Father-Focused Intervention for Reducing Family Violence and Symptoms in Children

Inclusion Criteria: * have at least one 6 month to 12-year-old biological child with whom they have contact; * had an incident of IPV within the last 12 months prior to screening with their child's mother (based on court/police records, coparent or self-report); * have a currently open or recently investigated (in the last 6 months) case with CT DCF * are able to complete assessments in English or Spanish; * agree to have their female coparents (mother of target child) contacted as collateral informants and for consent for participation of their child. If a participant has more than one child in the age range, the youngest will be selected; * female coparents (i.e., biological mother who need not be in a relationship with the father) consents to (at minimum) provide parent-report on child; however, may opt out of child participation. If the coparent agrees to participate by providing caregiver-report on child symptoms, but declines participation of their shared child, the father may still participate in the study if he meets eligibility criteria outlined below; thus, preventing any possible retaliation against co-parents for not consenting to child participation. Exclusion Criteria: Fathers will be excluded based on the following exclusion criteria: * an active full/no contact protective order pertaining to their child because this will preclude participation in the father-child play assessment (many men will have protective orders pertaining to their partners, but it is …