Overview

For more than a decade, The Art and Practice of Home Visiting has been a go?to guide for effective, culturally sensitive home visits with young children and families. Now reframed as a textbook for a new generation of home visitors, this second edition includes student?friendly features, downloadable course companion materials, and fresh content on timely topics. Presenting a collaborative, family?centered approach to home visiting, Cook and Sparks prepare preservice professionals to form respectful and productive partnerships with caregivers and help each unique family reach their specific goals. Future home visitors will get practical, in?depth guidance on all the complex issues they'll face in their work with families and children, including implementing evidence?based practice; providing trauma?informed care; and addressing challenges with sleep, feeding, and behavior. A foundational text for future professionals—and an ideal source of wisdom and guidance for in?service practitioners—this book will help all home visitors master the art and practice of effective home visiting with today's diverse families. WHAT'S NEW: New student-friendly features: Learning Outcomes and Read?Reflect?Discuss Questions in each chapter, case studies, chapter summaries, and a glossary Expanded focus on all home visitors working with children with and without disabilities New and updated content on critical topics, such as resolving barriers to successful home visits and working with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse families Expanded table of contents for easy navigation Increased focus on family?centered home visiting and the home visitor as a collaborative coach and partner for the family A complete package of downloadable companion materials for faculty ONLINE COMPANION MATERIALS: Faculty members will easily integrate this book into their courses with the online companion materials, including a sample syllabus, test bank, and PowerPoint outlines. TOPICS COVERED: history of home visiting collaboration with diverse families formal and informal assessment evidence-based intervention trauma-informed care and the pandemic the structure of effective home visits facilitation of caregiver-child relationships family empowerment interpreters and translators cross-cultural conflicts legal, ethical, and personal safety concerns common challenges such as sleep, feeding, and behavior different types of families, including military families, teenage parents, and immigrant families children with specific disorders, such as autism, Down syndrome, and motor challenges

Full Product Details

Author:   Ruth E Cook ,  Shirley N Sparks ,  Carole Ivan Osselaer ,  Kathy Wahl
Publisher:   Brookes Publishing Co
Imprint:   Brookes Publishing Co
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781681254463

ISBN 10:   1681254468
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   23 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

