Home visiting program offers tools, support that parents need for success
“We really want to come alongside the parent and caregiver. We want to give them the tools that they need to parent well to support their child. We want to really help facilitate parent-child interaction and engagement. … We want to give you (as the parent) time and materials and supplies and ideas of how you can engage with your child, how you can notice the different child development milestones, and how you can continue to push them forward in their development.”
United Ability staffers Leeann Haines and Robin Parkes join AC to talk about the First Teacher Home Visiting Program, which offers training and support for parents in such areas as parent-child interaction, parenting skills, and child development.
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- Introduction
- What is the First Teacher Home Visiting Program?
- What are the requirements to join the program?
- Who would you say is a prime candidate for the program?
- Program success stories
- How long does enrollment take?
- What does a first visit look like?
- What do following visits look like?
- What does integration in the community look like?
- Are there any connections between participating families?
Resources mentioned in broadcast:
- children.alabama.gov/for-families/first-teacher-home-visiting
- www.unitedability.org/first-teacher-home-visiting-program
Alabama Care is partially supported by the Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities (http://www.acdd.org/). The views expressed are not necessarily the views of these organizations.