One step forward, two steps back : making change in early Head start / Patrice W. Hallock ; foreword by Tom Schram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallock, Patrice W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home visits (Education)--United States--Case studies.

Home visits (Education).

Head Start programs--Case studies.

Head Start programs.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xix, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009]

Summary:

This book describes the experience of families who participate in an Early Head Start program for families with infants and toddlers who live in poverty. The author examines the lives of the families as they go about their daily routines, attend the Head Start center, and receive home visits. Hallock seeks to understand the complex relationships between families and the Early Head Start home visitors who are there to support them and help improve their lives. This book provides insight on how institutions such as Head Start can influence relationship-based work, providing hope for families and home visitors as they work towards explicit shared goals.

Contents:

Part I Families 1

1 Family Life 5

2 Relationships 27

3 What Families Want 51

Part II Home Visitors 77

4 Home Visitors in Early Head Start 81

5 A Good Home Visitor 93

6 What Home Visitors Want 99

Part III Home Visitor-Family Relationships 109

7 Getting Connected 113

8 Families, Home Visits, and Home Visitors 125

9 "Nudging" and Being "Nudged" 137

Part IV Giving Meaning to the Experience 155

10 Mixed Messages 157

11 The Paradox of Helping 165

12 Trustworthiness 177.

Notes:

Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of New Hampshire, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0761844473

9780761844471

OCLC:

277275498