Ethical Considerations for Home Visiting
The intimacy of working within someone’s home with no other professionals present may lead to confusing situations. It's key to have agency policies in place to handle ethical issues.
This collection explores the various aspects of home visiting, emphasizing roles, strategies, and resources for home visitors to support families. Topics include emotional literacy, fostering relationships, cognitive and emotional self-regulation, and understanding children's communication through behavior. Learn about creating home learning environments, promoting play-based learning, and transition support.
The intimacy of working within someone’s home with no other professionals present may lead to confusing situations. It's key to have agency policies in place to handle ethical issues.
In this handbook for supervisors of home visitors, find research on home-based programs and strategies for best practices, along with video examples, resources, and wisdom from supervisors across the country.
In this set of videos, learn about the home-based program option. Find out how home visits work, what parents can expect from a home visitor, and the role parent's play in the development of their child.
Examples of digital tools for parents and older toddlers and preschoolers to use for distance learning.
Explore ways to implement practice-based coaching (PBC) within home-based programs. Learn about strategies for coaching home visitors.
Discover the importance of staff wellness and professional boundaries in home-based settings. Explore safety practices to enhance staff relationships with families and strategies for self-care and reducing stress.
Learn ways professional development can help build and expand home visitors’ capacity to work with families to support their child’s development. Find resources to support ongoing professional development.
Learn how home visitors can effectively engage with families and support parents in their role as their child's first teacher. Explore the benefits for families enrolled in the home-based option.
Hear how home visitors can use reflective practice to effectively support families' goals for their children. Explore resources that support reflective practices.
Learn about effective home visiting practices to help nurture parent-child relationships and positive interactions. Find out how to partner with families to create a rich learning environment in the home.