These resources describe the Head Start program option that provides comprehensive services to children and their families through home visits and group socialization activities.
Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about responsive feeding, help families set up a positive eating environment, and look for responsive feeding behaviors.
Explore creativity in this home visiting webinar. Learn how home visitors partner with parents to nurture creative minds, support the development of critical thinking, and foster problem-solving.
Explore research, home visiting strategies, and resources that support home visitors as they partner with families to promote cognitive self-regulation in young children.
During transitions, infants and toddlers need adult support. Learn how adults can help by building caring relationships, offering consistent routines, and being flexible to meet the unique needs of each child
Take a look at the research on home visiting programs. Find out how it shows home visiting is a complex endeavor with varying degrees of positive outcomes.
Find ways learning experiences can build home visitors’ knowledge and skills, supporting reflection, self-awareness, and empathy and regulating intense feelings arising from working with families.
Find out how programs can offer comprehensive services for children and families, and how these services can enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Learn more about home-based staff qualifications and how programs ensure that each staff member, consultant, and contractor has the qualifications and competencies to provide high-quality services.
It is key for home visitors to feel safe and know how to maintain personal safety. Learn how to help create an emotionally safe environment for both home visitors and families.
Learn about the pivotal role supervisors play in a Head Start or Early Head Start program with a home-based option. Explore ways they enhance the quality of home visiting and group socialization services.