Overview
InsideOut Dad™ is an evidence-based reentry program designed to connect incarcerated fathers to their families and prepare them for release. Standardized programming for 23 states and Washington, D.C., InsideOut Dad™ helps reduce recidivism rates by reconnecting incarcerated fathers to their families, providing the motivation to get out and stay out.
Popular among both inmates and ex-offenders,
InsideOut Dad™ has been proven to increase family contact and improve inmate knowledge and attitudes. Hundreds of state and federal facilities, pre-release programs, community organizations, and more are using this life-changing reentry program.
InsideOut Dad™ is also available in a Spanish as Padre Adentro Y Afuera™, and in a Christian-based version as InsideOut Dad™ Christian.
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Why Choose InsideOut Dad™?
What's Included
The InsideOut Dad™ program includes everything you need to effectively facilitate this program and change inmates' lives. The curriculum kit includes:
- 1 InsideOut Dad™ Activities Manual with guided information for facilitating each session.
- 1 InsideOut Dad™ Facilitator’s Guide complete with information about the program's underlying principles and themes.
- 10 InsideOut Dad™ Fathering Handbooks that the dads can keep as a reference.
- 1 InsideOut™ Dad CD-ROM - includes Evaluation and Marketing Tools, Certificate of Completion, and more.
Plus, facilitators receive free ongoing technical assistance through the FatherSOURCE eNewsletter, filled with programming updates, ideas, best practices, and other helpful information!
The full InsideOut Dad™ curriculum kit is available for only $400. Buy Now.
Topics Covered
This comprehensive curriculum includes 12 core sessions and 26 optional sessions that coordinate with the core topics, making it flexible for a wide variety of programs! Through practical, engaging material, InsideOut Dad™ increases inmates' self-worth and gives them valuable relationship skills. Topics include (optional sessions in gray):
- About Me: Remembering My Past (What Kind of Father Am I?)
- Being A Man: What is a Man? (Physical and Mental Health, Masculinity and the Media)
- Relationships: Love and Relationships (Improving my Communication Skills)
- Handling and Expressing Emotions: Expressing Anger (Stress and Anger, Carrying Emotions)
- Discipline: Styles of Discipline (Culture, Morals, and Discipline; Being a Fair, Loving Father)
- Fathering from the Inside: Creating a Fathering Plan (Paper Hugs, Reading to Your Kids)
- An Optional Reentry Planning Module
And more!
Samples
Activities Manual, Table of Contents
Activities Manual, Core Sessions 2, 3, 4
Fathering Handbook, Core Session 2, 3, 4