The home visitor's guidebook : promoting optimal parent & child development / by Carol S. Klass.

Author/creator Klass, Carol Speekman
Other author Klass, Carol Speekman.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoBaltimore, MD : Paul H. Brookes, ©2003.
Descriptionxxxi, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Home visiting : the basics. The parent-home visitor relationship. Forming the parent-home visitor relationship -- Progression of the parent-home visitor relationship -- Establishing reciprocal, positive feelings between parents and home visitors : a personal relationship -- Shared delight in the child -- Father involvement in home visits -- Working with pregnant mothers and their families -- Home visitors' relationship with teen parents -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- The home visitor's approach. Communication and interpersonal skills -- Additional knowledge and skills -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Working with diverse families. Culture -- Ethnic differences -- Extended families -- Poverty -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Professional development. Education -- Supervision -- Peer mentoring and supervision -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Promoting healthy parent and child development. Developing a sense of self : the foundation of social and emotional development. Neurophysiology -- The body self : birth to 6 months -- The autonomous self : 7-18 months -- The social self : 19 months to 3 years -- The narrative self : 3-5 years -- Child behavior representing the spectrum of autism -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Guidance and discipline. Guidance and discipline defined -- A developmental approach -- Guidance and discipline in early infancy : birth to 8 months -- Guidance and discipline : 8-17 months -- Guidance and discipline : 18 months to 3 years -- Guidance and discipline : 3-5 years -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Communication and language. Communication and language -- Prespeech : birth to 10 months -- Emergence of first word and jargon talk : 10-15 months -- Word combinations : 16 months to 2 years -- Language and communication : 2-5 years -- Communication and language difficulties -- Emerging literacy -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Play, learning, and development. Body play : birth to 12 months -- Parallel play : 12-30 months -- Cooperative play : 30 months to 5 years -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Routines, rituals, and celebrations. Everyday rituals -- Family celebrations and traditions -- Childhood illnesses -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Siblings. Preparation for the new infant -- Birth of the additional baby -- Parent expectations and comparisons -- Valuing each child as special -- Sibling relationships -- Parents and siblings : balancing the home visitor's interactions -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- The psychologically vulnerable family. Predicting child outcomes -- Families who are psychologically vulnerable -- The resilient child -- Person and profession. Personal history and professional competence. Janice discusses her home visiting work -- Janice's personal and professional history -- Cynthia discusses her home visiting work -- Cynthia's personal and professional history -- Childhood pain to professional competence.
Local noteLittle-344918--305131050923W
General noteRev. ed. of: Home visiting / Carol S. Klass. c1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 415-428) and index.
LCCN 2002038478
ISBN1557666113 (pbk.)
ISBN9781557666116 (pbk.)
Stock number1152072 QBI

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HQ755.7 .K59 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold