Arizona Head Start T/TA Office
Summer Webinar Series:
Home Visiting: Part Two
Tina Sykes, M.Ed
Infant/Toddler Specialist
Head Start State-Based T/TA Office for Arizona
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Objectives
Participants will:
• explore essential elements of a home visit
• discuss ways to structure home visits in order to
meet the needs of both the parent and the child
• understand the importance of linking home visits to
socializations
• learn strategies to stay safe while home visiting
• gain concrete tools to help reduce stress
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Agenda
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Re-visiting Home Visiting: Part One
Essential Elements of Home Visiting
Structuring Your Visit
Linking Home Visits to Socializations
Home Visitor Safety and Self Care
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Let’s re-visit…
Home visiting is an early childhood intervention
that can enhance parenting and promote the
growth and development of young children
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Re-visit continued…
Home Visiting
– Uses the home
environment to help
parents create rich
learning opportunities
for their children
– Provides support to
families whose life
circumstances may
prevent them from
participating in a more
structured setting
– Is flexible and offers
support and child
development
information to families
on their schedule
– Offers accessibility to
families who live in rural
communities and who
otherwise would not be
able to receive services
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Performance Standards Review
• 1306.33 Home based program option
– (b)... Home visitors must conduct the home visit with the
participation of parents. Home visits may not be
conducted by the home visitor with only babysitters or
other temporary caregivers in attendance.
– (1) The purpose of the home visit is to help parents
improve their parenting skills and to assist them in the use
of the home as the child's primary learning environment.
– (2) Home visits must, over the course of a month, contain
elements of all Head Start program components.
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Frequency and duration of home visits
• In the home based program option, each family
receives a minimum of one 90 minute visit per week
regardless of how many children are enrolled in that
family
• In the center based option, parents are encouraged
to participate in two home visits annually for each
child enrolled
• Home visits that are cancelled by program staff must
be rescheduled to meet the required number of
yearly home visits
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Home Visiting is a PARTNERSHIP
• Successful home visiting
requires a partnership
between the visitor and
the family
• That partnership begins
with the home visitor
developing a
professional
relationship with the
Head Start family.
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FAB FIVE
Fundamentals of Relationship Building
Boundaries
Empathic Listening
Honesty
Respect
Consistency
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Boundaries
“Boundaries are the framework within which
the worker/client relationship occurs.
Boundaries make the relationship professional
and safe for the client and set the parameters
within which services are delivered.”
(College of Psychologists of Ontario, 1998)
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Empathic Listening
“Empathy is the ability to project oneself into
the personality of another person in order to
better understand that person’s emotions or
feelings. Through empathic listening, the
listener lets the speaker know, I understand
your problem and how you feel about it. I am
interested in what you are saying and I am
not judging you.”
(Salem, 2003)
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Honesty
Honesty is stating an emotionally neutral
description of what’s really happening in a
particular situation.
(Michael H. Smith, Ph.D.)
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Respect
Respect is an attitude of acknowledging the
feelings and interests of another party in a
relationship.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia)
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Consistency
Not varying; always behaving or happening in a
similar, especially positive way.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Essential Elements of Home Visiting
• Supporting child
development
• Recognizing parents as
their child’s first
teacher
• Capitalizing on learning
opportunities in the
home environment
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Supporting Child Development
Home visitors must:
• Focus on the child
• Prioritize child development
experiences
• Use the developmental
screening & assessment
process to individualize
services
• Individualize curricula
• Establish partnerships to
serve children with
disabilities
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Recognizing Parents as their child’s first and
most important teacher
• Supporting parents and
nurturing their child’s
learning and
development is the
primary focus of home
visiting
• Parents are best able to
provide support to their
children when their
own needs are met
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Capitalizing on learning opportunities in the
home environment
• Using the setting in which
children and families spend
the majority of their time
• Emphasizing how everyday
routines provide
meaningful opportunities
for children to build on their
developmental skills
• Helping parents understand
home experiences can
enhance learning and
encouraging them to recreate learning experiences
daily
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Let’s Play…
Infants and toddlers learn
best:
• In the context of
relationships with their
parents and caregivers
• Through play and active
exploration of their
