Home Visiting

Use this tip sheet to learn ways to set up appropriate group socialization environments for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. 

Explore this tip sheet to find information and strategies for offering field trips as part of group socialization experiences.

In this tip sheet, learn how to help parents use their home as their child’s learning environment. Explore ways to choose materials found in the home to support children’s development and learning.

Learn ways home visiting sets the stage for close, trusting relationships. Explore how it’s a key element in any program that supports children and their families and helps build healthy brain development.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive child development and family support services. Learn how programs can enhance children’s physical, social and emotional, and intellectual development.

In this section of the Home Visitor Handbook, learn about the Head Start Program Performance Standards that provide the general requirements of the home-based option.

Education in home-based programs happens during home visits and socializations. Explore the ways to use those times to help parents take advantage of learning experiences throughout their day-to-day routines. 

Learn how home visitors can help promote the parent’s role as the child’s teacher during socializations. Discover how to use experiences focused on the parent-child relationship. 

Review the Head Start Program Performance Standards around home visitors credential and coursework requirements.