Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dads

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dads
2007 National OSEP Early Childhood
Conference Presenters Chris Auer Bruce
Orr Joe Anderson
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Three Stories

• Chris Auer
• Father of three
• Sibling
• Author/Administrator
• Bruce Orr
• Father of three
• Ability Advocates
• Joe Anderson
• Father of five
• Entrepreneur
• NECTAC Advisory Committee

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Contributions of Dads
National policy goal To support the care giving
efforts and enhance the quality of life of all
families so that families will remain the core
unit of American Society (Keeping the Promise,
2003, p.28)
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Challenges/Stereotypes

• Family history
• Cultural norms
• Media portrayal
• Society
• Laws and policy

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Relationships

• Cultural Competency
• Resilience
• Parent/Professional

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What WE Can Do

• Dialog
• Examine Our Own Behavior
• Share Emotions
• Connect
• Understand

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us
guards a gate of change that can only be opened
from the inside. We cannot open the gate of
another, either by argument or emotional
appeal. Marilyn Fergusen As quoted in 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People
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• Contact info
• Chris Auer
• 201 W. Colfax Avenue, Dept 1107
• Denver, Colorado 80202
• Joseph Anderson
• 3501 W. Johnson Circle
• Muncie IN, 47304
• Bruce L. Orr
• 502 West 36th Street
• Wilmington, DE 19802