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Family Engagement & Partnership (includes fatherhood, family-centered care, siblings, grandparents)

VWA1 - Partnerships to Build Trusting Relationships With Fathers & Male Caregivers

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

Author(s)

Marsha A. Quinn, BA (she/her/hers)

Co Executive Director
Parent to Parent USA
State College, PA

Primary Presenter(s)

Lenn Boston (he/him/his)

Board Member
Parent to Parent USA
Kalamazoo, MI

PDF Slides

Presenter(s)

CF

Corey Ferguson, MHA

Statewide Manager - Ohio LIfeCourse Nexus
Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
Columbus, OH
KD

Kevin Daly, Certified Community Health Worker (he/him/his)

Educational Advocate
PATH Connecticut
Bristol, CT

*This session will be held over Zoom. The link will be available during the conference.*

Parenting CYSHCN often requires intense engagement to maintain the health and wellbeing of their children. Positive paternal engagement strongly contributes to overall family well-being, yet the individual needs and constraints of male caregivers of CYSHCN have not been consistently recognized. Workshop participants will hear from a diverse panel of fathers on their relationship with their child with special health care needs, the barriers they face to be active participants in supporting their child, and what makes for a “father-friendly” environment. Parent to Parent staff will offer strategies for MCH programs to become more inclusive of fathers through partnerships with community organizations and fathers themselves.