Mutual Goal-Setting The Home-Based Visitation Process for Families and Professionals

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MUTUAL GOAL-SETTING

THE HOME-BASED VISITATION PROCESS FOR FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS

 

Preparing for the Home Visit

Gathering Family Information from

Home Visit

                 

  1. Numbers of families
  2. Distance, travel time
  1. Make visits to learn what family wants
  2. Family talks – you listen, share
  1. Willingness of family, approachability
  2. Prior contacts
  1. Write, sketch, evaluate - "do" something in addition to communicating and listening.

                                                
                                                                                    FREQUENCY

                                                                                               OF

                                                                                       HOME VISIT

 

Planning Future Home Visits

Conducting future Home Visits

                 

  1. Say Thank you note
  2. Checklist for Listening and Observing
  1. Keep toys clean and teaching materials in a kit (bag)
  2. Organize materials by age, child’s interest
  1. Evaluation Items from other visits on checklist

 
  1. Review "last visit" notes
  2. Phone to arrangement 1 hour visit
  3. Show appreciation, give compliments

 

TIMING

 

HOME VISIT

 

                                     interactions

      FAMILY
  • Make home visit as a parent-child educator (friendly, not intimate).
  • Communicate as consultant and consultee.
  • Use praise, listening skills, pleasant voice, restate, talk about what you observe, give

 

    

FULL

FAMILY IS IN CHARGE

      FOCUS on family concerns
  • Share problems - talk about you, too!
  • Include all extended family members.
  • Observe behavior / development / areas of concern.

                  

a)  CONDUCT PLANNED ACTIVITIES: 

  • Use kit and materials to engage family and children.

 

b)  REVIEW WHAT YOU OBSERVED; GIVE COMPLIMENTS

 

c)  LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND AS A REMINDER OR "CUE".

 

d)  CONCLUDE - SAY THANK YOU, STATE WHEN YOU WILL RETURN.

 

FAMILY COMMUNICATION

FEEDBACK ON HOME VISIT

 

  1. What happened?
  1. What was verified?
  1. What went well?  not well?
  1. What was summarized?
  1. What was observed in the child?
  1. What materials / toys were used?  How?
  1. What was observed in the adults?
  1. What does your clipboard "Say"?
  1. What was said?

 

 

 
   

DEVELOP AND KEEP RECORDS

 

  1. Family Field Notes
  2. Mileage / Expense Forms
  3. Notes to families
  4. Calls to family.
  5. Computer record-keeping to assure the developmental history can be reevaluated frequently.

 

REPEAT PLANNING CYCLE

REVIEW

 

I.  Preparation

Plan the home visit, what are the constraints?  What is the purpose of the home visit?  What is the family's style?  Put yourself in the shoes of the family and consider how they might feel with your visiting in their home.  What do you need to take with you?  If you are bringing toys or props, what are the ages of the children?

II.  During the visit

Collaborative Consultative style.

Set the stage with conversation.

Mutually agree to focus on what the parent says.

Conduct play-assessment learning activities.

Create a conversational conclusion

Review what you saw, what you did, and what you heard with the parent.

III.  Evaluation / Review Practice

What happened during the visit?

Make observational field notes eco-map away from the site.

What props or toys were used, in what order?

What was the reaction?

What did the parent say?

What were the parent's actions?

 

 

SOURCE:  Susan H. Turben, Ph.D. (1991)  In Beeler, N. G., Rycus, J. S., & Hughes, R. C. (Eds.), The Effects Of Abuse and Neglect On Child Development Core 103.  The Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.  The Institute for Human Services.  Ohio Dep

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