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Stress and Young Children

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Child Dev, Home Visiting Strategies | No Comments »

Many families we are working with are feeling the stress of the approaching holiday season, the continued economic downturn and the changes to the CA Early Start system.  But, how does stress exhibit itself in the young children that we ...

Siblings:Welcome Participants or Inconvenient Distractions?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Child Dev, Home Visiting Strategies, Partnering with Families, Support for Home Vsitors | 5 Comments »

Since home visiting delivers services where a family's life takes place, a home visitor may be confronted with a number of situations in which the child/family needing the services may become distracted with typical household activities including the interactions ...

Beginning the home visiting relationship-How Do You Prepare?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Child Dev, Home Visiting Strategies, Partnering with Families | 6 Comments »

The beginning is the most important part of the work- PlatoThe beginning of any new undertaking can set the tone for the upcoming work that will take place.  In home visiting, the first home visit is the beginning of a ...