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This timely resource analyzes home visits as a primary intervention
for at-risk families with infants and young children and details
innovative programs for home service delivery. Focusing on family
violence, mental illness and alcohol and substance abuse as major
challenges to child development, the book presents practical
strategies for home visitors to address and prevent problems while
fostering an improved environment for raising children.
Contributors offer a realistic framework for planning, developing,
and training an effective home visitation workforce and tailoring
interventions to fit individual family dynamics. And the book's
international focus provides a variety of perspectives on
evidence-based programs that support families raising children in
distressed neighborhoods. Among the featured topics: Home
visitation as a primary prevention tool for violence. Developmental
parenting home visiting to prevent violence. Supporting the
paraprofessional home visitor. Engagement and retention in home
visiting child abuse prevention programs. Addressing psychosocial
risk factors among families in home visiting programs. Home
visitation programs in the United States, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. Home Visitation Programs: Preventing Violence and
Promoting Healthy Early Child Development is an essential resource
for researchers, graduate students and professionals in child and
school psychology, social work, educational policy, family advocacy
and public health.
This timely resource analyzes home visits as a primary intervention
for at-risk families with infants and young children and details
innovative programs for home service delivery. Focusing on family
violence, mental illness and alcohol and substance abuse as major
challenges to child development, the book presents practical
strategies for home visitors to address and prevent problems while
fostering an improved environment for raising children.
Contributors offer a realistic framework for planning, developing,
and training an effective home visitation workforce and tailoring
interventions to fit individual family dynamics. And the book's
international focus provides a variety of perspectives on
evidence-based programs that support families raising children in
distressed neighborhoods. Among the featured topics: Home
visitation as a primary prevention tool for violence. Developmental
parenting home visiting to prevent violence. Supporting the
paraprofessional home visitor. Engagement and retention in home
visiting child abuse prevention programs. Addressing psychosocial
risk factors among families in home visiting programs. Home
visitation programs in the United States, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. Home Visitation Programs: Preventing Violence and
Promoting Healthy Early Child Development is an essential resource
for researchers, graduate students and professionals in child and
school psychology, social work, educational policy, family advocacy
and public health.
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