fatherhood Institute

The FI Guide for New Dads

8 February 2010

Our Guide for New Dads is brief, to-the-point, aimed solely at new fathers…and helps you get a good sense of what you’ve got yourself into!

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In partnership with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships and 4Children, we are offering local authorities the chance to access a free training package for early years practitioners and managers, to help them engage with couple/parental relationships and ensure a more father-inclusive approach.

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FREE event: A father-inclusive approach to support couple relationships and the co-parenting team
The economic, social and emotional cost of family breakdown makes the case clear for investment in relationship support. The Fatherhood Institute, with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, are offering a FREE mini conference and support to practitioners and managers working in local authorities across England to engage with couple/parental relationships with a more father-inclusive approach.

UK dads of autistic children invited to share their experiences
Very little is known about the experiences and involvement of British fathers of children with autism. Carol Potter, a senior researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University is running the UK’s first National Survey of Fathers of Children with Autism (children aged 19 or under) to find out more about their vital parenting role.

Study shows Scottish dads airbrushed out of family services’ publicity
In January the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee launched an enquiry into the current provision of services and support groups for fathers; societal attitudes towards lone / unmarried fathers; and parental rights and responsibilities for fathers.