Home Visit Plan
Baby’s age: 15 months, 3-4 weeks
Parental Health
· Discuss with mother any concerns she has regarding her physical and emotional health.
Parenting
· Ask mother the date of the next scheduled visit with the infant’s healthcare provider. If she is unable to provide the date, support her in making the appropriate appointment.
· Collect HOME Inventory
· Present as anticipatory guidance, Feeding Kids Right Isn’t Always Easy.
Child Development
· Present Parents as Teachers: 15 Month: Week 1
o Discussion Points
§ Carrying, pushing, and pulling
§ Quarterly review
§ Parents’ role
§ Parents’ goals
§ Video segment review
o Parent Handouts
§ Carrying, Pushing, and Pulling
o Activity: Pull Toys
· Present Growing Great Kids: 13 – 15 Months
o Unit Topic Headings
§ Play And Stimulation
§ Parent’s Corner
o Discussion Points
§ Lots Of Play, Lots Of Learning
§ Playing For Learning And Fun
§ Games For Every Place And Any Time
§ Calming Your Toddler After Play
§ Home Time
§ Making Connections
§ Discipline And Punishment
§ Discipline And Parental Stress
§ Home Time
o Parent Handouts
§ Discipline? Punishment?
§ Daily Do: E-Parenting…E-Discipline
§ Basic Toys for Tots
o Activity
§ Basic Games For Young Children
§ Pick Up
§ Toss
§ Push And Pull
§ Run The Bases
§ Stack And Whack
· Present Growing Great Families
o Unit Topic Headings
§ Learning About Family Values And Strengths: The Foundation For Supporting Growth
o Discussion Points
§ Making Connections
§ Your Family Portrait
§ Characteristics Of A Strong Family
§ Common Values: A Characteristic Of A Strong Family
§ Home Time
o Parent Handouts
§ Strong Families
§ Defining Our Values
§ Our Family Values
o Activity: True Values: Part 1
· Present as anticipatory guidance, Understanding Children: Temper Tantrums. Assist mother in a plan of action to manage her child’s temper tantrums.
Personal & Environmental Safety
· Discuss any concerns that mother may have regarding her or her infant’s safety.
Social Supports
· Discuss with mother the amount and quality of support she is receiving from her significant other, family and friends.
· Present as anticipatory guidance, Family Vitality: Characteristics of Strong Families.
Life Course Development
· Discuss with mother the impact of parenting on her current activities surrounding work/school.
· If mother has not yet graduated from high school or earned her GED, discussions should focus on motivating and supporting her in these activities.
· Share Money Saving Tips with mother to open discussion on managing food budgets.
· Collect Demographic Update Form
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