Home Visitation Programs Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Early Child Development

Home Visitation Programs Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Early Child Development / edited by Lori Roggman, Nancy Cardia.

This timely resource analyzes home visits as a primary intervention for at-risk families with infants and young children and details innovative programs for home service delivery. Focusing on family violence, mental illness, and alcohol and substance abuse  as major challenges to child development,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Roggman, Lori (Editor), Cardia, Nancy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Child psychology.
School psychology.
Social work.
Public health.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction to Home Visiting and its Challenges
  • 1. Introduction: Home Visitation as a Primary Prevention Tool for Violence; Alberto Concha-Eastman
  • 2. The Four Challenges for Home Visitation: Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Intrafamilial Violence, and Mental Disorders; Maristela G. Monteiro
  • Part 2. Home Visiting Programs and Practices: Research and Evaluation
  • 3. Home Visiting to Enhance Child Development in the Context of Violence: Possibilities and Limitations; Jon Korfmacher
  • 4. Developmental Parenting Home Visiting to Prevent Violence: Monitoring and Evaluating; Lori Roggman
  • 5. Developing the Home Visiting Workforce; Nick Wechsler
  • 6. Supporting the Paraprofessional Home Visitor; Jon Kofmarcher
  • 7. Engagement and Retention in Home Visiting Child Abuse Prevention Programs; William M. McGuigan and Breanna Gassner
  • 8. Addressing Psychosocial Risk Factors among Families Enrolled in Home Visiting: Issues and Opportunities; S. Darius Tandon
  • 9. Considerations on the Implementation, Innovation, and Improvement of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs; Mark S. Innocenti
  • Part 3. Home Visiting Programs Outside the United States
  • 10. Home Visitation Programs for Early Child Development: Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean; Nancy Cardia, Renato Alves, Aline Gomes and Alder Mourão
  • 11. Home Visiting Interventions to Promote Values that Support School Success; Martha Julia García-Sellers
  • 12. The Roving Caregivers Programme: A Caribbean Model; Susan Branker, Clive Murray and Horis Lynch
  • 13. The Investment In Home Visit Programs in Rural Indigenous Communities as a Strategy to Grant a Good Start in Life for Young Children; J. Leonardo Yánez.

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