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Early Childhood providers acquire many skills to be effective in their roles. New perspectives of fatherhood can aid these providers to engage fathers in their work with infants. Dads “Dyad” Differently (DDD) will cover concepts, e.g. ghosts/angels in the nursery, reflective functioning, parallel process, paternal postnatal mood disorders (PPMD), provider assumptions, and the culture of fatherhood. DDD will introduce useful strategies, e.g. metaphors, Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO), Skin to Skin, and Fussy Baby FAN Model, emphasizing fathers’ emotional experiences. Participants will examine their own assumptions to identify challenges to promoting father-infant interactions. The culture of fatherhood as a framework for discussion can help to understand a father’s viewpoint, that is, “cultural relativism.” The use of metaphors will highlight a father’s learning style, which can assist to teach important concepts in ways that are more easily understood and applicable to fathers.
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