About the Downloads About the Authors About the Contributor Foreword  By Kathy Wahl From a Mother to Her Home Visitors Preface Acknowledgements Section I Chapter 1: An Overview of Home Visiting Learning Outcomes History of Home Visiting  Eradication of Poverty by Changing Environmental Conditions  Massive Arrival of Immigrants  Rapid Transformation of Society  Early Home Visitors  Lessons from The Past Home Visiting Today  Competencies Needed  Home Visitors as Coaches  Remote Home Visiting Philosophy and Approach to Home Visiting  Approaches to Home Visiting   Child Focused   Family Focused   Collaborative Team Evidence-Based Practice  Critical Needs Positively Impacted by Home Visiting   Healthy Babies   Safe Homes and Nurturing Relationships   Optimal Early Learning and Long-Term Academic Achievement   Self-Sufficient Parents Cultural Influences Summar Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 2: Collaborating with Families Learning Outcomes Family Reaction to Vulnerability and Crisis  Increased Stress Levels  Denial Can Be A Friend Viewing the Family as a Whole Understanding Familes as Systems  Family Structure  Cultural Orientation  Individualism Vs Collectivism  Family Dynamics   Sensitive Responsiveness   Family-Orchestrated Child Experiences   Health and Safety  Fathers   Strategies to Engage Fathers  Siblings Family Functions Strategies to Facilitate Family Empowerment  Developing Empathy  Achieving Empathy  Asking Questions  Listening Attentively and With Reflection  Avoid Jargon  Phrase Negative Information Carefully  Respecting Family Preferences  Preparing Families for Change  Focusing on Strengths, Achievements and Desires  Identifying Strategies That Will Help Families Achieve Desired Outcomes Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Section II Chapter 3: Building Home Visitor:Family Relationships Learning Outcomes First Impressions  Personal Characteristics of The Home Visitor  Emotional Needs of Both Families and Home Visitors The Initial Visit  Greeting  Hand Cleansing  Act Like You Are A Guest in The Home  Blending Cultures  Getting Down to Business  Connecting with Siblings Other Home Visitor Behaviors That Build Relationships  Be Reliable  Abandon Your Agenda  Observe Yourself Developing A Plan of Intervention with The Family  Identifying the Family’s Most Important Concerns  Explain and Summarize All Assessment Results   Summarize and Prioritize Assisting the Family with Implementation of The Plan  Information and Services   On-Line Information   Resource Supports   Social Supports Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 4: Facilitating Parent‐Child Relationships Learning Outcomes The Caregiver‐Infant Relationship  Relationship Terminology Types of Attachment  Secure Attachment  Ambivalent Attachment  Avoidant Attachment  Disorganized Attachment  Interference with Attachment—Parents  Interference with Attachment—Infants Parent‐Infant Interactions  Infant Communication Signals   Eye Gaze   Joint Attention   Gestures   Reciprocity Interactional Patterns of Children with Unique Needs  What to Consider When Encouraging Caregiver‐Infant Attachment  Adult‐Adult Dyadic Interactions  Intervention When Caregiver‐Infant Interaction Signals Are Unique The Infant Mental Health Model (IMH)  Carefully Observe the Evidence of Attachment Behaviors  Establishing Interaction Through Reciprocity   Serve and Return   Establishing Attachment Through Feeding   Establishing Attachment Through Play Intervention in A Cultural Context Reflecting on Success as A Home Visitor  Green Flags of Effective Visits  Red Flags of Ineffective Visits Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 5: Structure of Home Visitations Learning Outcomes Before Home Visiting Begins  Assessment for Program Planning and Monitoring   Formal Assessment   Informal Assessment  Factors to Be Considered in Interpretation of Assessment Home Visiting Activities  Format of Home Visits   Upon Arrival   What's New?   Today's Activities   Where to Begin?   Toy Bag or Not?   Reflect and Plan for The Next Visit   What's Coming Up?   Anything Else?   Good‐Bye  Elements of A Home Visit   Upon Arrival   What's New?   Today's Activities   Where to Begin?   Toy Bag or Not?   Reflect and Plan for The Next Visit   What's Coming Up?   Anything Else?   Good‐Bye Approaches to Intervention  Home Visitor Direct Approach   Unique Role of Modeling  The Eight Steps of Modeling   Applied Behavior Analysis (Aba)   Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI)  Home Visitor Indirect Approach   Family‐Guided Routine Based Intervention  Points to Keep in Mind  Problems to Avoid  Direct Vs Indirect Approaches  Home Visitors as Coaches  Parents as Interventionists Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Section III Chapter 6: Specific Family Challenges Learning Outcomes Adverse Childhood Experiences  Trauma Informed Care and the 2020 Pandemic  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Parents with Mental Health Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Parents with Cognitive Disabilities  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Teenage Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Foster and Adoptive Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Grandparents In The Role Of Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Military Families  Military Families are Resilient  Military Family Separations are Difficult and Complicated  Most Military Parents Were Not Military Children  Change is Constant  Peers can Pave the Way for Service Members  Military Lingo  Not Everyone in Uniform has Access to the Same Programs  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Poverty  Homelessness  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Immigrant And Refugee Families  Avoiding Communication/Cultural Barriers with Effective Interpreters/Translators  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 7: Responding to Children's Challenges Learning Outcomes Primary and Secondary Conditions Daily Challenges Feeding  Oral‐Motor‐Skill Deficits  Feeding within the Cultural Context  Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder  Children on Gastrostomy Tubes  Need for a Feeding Specialist  Role of the Home Visitor   Structure   Social Modeling   Behavioral Treatment   Make Foods Manageable   Encourage Children to Use Their Cognitive Skills  Potential Resources Sleeping  Sleep Routines within the Cultural Context  Need for Concern about Sleep Disturbances  Signs of Possible Problems with Sleep  Role of the Home Visitor   Establishing a Consistent Bedtime Routine  Potential Resources Speech and Language Challenges  Characteristics of a Possible Language Disorder  Characteristics of a Possible Articulation Disorder  Characteristics of a Possible Fluency Disorder  Role of the Home Visitor   Imitation   Taking Turns   Shared Regard   Play Games  Potential Resources Hearing Challenges  Types of Hearing Loss  Role of the Home Visitor Medically Fragile  Staying Healthy  Multiple Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Visual Challenges  Self‐stimulating Behaviors  Language Development with Children with Visual Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 8: Enduring Challenges With Carole Osselear Learning Outcomes Common Enduring Challenges Motor Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Developmental Challenges  Cultural Differences in Developmental Challenges  Down Syndrome  Pointers for Working with Children with Down Syndrome  Role of the Home Visitor Autism Spectrum Disorders  The Autism Spectrum   Facilitating a Diagnosis   Responding When Parents Suspect ASD   Responding When Parents Look for Answers  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder  Diagnosis  Symptoms of FASD are Variable   Intervention Concepts  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 9: Personal Concerns of the Home Visitor Learning Outcomes Ethical Issues  Confidentiality  Boundaries  Cross-cultural Conflicts Agency Guidelines  Home Visitor—Agency or Legal Issues Boundaries in Family Service Noncooperative Families  Making Compromises  Discontinuing Visits Personal Safety Nurturing the Nurturer Personal Organization Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss References Appendixes  Appendix A: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — Heads Up  Appendix B: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Crawler-Creeper  Appendix C: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Cruiser  Appendix D: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Walker  Appendix E: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Doer  Appendix F: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Tester  Appendix G: Speech and Language Development of Infants and Young Children  Appendix H: Home Visit Record Form  Appendix I: Toys Cleverly Disguised as Household Items  Appendix J: Guidelines for Referral: Red Flags  Appendix K: Suggested Resources (by Subject) Glossary Index

