Learning Through Play (LTP) Plus Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP Plus Dads)

"LTP+Dads is a 12 - session group integrated parenting intervention: i.e LTP (Learning through Play) which includes a pictorial calendar, consisting of stages of child development from birth to 3 years. It includes parent-child play and other activities that promote parental involvement, learning, and attachment. In each stage, there are five areas of child development: sense of self, physical, relationships, understanding, and communication. All areas are written in simple, low-literacy language.~Second component of intervention is CBT adapted from Jeanne Miranda manual (Group CBT for Depression, group leaders guide book-2006) focusing on the three areas: thoughts and your mood, activities and your mood, people interaction and your mood.~Third component of intervention is content taken from Ed Bader's manual (Focus on Fathers) includes importance of fathers in child development, stress management at work and home, budgeting, anger management, conflict resolution and time management."