1. Apart Not Broken Committed to Happy & Healthy Families, Regardless of Family Structure Learn, Connect, & Create! A FREE, online, multi-media program designed to help dads adjust and parent after divorce or separation

2. This Program Has…  Videos – Hear Dads’ Real Life Experiences  Information: Access Accurate & Concise Information  Discussion Forum – Connect and Share  Online Tools – Use Creative Strategies to Communicate & Stay Connected  Activities - Engage in Activities Independently or with Your Child  Resources – Build Your Own Parenting Tool Box!

3. This Program Is…  FREE – No Cost  Confidential – Online & Private  Efficient – 12 self-paced sessions of about 30 minutes each  Flexible – Choose when, where and how long you spend on each session  Convenient – Available 24-7 anywhere with an Internet Connection  Ongoing – Starts when you register!

4. Organization of the Program What You Can Expect: On Your Mark! This section will address how things are different after separation or divorce. What It Means: Get Set! This section will highlight the implications of those changes. What You Can Do About It: Go! This section will help you take action. This will include a new parenting tool, activity, option for using technology, and some additional considerations and suggestions. Each session is broken into three sections:

5. Table of Contents 1 – Getting Started: Introduction and Opening Activity: 2 – Adjusting to Separation/Divorce: Parting 3 – The Crux of the Separation/Divorce 4 – Reinventing Yourself 5 – Active Parenting: Providing, Disciplining, & Teaching 6 – Expressive Parenting: Supporting, Caretaking, & Protecting 7 – Co-Parenting 8 – The YOU in Communication 9 – Foundations of Relatedness 10 – Listening 11 – Owning Up & Cleaning Up When Things Don’t Go As Planned 12 – Creating the Relationship You Want with Your Child Over Time

6. Welcome!

7. Current & Concise Info

8. Videos

9. Parenting Tools & Activities

10. Program Objectives  Increase Parental Involvement  Build Effective Parenting Skills  Strengthen Communication  Build Confidence  Strengthen Parental Satisfaction  Enhance Emotional Closeness

11. Evaluation This Program will be evaluated through the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Pre-post surveys  5-Question Feedback Form at the end of each session  Web Analytics

12. For More Information Apart Not Broken: Learn Connect, & Create! www.divorceddadinstitute.com www.divorceddadinstitute.com www.divorceddadinstitute.com/newsletter Contact Information: Shelly D. Mahon mdmahon@wisc.edumdmahon@wisc.edu608-770-1342 Personal Website/Blog http://shellydmahon.wordpress.comhttp://shellydmahon.wordpress.com.. A father is the best father he knows how to be….