Theodore Roosevelt is often quoted as saying “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care?” (Dickenson State University, 2015) Do you think this idea relates to how program families connect with you as a home visitor? You bet! It really rings true...
Whenever you fly, the flight attendant always directs you to put your own oxygen mask on before attempting to help anyone else. Likewise, only when we first help ourselves, can we effectively be emotionally present and physically available to the families we serve....
The Body Builders daily do is one of the essential parenting skill sets that we ask parents to do as often as possible. As you know, Body Builders has four primary components: Predictable and Safe Environments, Daily Exercise, Responsive and Preventive Health Care,...
The artist Sarah Walker is quoted as saying “that becoming a mother is like discovering the existence of a strange new room in the house where you already live.” (LaFrance, 2015) Research tells us that many of the emotional changes that occur during pregnancy and...
Forming trusting relationships with parents is essential to keeping families interested and engaged in program services. The Growing Great Kids Curriculum provides a few modules to use at the onset of services that support families in gaining an understanding of the...
When people discuss the disparities in opportunity among socio-economic groups, the research done by Betty Hart and Todd Risley in the 80’s and 90’s often comes up (Hart & Risley, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children, 1995)....
