Home Visit Training & Support

How Practitioners Can Engage Parents in Supporting Children’s Early Development

A Strengths-Based Approach

What we do…

Support Strengths-Based Home Visiting by….

1) Providing training on home visiting strategies and tools such as HOVRS and PICCOLO in a variety of formats, from brief consulting to multi-week virtual training via ZOOM or live full-day workshops.

Training sessions include presentations, video observations, reflections, discussions, polls, and readings.

2) Providing motivation, tips, and the joys of home-visiting through our Heart of Home Visiting social media accounts.

Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @Heartofhomevisiting


Why we do it…

  • Our mission is to cultivate a home visiting culture that brings encouragement and joy to babies and the people who care for them. Our goal is to create a space where home visitors can explore valuable approaches and reflect on their work with curiosity and wonder. We do this by providing training and materials that are effective, nurturing, and beautiful.

  • To help practitioners use a Strengths-Based approach in their work with families.

  • To share our research on aspects of Developmental Parenting and Strengths-Based home visiting.

  • To learn about practitioners’ experiences applying a Strengths-Based approach

Training Programs for Coaching & Assessing Strengths-Based Home Visiting

Developmental Parenting

Rationale, approach, attitudes, behaviors, strategies

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HOVRS

Home Visit Rating Scales

How to observe home visits to improve home visiting quality.

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PICCOLO

Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes

How to observe parent-child interaction to support developmental parenting.

 

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We’ll prepare a proposal and walk you through every step of the process.