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There are few intervention programs for fathers who use violence as part of their parenting. In this episode, David & Ruth take a deep dive into the work that needs to happen with violent fathers with Dr.  Katreena Scott, the  co-creator of the Caring Dads program.  In this interview, David Ruth and Katreena speak about

• The importance of intervening with violent fathers 
• What makes Caring Dads different than a traditional men’s behavior change programming
• How Caring Dads is different than traditional parenting programs 
• How Caring Dads centers the safety and well-being of adult and child survivors 
• The synergies between the Safe & Together Model and the Caring Dads program
• The research on the effectiveness of men’s behavior change programs
• How low expectations of men impact the work with families 
• How important it is for fathers’ to act respectfully towards their children’s mothers 

Learn more about Caring Dads

Other relevant episodes of Partnered With A Survivor
Season 3 Episode 9: Coercive Control in Children’s and Mother’s Lives: An interview with author and academic Dr. Emma Katz

Season 3 Episode 1: “This is a collective male problem:” An interview with international journalist Grant Wyeth

Season 2 Episode 19: Using the concepts of collaborative co-parenting to hold perpetrators more accountable in family court

Season 2 Episode 17: Intervening with Domestic Violence Perpetrators: “We can’t leave anything on the table”

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