Increasing fathers’ engagement in parenting programs
In an effort to increase father participation in parenting programs, as well as
improve father-child interactions, Patricia L.
Kohl, PhD, associate professor of Social Work at the Brown School at
Washington University in St. Louis, has collaborated with the
Father’s Support Center of St. Louis to develop Engaging Fathers in
Positive Parenting, a program funded by the CDC designed to be used in
conjunction with the evidence-based parenting intervention, Triple P,
Positive Parenting Program.