Exam Preview for 32592: Home Visiting: Child Observations and Weekl

Home Visiting: Child Observations and Weekly Planning

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1. Home visiting is a unique service delivery option. What makes home visiting unique? It is an intimate experience that is facilitated in the family’s home. The home visitor can experience unexpected situations during the home visit. There is a different theory of change for home visiting than for classroom experiences. The focus is on the parent and coaching the parent to support the child’s outcomes. All of the above
2. There are multiple strategies that support parents in participating in their child’s weekly home visit planning. What is one of those strategies? We should expect parents to know how to participate in planning activities prior to starting any home visits. Educating parents on the cycle of observation and planning and how they can participate in the cycle to partner with the home visitor. We don’t need parents to participate in planning. The home visitor should plan for the visits but let the parent do the observation of the activity.
3. Which activities is an example of embedding learning in the family’s environment? Dad singing “Wheels on the Bus” during diaper changing Feeding a toddler when they know how to feed themself Giving a young child a cell phone to keep them occupied All of the above
4. If a child has an ISFP or IEP, how might the home visitor support the family with the goals written in the ISFP or IEP? The specialist that wrote the goals for the ISFP or IEP should be the only ones working on them. Home visitors and family members are not qualified to work on ISFP or IEP goals. Using the goals in the ISFP or IEP in the home visit and choosing activities that support these goals is one way to help families embed practicing goals in the family routine. The ISFP or IEP goals are separate from any work that the home visitor is doing with the family.
5. Home visitors sometimes need to support parents through barriers that impede their engagement in home visit activities. What is one of those barriers? Having the same home visitor every visit Qualified home visitors with much experience No family crises Family instability such as moving, losing contact with program