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Transition to Fatherhood:
A Hopeful Approach to Engagement

This research-based forum for practitioners, researchers and community members aims to highlight the importance of engaging new and expectant fathers and to support fathers in their transition, while also addressing risk factors.

Date: July 24, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center at 2001 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411
CEH/CEU: 3.5
Cost: Free
Lunch will be provided.

Target Participants

Practitioners and community activists working and interested in prenatal and post-natal health care, early childhood, parent education, social work, child welfare, domestic violence, prevention science, public health, and fatherhood.

Research Presenters

Professor Jeff Edleson, Professor and Director of MINCAVA
Robert Wilson, Graduate Research Assistant, Doctoral Student
Juliana Carlson, Graduate Research Assistant, Doctoral Candidate

Panel Discussants

Guy Bowling, Program Manager, The FATHER Project
John Jackson, Hennepin County Co-Parent Court Navigators
Maisha Giles, Hennepin County Co-Parent Court Navigators
Ed Heisler, Executive Director, Men as Peacemakers
Michelle Dineen, Home Visitor, Dakota Healty Families

Moderator

Morgan Streeter, Executive Director, Minnesota Fathers and Families Network

Questions? Contact Juliana Carlson by phone, 651-206-5010, or email, carl3902@umn.edu.

Sponsored by:
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Minnesota Fathers & Families Network
Minnesota Men's Action Network
College of Education and Human Development
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota