The Fatherhood Partnership: Facilitating Co-Parenting/Healthy Relationships Discussions in Fathers Group Settings

This workshop provides Fatherhood Partnership participants with best practices for facilitating co-parenting and healthy relationships discussions in fatherhood parenting/support group settings. Many of the fathers we serve experience challenging relationships with their co-parents. This training will provide participants with concrete strategies to effectively facilitate small group discussions about the challenges of co-parenting when the relationship is fractured.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the lifelong impact of toxic co-parenting relationships on children

• Identify strategies for keeping co-parenting discussions positive so groups do not devolve into “mom-bashing sessions”

• Identify best practices for redirecting healthy relationship discussions away from the toxic behaviors of co-parents towards practices and behaviors that cultivate and build healthy relationships between co-parents

• Develop ground rules that help healthy relationship group discussions stay focused on the wellbeing of children and the development of healthy co-parenting partnerships

Lunch will be provided!