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Developmental Parenting

A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners

Lori A. Roggman Lisa K. Boyce Mark S. Innocenti

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Brookes Publishing Co
30 December 2008
When parents are warm, responsive, encouraging, and communicative - the key elements of developmental parenting - they lay the foundation for young children's school readiness, social competence, and mental health. That's why every early childhood professional needs this comprehensive, practical guide to building a developmental parenting program for the families they serve. Unlike other approaches that limit parents to a 'student' role, the proven, the parenting-focused model in this book shows home visitors how to put parents and other caregivers confidently in charge of guiding and supporting their young children's development.

This work helps home visitors and other early childhood professionals to learn the ABCs of facilitating developmental parenting: Attitudes - be responsive, supportive, flexible, and culturally sensitive while looking for the family's strengths and building on them; Behaviors - actively encourage positive parent-child interaction, support developmental parenting behaviors, establish a collaborative partnership with parents, use family activities as learning opportunities, and involve other family members; and, Content - provide parents with clear and relevant information on child development, determine the best curricula for selecting and adapting parent-child activities, and learn to use assessments skillfully to evaluate child progress and parenting behaviors. This how-to guidebook includes all the support early childhood professionals need to facilitate developmental parenting effectively. Program directors will get step-by-step guidance on supervising and evaluating the program, and professionals who work directly with parents will get easy-to-implement strategies, case studies of successful interactions, and tips and advice from other practitioners. With this research-based and reader-friendly book, early childhood professionals will learn to put parents in charge of guiding their child's development - resulting in strong parent-child bonds, healthy families, and improved school readiness.

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Imprint:   Brookes Publishing Co
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 226mm,  Width: 149mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9781557669766
ISBN 10:   1557669767
Pages:   248
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
About the AuthorsForeword Helen H. RaikesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsWhat Is Developmental Parenting?Building a Facilitative Developmental Parenting ProgramA Is for Approach and AttitudesB is for BehaviorC is for ContentPutting It into PracticeCurricula and Activity ResourcesAssessment and Outcome MeasuresTheories of Change for a Developmental Parenting ProgramManaging and Supervising a Developmental Parenting Program Evaluating and Improving a Developmental Parenting ProgramVoices of ExperienceMemories of Lessons LearnedReferencesAppendixesAppendix A: Parent Satisfaction with the Home Visitor and Home Visits: A Survey for ParentsAppendix B: Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS): An Observation Tool for Practitioners and SupervisorsIndex

Dr. Roggman is Professor in the Department of Family, Consumer, &Human Development at Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University. Dr. Roggman's research focuses on parenting and children's early development. She has extensive experience in home visiting research, integrating theory-based inquiry with program evaluation, and training practitioners. She is a strong methodologist with expertise in observational data collection and longitudinal analysis and has authored several observation instruments used extensively by researchers and practitioners. She was principal investigator of a local research team for the national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Dr. Boyce is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development and a Research Scientist at the Emma Eccles Jones Center for Early Childhood Education and Early Intervention Research Institute at Utah State University. Dr. Boyce currently teaches child development and child guidance courses. She has conducted numerous assessments with children with disabilities and those who are at risk for disabilities. She has also provided parenting support to families with children with disabilities through home visits and parenting groups. Her research has focused on facilitating children� (TM)s language and emergent literacy development through everyday parent-child conversations, self-regulation and development through parenting and preschool practices, and the creation and use of meaningful literacy materials. This work has been funded for Migrant Head Start families by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families and for young children with disabilities and their families through the Office of Special Education Programs. Dr. Innocenti is Director of the Research and Evaluation Division at the Center for Persons with Disabilities and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University. Dr. Innocenti has over 30 years of experience working with infants and young children at-risk and with disabilities and their families in multiple research and model demonstration projects. Using an interdisciplinary model that recognizes the contribution of different disciplines and stakeholders, his research is conducted in and for communities. Recent projects focus on assessment and curriculum, home visiting effectiveness, and preschool intervention to prevent later special education.

Reviews for Developmental Parenting: A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners

A must read for professionals who support families! The ideas in this book can help practitioners help parents provide the developmental support children need in their early years.--Kathy R. Thornburg


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