Choose to Change Toolkit for Men

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The Choose to Change Toolkit describes a four-step process to assist men in developing strong, safe support networks to help them interrupt their violence and increase safety for other family members. It includes a professionals booklet, information for partners, and information for network contacts.

These resources are for men who are worried about their behavior toward their loved ones. By offering men the tools to change, we can encourage their efforts to be a better partner and father. We want to encourage more and more men to seek help for their behavior, their substance use, and their mental health.

Related Resources

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Podcast: Choose to Change: Your Behavior, Your Choice

In this podcast, Ruth interviews David about the Choose to Change Toolkit, the thinking behind it, and its applications. David outlines how these resources can help make real differences in the safety and quality of life for women and children and offer men new, practical options for choosing to change their behavior. 

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Course: Working with Men as Parents: Fathers' Parenting Choices Matter

Understanding male parental development and how men’s choices and behaviors impact child and family functioning is critical. Throughout this online course, we highlight specific connections to the Safe & Together Model Principles, Critical Components, Multiple Pathways to Harm, and practice tools.