Home Visiting: Procedures for Helping Families Book

Home visiting as a social service delivery procedure is used not only by social workers but increasingly by practitioners in the fields of education, medicine and public health. Accordingly, research attention to this field is growing.This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the history, research and practice of home visiting. It includes chapters on the philosophy of home visiting and service programs, particularly those focusing on children. The book also covers specific implementation issues such as hiring home visitors, training, supervision, professional and ethical issues, clinical skills, and documentation and evaluation procedures.Appendices provide sample forms for interviewing home visitors, documenting home visits and evaluating home visits and visitors. There is also an annotated bibliography of resource materials on a wide range of topics including child abuse, spouse abuse and child rearing. This book is vital reading for those training to be home visitors, their supervisors and directors of home visiting programs serving a diverse range of people. It is also of interest to professionals and practitioners in psychology, nursing and health care, family studies, education, and victimology. Read More