DCG services

DCG brings together a core team of DADvocates – each with more than 20 years experience in the fatherhood field. While hailing from diverse backgrounds, our DADvocates share the belief that there is no such thing as a “perfect” parent. We understand that daddying does not take place in a vacuum, but rather within a dynamic social context called “family” that operates in a broader socio-cultural context.

 

Our principal DADvocates have worked with fathers in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings. We have:

 

• Developed programs and curricula

• Conducted research

• Formulated policy

• Offered workshops, father support groups, and trainings

• Written widely in the professional and popular press, as well as appeared on radio and television

• Consulted for a wide range of governmental/non-governmental agencies, schools, corporations and other national and international organizations

• Served on father- and family-related panels

• Provided keynote addresses throughout the United States on a variety of father- and family-related topics.

 

In addition to our DADvocates’ ongoing work in the specialty areas listed below, we have assembled a DADvisory Team to complement our experience as well as to provide additional expertise, as needed.

 

• Collaborating with childcare/early childhood/Head Start centers and school settings to increase vibrant father engagement

• Creating and conducting father support groups in a wide variety of corporate and organizational/agency settings

• Designing and conducting programs for grandfather engagement

• Creating father-friendly environments and father-inclusive policies

• Promoting positive co-parenting, healthy couple relationships and respecting maternal and paternal parenting styles

• Assisting fathers with special needs -- including foster and adoptive dads

• Working with incarcerated dads and their families

• Working with military dads and their families

• Writing commentaries, bylined articles, and guest blog posts

• Conducting qualitative research

• Providing staff development and training

• Developing products and curriculum

• Serving as a parenting idea and information clearinghouse by sharing articles, research, curricula, and other practical resources (books, videos, movies, games, etc.).