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Description
- A three-tiered, response-to-support approach is used to ensure home visitors act in response to families’ preferences and to children’s progress
- Tier I: Support-based home visits
- Tier II: Written instructions
- Tier III: Parent training with performance-based feedback
Research
- A study has been designed and submitted for federal funding; under review
- Recruitment for a national study is under way. Contact Robin.McWilliam@Siskin.org
- Performance feedback has been studied with early childhood teachers:
- Casey, A. M., & McWilliam, R. A. (2008). Graphical feedback to increase teachers’ use of incidental teaching. Journal of Early Intervention, 30, 251-268.
- McWilliam, R. A. (2003). The primary-service-provider model for home- and community-based services. Psicologia, 17, 115-135.
Consultation, Training, and Technical Assistance Opportunities
CTTA on home visiting is available.
Future Directions
- Studies on home visiting, particularly the three-tiered, response-to-support approach are needed. We have designed such a study, which, if we are funded, we will be able to implement with sufficient families to produce generalizable results. Without funding, we will have preliminary data that should help with future applications.
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