PADRE Program Final Proposal
Diana J. Gomez
University of Texas at El Paso
May 14, 2015
PUBH 5352
Need Assessment Family programs for many years focused on helping the mother and children overcome violence, any kind of abuse and many other issues that could have conflicted within their family. Also, many programs like the Child Protective Services focuses mostly on protecting the child and finding a better family for them. However, for many years the father figure was not being considered to need treatment or even help in any issues. As people look to the child- rearing situation for prevention of the human problems so widespread in out society, it is vital that the father’s influence be viewed more realistically (Hamilton, 1977).
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The first objective in this evaluation program is to evaluate how effective are the alternative activities in improving family interaction. The self-reporting survey has the potential to be used in collecting descriptive data, easy to analyze, may be used for a wide variety of topics and is inexpensive. In this survey, the participant will have the privacy and time to fully acknowledge the improvements that he has experienced after the completion of the PADRE program. The participant will be taken into a private room within the PADRE facility, in which the father will be given the survey on how their perspective have evolve on family interaction. During the time of the survey being given, Case Managers will be available to assist the participants. The second objective of this evaluation program focus on how effective are the alternative activities in reducing substance abuse. To evaluate the efficiency of this part of the program, a survey will be given to the participants at the end of their completion. The same procedures will be followed as to objective one, in providing the participants the surveys in a private environment. The survey will consist of a questionnaire on the participant's alcohol abuse habits before and after completing the PADRE program. Utilizing surveys to collect data in these type of …show more content…
Long- Term Goal
• By the completion of the 11 sessions, 60 fathers will increase a 20% of knowledge on how to become a better father to their children by a 50%.
By the end of October 2015, the participants will reduce their alcohol abuse by a 30% at the completion of the PADRE program.
• Working with the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association.
• PADRE Program staff, 24/7 DAD Curriculum instructors, Case Management. • 24/7 DAD Curriculum, throughout 11 sessions consisting of focus groups on masculinity, Men's health, father role, discipline tactics and many more.
• Referral to community resources, based off the assessment of the client. Local mental health authorities. • 100% of the participating fathers took advantage of the resources that were provided by the case management services and local organizations depending on their personal need. The participants completed 22 hours of educational sessions that were provided in the 11 meetings.
Short-Term Goal
• By the completion of the 11 sessions, the 60 participants will increase 15% of their awareness on how to prevent alcohol abuse by a 60%.
Long-Term
“Men’s greater involvement at home is good for their relationships with their partner and also good for their children. Hands-on fathers make better parents than men who let their wives do all the nurturing and child care” (Coontz 99). Coontz believed that if men come home after work and share the chores with their wife, then they will have stronger bonds and the marriage will stay longer. Children’s are very observant, therefore they will learn valuable lessons from both of their parents. Carver showed how his father not being involved in the family has affected his relationship with his
Parenting can be one of the most demanding jobs that a father or mother engage in. In
There are many contributing factors and political issues that address substance abuse. Throughout the years, many researchers have designed many interventions and social policies designed to treat people who have used, abused, and became addicted to substances. Today, there are many new studies that address substance abuse at the individual, group, family, and community or policy levels. Today, there are many services that are effective for decreasing recidivism in youth who have completed a substance abuse program. A substance abuse treatment program or center is the best way to treat individuals who have abused substances.
Ngu, Le and Paul Florsheim. “Among Young High-Risk Fathers across the Transition to Parenthood.” Family Process 50.2 (2011): 184-202. Print.
Economic and social statistical data rarely differentiate men who are not fathers from those who are fathers. Again, very little information concerning fatherhood and what fathers want is available to people. Written literature on fatherhood and written accounts about fatherhood from men who are fathers are also relatively rare. There is certainty that the environment around fatherhood has increasingly changed when it comes to domestic domain, employment and breadwinning, the structure of the family and employment (FNF 2011). The quality of families, mainly between fathers and sons, fathers and daughters is nurtured by quality of fatherhood. Children especially the ones at the teenage level require firm leadership from their fathers now and in the future. Most children perform well in schools when their father take interest in their education and helps them where possible. In many cases, children have become more confident when the father spends time and creates time to be with them taking care of them and showing them affection. Children also learn through watching their fathers’ logical reasoning and observing how they make their decisions. Therefore, this paper is going to analyze the important issues concerning fatherhood and the importance of fatherhood in social policies.