environment
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Using household items to support learning
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Using household items to support learning
• Mirrors
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Using household items to support learning
• Tupperware
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Using household items to support learning
• Empty Tissue Boxes
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Using household items to support learning
• Soft Scarves
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Using household items to support learning
• Laundry Baskets
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Using household items to support learning
• The most important household item…
PARENTS/CAREGIVERS
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Structuring your home visit
Each home visit should last 90 minutes and include:
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Warm and Positive Greeting ( 5 minutes)
Follow up/Review/Check in (10 minutes)
Focus on Family Issues (15 minutes)
Parent-Child Interaction Activities (45 minutes)
Co-Planning/Paperwork (10 minutes)
Evaluation/ Good-bye (5 minutes)
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Structuring your home visit
Babies Can’t Wait: 4 Step Home Visit Model
www.babiescantwait.com
1) Greeting (10-15 minutes)
2) Parent Time (20-30 minutes)
3) Parent-Child Activity (20-30 minutes)
4) Planning for Next Time (10-15 minutes)
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Home Visits and Socializations
The home based model includes
GROUP SOCIALIZATIONS
Programs must offer a minimum of 2
socializations a month
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Group Socializations
Group socializations provide parents the
opportunity to:
• Obtain additional feedback about their child’s
interests, strengths, needs and resources
• Observe their children
• Share and learn from others about the
challenges and joys of parenting
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Linking Home Visits to Socializations
• The socialization experiences support the
goals established during the home visits
• The Family Partnership Agreement must
include the specific roles of parents in
socializations and home visits [45 CFR 1340.40
(a) (2)]
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Linking Home Visits to Socializations
Connect the home visits with socialization
experiences so that they build on family goals
and are meaningful to participants
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Let’s link….
4 Steps to linking home visits to socializations
1) Actions taking during the home visits
2) Planning for socializations with other EHS
staff
3) Actions during the socializations
4) Actions after the socializations
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Staying safe as a home visitor
Taking care of YOU
What are some ways you maintain your
safety while home visiting?
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Self Protective Measures for Workers
• Assess the dangers BEFORE meeting with the
family
• Inform supervisor and/or co-workers about
home visiting plans
• Use formal/informal “buddy system”
• Follow home visiting safety guidelines
• Learn appropriate self-defense strategies
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This is hard work…
Home visiting can sometimes be stressful.
What are some ways you manage stress in your
life?
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Dance like nobody’s watching…
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Key Stress Management Tools
• Check your expectations.
Are they realistic? Do you
recognize your limits?
• Check your motives. Are
you setting yourself up for
frustration?
• Examine your boundaries.
Many warning signs are red
flags for boundary
problems. Be forgiving of
yourself if your boundaries
have slipped and talk to
your supervisor.
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Key Stress Management Tools
• Ask yourself what this works
brings up for you. Use supervision
time to explore personal feelings
about the work.
• Acknowledge your own needs. In
order to have compassion for
others, you must have
compassion for yourself. You
must believe it’s ok to make
mistakes.
• Spend time with co-workers.
Network with others in your
profession.
• Find sources of personal support
such as family and friends.
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Top 3 Stress Management Tools
1) Remember we are
only responsible for
facilitating change.
The family is
responsible for making
change.
2) Replenish yourself and
cultivate an identity
that includes more
than just work.
3) Redefine the meaning
of success.
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Let’s sum it up…
• There are 3 essential elements of home
visiting
• Home visitors should encourage the use of
materials in the natural environment
• Be intentional when structuring home visits
and linking home visits to socializations
• Take care of YOU!
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When you hang up the phone…
Here are some things to consider:
• Am I structuring my home visits to meet the needs of
both the parents and the children? If not, what do I
need to change?
• How am I supporting families in identifying safe
appropriate learning materials for their children?
• Am I consistently linking home visits to
socializations?
• What is my personal safety plan?
• Am I seeking and receiving the support I need in
order to effectively serve families?
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Final Thought….
The role of the Home Visitor is as a:
facilitator NOT director
coach NOT teacher
supporter NOT evaluator
PARTNER WITH PARENTS
~ Linda Kimura, Babies Can’t Wait
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Any Questions?
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