Supporting Father Involvement (SFI)
Pre-Implementation Materials
There are pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) as listed below:
A father friendliness questionnaire is filled out by all agency staff members to measure readiness. Contact the Training Contact in the above section for more information.
Formal Support for Implementation
There is no formal support available for implementation of Supporting Father Involvement (SFI).
Fidelity Measures
There are no fidelity measures for Supporting Father Involvement (SFI).
Implementation Guides or Manuals
There are implementation guides or manuals for Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) as listed below:
There are two manuals for Group Leaders, one for the 16-week fathers group program and one for the 16-week couples group program. Each curriculum contains a week-by-week outline of topics to be discussed and suggested exercises to elicit discussion. The curricula can be obtained by family agency directors, clinical directors, or the equivalent, but not by private practitioners or individual clinicians within agencies. The curriculum is also available to researchers. To get the curricula, please contact the Program Contact at the bottom of the page.
Research on How to Implement the Program
Research has not been conducted on how to implement Supporting Father Involvement (SFI).