Involving fathers in social services

Lazar, Amnon; Sagi, Abraham; Fraser, Mark W.

doi:10.1016/0190-7409(91)90065-p

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“…their children (Daniel & Taylor, 1999;Edwards, 1998;Jaffe, 1983;Kullberg, 1996;Lazar, Sagi, & Frazer, 1991). In the case of paid work, men and women also tend to be treated differently by the social authorities (Bäckström, 1994;Bryson, 1992;Kullberg & Cedersund, 2001;McIvor, 1998).…”

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Work and Social Support: Social Workers’ Assessments of Male and Female Clients’ Problems and Needs

Kullberg

2004

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This study investigated how social workers assess single mothers' and fathers' needs in the areas of paid work and social support. It found that social workers conform to gender "heteronormative" expectations. A father's problems are assessed as being more closely linked to paid work than are a mother's, whereas a mother's problems are assessed as being related to difficulties in the area of social networks.The ways in which social welfare policy emphasizes the opportunities for men and women to share the responsibility for paid work and family life are crucial to how power is distributed between men and women in a welfare state (Bryson, 1992). One of the mainstays of social welfare policy in the Nordic welfare states, as well as in the other Western European countries, is to make it possible for both men and women to balance paid work with family and caregiving (cf. Sainsbury, 1999;Skevik, 2001). It is assumed that men's greater participation in matters involving the family can enable women to achieve the power and influence that result from a strong position in the labor market. In recent decades, several significant political initiatives have been implemented in Sweden with the aim of strengthening the position of women in the labor market and persuading men to take more active responsibility for the home and child care. Consequently, it is important to investigate how the welfare state's professions deal with these two areas.Research has shown that social workers' assessments are not always in line with the intentions of policy makers (see, e.g.. That is, the relative autonomy of the welfare state's professions vis-à-vis social policies may lead, in many cases, to the reproduction, rather than the solution, of the social problems of men and women, as has been found in research on the implementation of the goals of men's active participation in the care of

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Work and Social Support: Social Workers’ Assessments of Male and Female Clients’ Problems and Needs

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2004

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“…Organizational factors can also act as important barriers and facilitators for father engagement. These include factors such as level of organizational support for father inclusion [4,10,11], and practices such as emphasizing the importance of fathers at intake [4] and offering sessions outside normal working hours [12]. In fact, organizational support for father-inclusive practice (as rated by practitioners) has been found to significantly predict higher rates of father engagement [4].…”

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Evaluating Practitioner Training to Improve Competencies and Organizational Practices for Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions

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Jiang

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Fathers are consistently underrepresented in parenting interventions and practitioners are an important target for change in interventions to enhance father engagement. This research examined the effects of two practitioner training programs in improving practitioner rated competencies and organizational father-inclusive practices. Two studies were conducted, each with a single group, repeated measures (pre, post and 2-month follow-up) design. Study 1 (N = 233) examined the outcomes of face-to-face training in improving practitioner ratings of competencies in engaging fathers, perceived effectiveness and use of father engagement strategies, organizational practices and rates of father engagement. Study 2 (N = 356) examined online training using the same outcome measures. Practitioners in both training formats improved in their competencies, organizational practices and rates of father engagement over time, yet those in the online format deteriorated in three competencies from post-training to follow-up. The implications for delivering practitioner training programs to enhance competencies and rates of father engagement are discussed.

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“…For example, fathers typically spend more time working outside the home and less time with their children than mothers, presenting challenges to scheduling research or intervention sessions to include them (Hoffreth, Pleck, Stueve, Bianchi, & Sayer, 2002;Lamb, 2010;Phares, Fields, & Binitie, 2006). Also, the fact that more than 95% of all speech-language pathologists and 97% of preschool teachers are women (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2012; Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2014Labor, -2015 may mean that the workforce involved in early intervention is more comfortable in working with mothers than fathers (Lazar, Sagi, & Fraser, 1991). The focus of the current research on mothers' roles in language outcomes for children with ASD is an important start to understanding the potential for parent-child interactions to have a positive impact on children's language development.…”

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Fathers' and Mothers' Verbal Responsiveness and the Language Skills of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Flippin

Watson

2015

Am J Speech Lang Pathol

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Purpose In this observational study, we examined the interactions of 16 young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents to investigate (a) differences in verbal responsiveness used by fathers and mothers in interactions with their children with ASD and (b) concurrent associations between the language skills of children with ASD and the verbal responsiveness of both fathers and mothers. Method Parent verbal responsiveness was coded from video recordings of naturalistic parent–child play sessions using interval-based coding. Child language skills were measured by the Preschool Language Scale–Fourth Edition (Zimmerman, Steiner, & Pond, 2002). Results For both fathers and mothers, parent verbal responsiveness was positively associated with child language skills. Mothers' responsiveness was also significantly associated with child cognition. After controlling for child cognition, fathers' verbal responsiveness continued to be significantly related to child language skills. Conclusions Although other studies have documented associations between mothers' responsiveness and child language, this is the 1st study to document a significant concurrent association between child language skills of children with ASD and the verbal responsiveness of fathers. Findings of this study warrant the inclusion of fathers in future research on language development and intervention to better understand the potential contributions fathers may make to language growth for children with ASD over time as well as to determine whether coaching fathers to use responsive verbal strategies can improve language outcomes for children with ASD.

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Involving fathers in social services

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Work and Social Support: Social Workers’ Assessments of Male and Female Clients’ Problems and Needs

Work and Social Support: Social Workers’ Assessments of Male and Female Clients’ Problems and Needs

Evaluating Practitioner Training to Improve Competencies and Organizational Practices for Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions

Fathers' and Mothers' Verbal Responsiveness and the Language Skills of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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