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 the book presents practical strategies for home visitors to address and prevent
problems while fostering an improved environment for raising children. Contributors offer a
realistic framework for planning developing and training an effective home visitation
workforce and tailoring interventions to fit individual family dynamics. And the book's
international focus provides a variety of perspectives on evidence-based programs that support
families raising children in distressed neighborhoods.Among the featured topics:Home visitation
as a primary prevention tool for violence.Developmental parenting home visiting to prevent
violence.Supporting the paraprofessional home visitor.Engagement and retention in home visiting
child abuse prevention programs.Addressing psychosocial risk factors among families in home
visiting programs.Home visitation programs in the United States Latin America and the
Caribbean.Home Visitation Programs: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Early Child
Development is an essential resource for researchers graduate students and professionals in
child and school psychology social work educational policy family advocacy and public
health.
