Kids First

What is Caring Dads

Caring Dads is Australia’s first evidence-based behavior-change program helping fathers who have used violence, to improve their relationship with their children.

Adapted from an internationally acclaimed Canadian model, Caring Dads is an evidence-backed, 17-week intervention program that helps fathers understand the impact of their behaviour by harnessing their motivation to be good dads.

Evaluation findings drawn from data collected over three years clearly showed that program participants were better able to manage aggressive behaviours and that the program led to positive changes in the father’s parenting as well as an overall reduction in violence.

Caring Dads Program Evaluation

An independent evaluation of the Caring Dads program to assess the effectiveness of the intervention.

Caring Dads program evaluation

Caring Dads facilitator training

Training events provide an opportunity to join the leading, international network of clinicians working at the nexus of gender-based violence and fatherhood.

Training is organised through the Caring Dads team in Canada, who offer virtual and in person events.

Virtual Training info here

In-person Training info here

Who should attend?

Caring Dads Facilitator training is appropriate for any professional interested in working with fathers (including biological, step, or common-law fathers) who have who have physically abused, emotionally abused or neglected their children, or exposed their children to domestic violence, or who are deemed to be at high-risk for these behaviors.

Training attendees commonly include intervention program group leaders, child protection workers, counsellors working within child and family mental health services, victim survivor advocates and their supervisors and managers.

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