Home Visitation Programs

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This resource analyzes home visits as a key intervention for at-risk families with infants and young children, detailing innovative programs for service delivery. It addresses family violence, mental illness, and substance abuse as significant challenges to child development, offering practical strategies for home visitors to prevent issues and create a nurturing environment for children. Contributors provide a realistic framework for planning, developing, and training an effective home visitation workforce, emphasizing the need to tailor interventions to individual family dynamics. The book's international perspective presents various evidence-based programs supporting families in distressed neighborhoods. Key topics include home visitation as a prevention tool for violence, developmental parenting home visiting, supporting paraprofessional home visitors, engagement and retention in child abuse prevention programs, and addressing psychosocial risks in home visiting programs. It also explores home visitation programs in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean. This resource is essential for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in child and school psychology, social work, educational policy, family advocacy, and public health.