Break It Down
- WHO AM I? WHERE AM I FROM?
- MY FAMILY EXPECTATIONS
- MY FAMILY MOMENTUM AND ME
Doug Edwards is the founder and Director of Real Dads Forever, a Fatherhood Strategies Development organization. He has facilitated for and consulted with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, State Department of Education, Department of Children and Families, Department of Public Health, Department of Corrections, School Readiness and Head Start Centers, and many public and private schools and Family Development Centers in New England around parental involvement with a focus on fathers and family men.
Doug is a founding member of the Advisory Council of The Fatherhood Initiative of Connecticut and a member of its Executive Committee, and past President of the Board of Directors of The Children’s Law Center of Connecticut. He was formerly the Statewide Coordinator for the Parents Supporting Educational Excellence (PSEE) program and is a consultant and National Master Facilitator Trainer for the Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) and a Certified Family Development Credential (FDC) facilitator. In addition, Doug has received Accreditation and is a Certified Provider of Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) in Levels 2, 3 and 4 and is a trainer and Triple P consultant to the Department of Social Services. He currently chairs the Advisory Council of the Family Development Center of Eastern CT Health Network (ECHN) in Manchester and is an Advisory Board member of the CT Judicial systems Parenting Education Program.
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