‘What about the fathers?’ Bringing ‘Dads on Board™’ with their infants and toddlers following violence

This paper examines a group work intervention developed for fathers who had successfully participated in a men’s behaviour change program and who wished to undertake further work to strengthen and improve the bond between themselves and their infant/toddler (up to age 4). It focuses on two groups run in 2010–2011, uses material directly taken from each program and explores in detail how this intervention was developed, how the program was structured, the profile of the fathers involved and the subsequent inclusion of their partners within both groups. It also includes a small evaluation. Pivotal to this intervention was the implementation of an ‘infant-led’ approach.