Reviews

The Art and Practice of Home Visiting, Second Edition is like a cookbook of timely topics with strategies for current and future home visiting practitioners to review, revisit, and reflect upon. Readers can easily visit and revisit topics of immediate need and interest to gain insight, study authentic examples, and learn about related resources. The book includes a valuable glimpse into the groundbreaking work of earlier home visiting pioneers and their foundational commitment to respecting families. Fast forward to today, the science of home visiting is increasingly dynamic and nuanced with multifaceted types of home visiting programs and services, including those delivered via technology. Yet, the commitment to truly valuing families has stood the test of time and is bedrock to the contents of this book. --Naomi Younggren, Ph.D.

"""The Art and Practice of Home Visiting, Second Edition is like a cookbook of timely topics with strategies for current and future home visiting practitioners to review, revisit, and reflect upon. Readers can easily visit and revisit topics of immediate need and interest to gain insight, study authentic examples, and learn about related resources. The book includes a valuable glimpse into the groundbreaking work of earlier home visiting pioneers and their foundational commitment to respecting families. Fast forward to today, the science of home visiting is increasingly dynamic and nuanced with multifaceted types of home visiting programs and services, including those delivered via technology. Yet, the commitment to truly valuing families has stood the test of time and is bedrock to the contents of this book."" --Naomi Younggren, Ph.D."

Author Information

Dr. Cook earned her doctorate degree with an emphasis on developmental psychology and two related master of arts degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles. She focused her interest on young children with special needs while serving as Director of the Early Childhood Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and the Child Development Center at Mount Saint Mary's College in Los Angeles. Daily involvement with families of children from highly diverse backgrounds convinced her of the importance of fully involving families in all aspects of their children's development. More than 25 years ago, Dr. Cook recognized the value of providing practical training based on evidence-based practices designed to facilitate inclusion of young children with special needs in natural environments. To this end, she initiated the publication of the coauthored Adapting Early Childhood Curricula for Young Children with Special Needs (Prentice Hall, 2007). This pioneering text is now in its 7th edition. In addition, she is a co-author of Strategies for Including Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings (Thomson Delmar Learning, 2000). She has directed several federal training grants that provide tuition assistance to prepare students to work with young children with special needs both in their homes and in center-based programs. Dr. Cook consults widely and presents often in the areas of family-professional relationships and strategies for effective inclusion. While at Western Michigan University, Ms. Sparks spent a sabbatical year with the department of public health in Battle Creek, Michigan, doing home visits with public health nurses. More recently she was an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Iowa, her Master of Arts degree also in speech pathology and audiology from Tulane University, New Orleans, and completed all but her dissertation in the Ph.D. program in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ms. Sparks was a pioneer in early intervention, working with families, home visiting, and giving numerous presentations throughout the county. She has felt strongly that it is necessary to remain a practitioner in the field to experience real problems that early interventionists encounter. Until very recently, she served as a consultant to HOPE Homestart in San José, California, a home program for children with special needs between age 0 and 3. A fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Ms. Sparks has authored training modules and many articles and chapters on early intervention and the family in addition to a book on genetics in speech-language disorders and a book on the effects of prenatal substance abuse on speech and language.

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