The art and practice of home visiting : early intervention for children with special needs and their families / by Ruth E. Cook and Shirley N. Sparks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Ruth E.

Contributor:

Sparks, Shirley N. (Shirley Nichols), 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family social work.

Social work with children with disabilities.

Children with disabilities--Services for.

Children with disabilities.

Parents of children with disabilities--Services for.

Parents of children with disabilities.

Children with disabilities--Family relationships.

Home-based family services.

Social case work.

Disabled Children.

Early Intervention, Educational.

House Calls.

Medical Subjects:

Disabled Children.

Early Intervention, Educational.

House Calls.

Physical Description:

xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Paul H. Brookes Pub., [2008]

Summary:

A complete introductory text and an invaluable professional development resource, this book is every home visitor's key to culturally sensitive, family-centered early intervention for children with special needs. Building on their extensive academic backgrounds and practical experience in the field, the authors address the complex issues home visitors face in their daily work with families who have diverse backgrounds and needs. Home visitors will learn the essential skills they'll need to help parents enjoy a lead role in guiding their child's development, adjust their approach for a wide range of families, including teenage parents, grandparents, and parents with disabilities, work successfully with interpreters and translators, communicate in a warm, accepting, respectful, and empathetic way, conduct effective assessment in the child's natural environment, implement evidence-based interventions that fit the child's needs and help each unique family meet their goals, work with children with specific disorders, such as autism, delayed speech and language, and developmental delays, skillfully manage legal, ethical, and personal safety concerns.

Filled with helpful record-keeping forms and realistic family and home visitor interactions that illustrate suggested techniques, this reader-friendly resource helps pre- and in-service practitioners master the art and practice of effective home visiting with families of every type.

Contents:

An overview of home visiting

Understanding families as systems

Building home visitor-family relationships

Structuring home visitation

Facilitating adult-child interaction

Guidelines for intervention for children with various disorders / with contributions from Carole Osselaer

Special family challenges

Expanding the early intervention team / with contributions from Carole Osselaer

Personal concerns of the home visitor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.

ISBN:

155766885X

9781557668851

OCLC:

226038346