Working with fathers who perpetrate family violence

This work will explore the assumptions and theories that we use to intervene with fathers who perpetrate family violence, and will explore with people ways that we can name and detail the hopes of men, partners and fathers; consider responsible fathering interventions that appreciate connections between fathers’ relationships with their children and men’s behaviour towards their children’s mothers; explore moving from fathered centred parenting to child-centred parenting; and developing plans with men for ethical and responsible actions.

We will explore with people ways that we can:

• Name and detail the hopes of men, partners and fathers;

• Work with men and fathers to move beyond good intentions to daily practices of respect;

• Consider responsible fathering interventions that appreciate connections between fathers’ relationships with their children and men’s behaviour towards their children’s mothers;

• Explore moving from fathered centred parenting to child-centred parenting; and

• Developing plans with men for ethical and responsible actions.