The topic of fathers and their impact on child outcomes has always been of interest to me. People tend to believe women are naturally nurturing and better than men at parenting children. I believe that personality holds much more power over who will be an effective parent and that gender is not a valuable variable in those skills. I wanted to learn more about the research to either counter or support my ideas on the topic. As an ambitious woman, having a partner that would be very involved with child care is something I care about. I wanted to gain more knowledge on the essentiality and impact of fathering on children’s development and other outcomes.
Rosenberg, Jeffery., Bradford W. Wilcox. "The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children." 2006. Child Welfare Information Getaway. Web. 22 September 2013.
Programs that provide parenting education teach parents new skills that will improve parenting resources, coping skills, and competencies in child rearing (Cowen, 2001; Reppucci, Britner, & Woolard, 1997; Wodarski, 1981). Parental support training programs have proven the most effective way to treat child behavior problems (Abrahamse, Junger, Wouwe, Boer, and Lindauer, 2015). In addition, “parenting education provides a mechanism for parents to learn positive parenting techniques outside their own upbringing” (Cowen, 2001; Reppucci et al,
What happens when the father is absent from the home, when he abandons his responsibilities towards his family, whether he decided to just walk way or he became incarcerated? What happens when he is present as someone to talk to, a guiding light of comfort and security? How important is it for a father, a real man, to give his time and attention to his wife and children and be a positive example within the community? I want to take a few moments to address these very important questions and then share some realistic and practical ways fathers can better connect with their families and deal with the demands of fatherhood in this hectic, and at times, chaotic day and age.
The parental relationship in life is undoubtedly one of the most important factors in shaping anyone’s life. A good father son relationship is key to a healthy upbringing. A father is tasked with being a good role model for his son and the son needs a fatherly figure to look up to. Without these parameters in place, a boy has no sense of the path to guide himself on and can end up going down a path that could potentially lead him into a life of confusion, turmoil, and unbalance. It is a father’s job to protect and guide his son. In order to successfully fulfill his role he must make sure that his son feels loved and cared for. The child must feel that he is prioritized above everything else in a father 's life. Every father inherently strives for their child to lead a successful and fulfilling life, but at the same time they subconsciously develop a need/hope for their child
One of the many roles that father’s play in their children’s lives is the provider role. After divorce, children are negatively affected economically. Parents begin living in different households, even doubling their financial responsibilities. In fact, children face moving to lower income areas, changing school districts, and even loosing resources necessary for health and growth. The mothe...
Considering that alcoholism could have considerable consequences on the individual and that rehabilitation could be a slow process the project timing will be 6 months (Austin et al., 2014:398). Within the 6 months the project goals need to be accomplished, an intervention plan needs to be successfully implemented and prevention strategies needs to be in
... reflected with the likelihood the father is involved and spend time with their children and to have children who are psychologically and emotionally healthier (Parke). Also the mother and father is more responsive, affectionate, and confident with their infants; better know how in dealing with defiant toddlers; and better advising, connecting, and providing emotional support to their teenagers (Parke). Studies have shown children with involved, caring fathers have better educational outcomes. For instance, a study shows that fathers who are involved, nurturing, and playful with their children tend to have children with higher IQs, better linguistic and cognitive capacities (Parke). Lastly, the children through their adulthood are more patient and can handle the stresses and frustrations associated with schooling better than children with less involved fathers (Parke).
Studies reviewed showing that positive parenting through parenting education is an intervention that improves the quality of the relationship that parents have with their children; as well as, improving their children’s social behavior. There are a number of other teaching programs that have been particularly effective when delivered to motivated parents. Motivated parents seem to be a key to success in education programs. There has been little study of the success of programs that serve as interventions aimed at preventing and stopping a wide range of antisocial behavior of children in their teens. There have however been assessments assessed though results of troubled teenagers and the risky lifestyles that have led them to get into trouble. These older children come from broken homes with poor parenting interaction. Risky lifestyles can be gang related activities, drugs/alcohol, and truancy).There seems to be a lack of satisfactory friendships, support systems or supervision in these children’s lives.
Parenting is by standard an essential aspect of raising children in the way they should grow. Within parenting, mothers and fathers are by nature responsible for the roles they display in their child’s life. Due to the way that politics is set in today’s society, it seems to be quite unruly that women have the favorable call as to having custody over children than men, as if the role of a fatherless significant. Consequently, this has turned around to be a downfall for many children growing up with the absence of a father in their life. State departments dealing with children and family services should require fathers to be actively participants in their children 's lives by applying training programs, charging absent parents and requiring