The Home Visitor's Guidebook
, by Klass, Carol S.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781557669032 | 1557669031
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/30/2008
About the Author: Carol S. Klass, Ph.D., is a child and early intervention specialist with more than 35 years of experience in the field
About the Author | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xi |
Preface to the Second Edition | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xix |
Credits | p. xx |
Introduction | p. xxiii |
Approach | p. xxv |
Overview of Topics | p. xxviii |
Home Visiting: The Basics | p. 1 |
The Parent-Home Visitor Relationship | p. 3 |
Cultural Sensitivity and Recognition | p. 4 |
Bilingual Families | p. 5 |
Forming the Parent-Home Visitor Relationship | p. 6 |
Progression of the Parent-Home Visitor Relationship | p. 13 |
Establishing Reciprocal, Positive Feelings Between Parents and Home Visitors: A Personal Relationship | p. 17 |
Shared Delight in the Child | p. 20 |
Grandparents | p. 21 |
Fathers | p. 22 |
Working with Pregnant Mothers and Their Families | p. 23 |
Home Visitors' Relationship with Teen Parents | p. 23 |
Mothers and Childbearing Daughters | p. 28 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 28 |
Conclusion | p. 30 |
The Home Visitor's Approach | p. 31 |
Communication and Interpersonal Skills | p. 32 |
Essential Knowledge and Skills | p. 50 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 60 |
Conclusion | p. 65 |
The Home Visitor's Professional Development | p. 67 |
Education | p. 68 |
Supervision | p. 82 |
Peer Mentoring: A Program Example | p. 86 |
Assessment and Evaluation | p. 89 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 91 |
Conclusion | p. 92 |
Promoting Healthy Parent and Child Development | p. 95 |
Developing a Sense of Self: The Foundation of Social and Emotional Development | p. 97 |
Neurophysiology | p. 99 |
Developing the Body Self: Birth to 6 Months | p. 103 |
The Autonomous Self: 7-18 Months | p. 116 |
The Social Self: 19 Months to 3 Years | p. 124 |
The Narrative Self: 3-5 Years | p. 130 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 138 |
Conclusion | p. 139 |
Guidance and Discipline | p. 143 |
Guidance and Discipline | p. 145 |
A Developmental Approach | p. 146 |
Early Infancy: Birth to 8 Months | p. 146 |
Late Infancy: 8-17 Months | p. 150 |
Toddlerhood: 18 Months to 3 Years | p. 153 |
Late Toddlerhood: 3-5 Years | p. 160 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 170 |
Conclusion | p. 170 |
Communication and Language | p. 173 |
Communication and Language | p. 173 |
Prespeech: Birth to 10 Months | p. 174 |
Emergence of First Words and Jargon: 10-15 Months | p. 180 |
Word Combinations: 16 Months to 2 Years | p. 183 |
Telling Stories: 2-5 Years | p. 187 |
Emerging Literacy | p. 193 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 196 |
Conclusion | p. 199 |
Play, Learning, and Development | p. 201 |
Birth to 12 Months | p. 202 |
12-30 Months | p. 207 |
30 Months to 5 Years | p. 213 |
Electronic Play | p. 219 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 219 |
Conclusion | p. 224 |
Everyday Rituals and Celebrations | p. 227 |
Patterns of Mutuality | p. 230 |
Family Celebrations and Traditions | p. 251 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 254 |
Conclusion | p. 255 |
Children's Illnesses | p. 257 |
Caregiving as a Social Experience | p. 257 |
Illnesses and Medical Conditions | p. 258 |
Developmental Importance of Illness | p. 265 |
Serious Illness | p. 266 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 267 |
Conclusion | p. 268 |
Siblings | p. 269 |
New Children | p. 270 |
Parental Expectations and Comparisons | p. 273 |
Valuing Different Children | p. 275 |
Sibling Relationships | p. 277 |
Discipline | p. 280 |
Large Families | p. 280 |
Only Children | p. 280 |
Balancing the Home Visitor's Interactions | p. 281 |
Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 283 |
Conclusion | p. 284 |
The Psychologically Vulnerable Family | p. 287 |
Marital/Partnership Discord and Divorce | p. 290 |
Mental Illness | p. 293 |
Substance Abuse | p. 297 |
Domestic and Community Violence | p. 301 |
The Resilient Child | p. 308 |
Conclusion | p. 309 |
Person and Profession | p. 311 |
Personal History-Professional Competence | p. 313 |
Janice | p. 315 |
Cynthia | p. 324 |
Childhood Pain to Professional Competence | p. 341 |
Conclusion | p. 344 |
Resources | p. 347 |
Endnotes | p. 357 |
References | p. 381 |
Index | p. 403 |
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