Fit 2-B FATHERS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04b785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Healthy Fathering Collaborative</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Healthy Fathering Collaborative"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="04cd2b03.jpg"> <div> <I>Fit 2-B FATHERS</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programs for Fathers"><U><B>back to Programs for Fathers</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>Fit 2-B FATHERS</B></div> <bR> <div> Fit 2-B FATHERS (F2BF) is an educational program in which research-based information about inmate education and parenting education have been combined with the author's personal experiences to create a social and parenting skills curriculum for incarcerated males. This curriculum is intended for practitioners who educate males that are either incarcerated, sentenced to an alternative to incarceration, or participating in other forms of community-transition programming.   Click on this link for an article about Fit to Be Fathers in the October Issue of the Journal of Extension: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.joe.org/joe/2005october/a7.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.joe.org/joe/2005october/a7.sh"><U><U>http://www.joe.org/joe/2005october/a7.shtml</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The short term impact of this program is that participants will increase their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and aspirations about being men and fathers. The intermediate outcomes that can result from these are for participants to exhibit better parenting and social behaviors (e.g. healthy relations with their children and positive interactions with others: family, friends and co-workers). Participants who apply these can successfully bond to their children and family during the remainder of their incarceration and following release, leading to the longt term impact: a reduced rate of recidivism.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Fitness for Fatherhood</B></div> <div> Fit 2-B FATHERS is intended to improve the physical, practical, and social fitness of participants, hence, the title, Fit 2-B FATHERS.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Physical Fitness- A physically fit father has the strength to perform the duties of fatherhood and to keep up with his children. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Practical Fitness- Becoming practically fit for fatherhood is the main component of F2BF. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Social Fitness- Having the ability to relate to people of all ages is the means for appropriately and purposefully interacting with children and other adults.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The F2BF sessions:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Living Proactively </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Back to Basics</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Career Advancement </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Money Wise </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Keeping a Balance</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Child Development</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Play, Learning, and Fathers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Health and Safety</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Communicating I & II </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Promoting Literacy and School Success</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Setting Limits I & II </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Healthy Living</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Controlling Anger </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wrapping It Up</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Graduation Celebration</div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact:</B></div> <div> Joseph J. Maiorano</div> <div> Ohio State University Extension</div> <div> 1.800.628.7460</div> <div> maiorano.2@osu.edu</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>