PREPARATION
☐Prepare with an open mind☐ Recognize what I bring to the interactions - See Reflection questions
☐Lesson Plan
☐Age appropriate toys/materials
☐Toys/materials from the home
☐Curriculum use
ASSESSMENT
☐Environment
Attentiveness:
☐Other people in the environment,
☐Safety concerns / Acknowledgment:
☐Location for visit in the home
☐Other people
☐Safety concerns
☐Other elements of the physical environment
Availability of Parents
Attentiveness:
☐Environment noise
☐Affect/behavior of parent / Acknowledgment:
☐Environmental noise
☐Parent’s affect/behavior
☐General health and well-being parent/family members
☐HV adjusting approach based on assessment process
Formal Assessment Tool:
AFFILIATION
☐ Open-ended questions / ☐Pause / ☐Make eye contact / ☐Repeat
☐Avoid judgment / ☐Ask opinion / ☐Advise last
☐Tell me about your baby
☐Child’s Development
☐Family Systems
☐Relationship Building
☐Active listening body language of HV
☐Affect of HV
OBSERVATION
Shared (parent and professional) observation of the child
Narrating developmental behaviors
Inquiring about developmental behaviors observed
Professional’sobservation of the parent-child interactions
HV proximity to the interactive activity
Narrating developmental behaviors
Inquiring about developmental behaviors observed
Asking questions to extend interaction
DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORS
☐Knowledge in support of the facilitation of parent-child interactions
☐Use ofage appropriate materials in support of the parent-child interactions
☐Statements or questions related to this particular developmental age including Touchpoints
☐Adult Learning Principles
☐Skills used in the facilitation of parent-child interactions% of time HV interacting with child ______
% of time HV facilitating interaction ______
☐HV introduction of materials
☐Use of adult learning principles
☐State matching
☐“Coming alongside”
☐Respect for cultural/linguistic diversity
☐Behavior of the child as common language
☐Supporting parental mastery
☐Meaning a parent is making of child development or behavior
☐Use of we statements
☐Compassionate confrontation
☐Collaboration
☐Reinforcement of serve and return
☐Use of the pivot (moving discussion from crisis/issue to impact of crisis/issue on child’s development/behavior)
☐Dispositions necessary to facilitate parent-child interactions
☐Body language
☐Responsiveness
☐Flexibility
☐Non-judgmental attitude
☐Empathy
☐Warmth
☐Optimistic attitude
☐Patience
☐Cultural humility
SYSTEM OF SUPPORT / SYSTEM OF CARE
Acknowledgment of
☐“Who the parent brings into the room.”
☐Current support system
☐Current community resources
☐Parent’s perceived need through
Referral/Advocacy:
Use of
☐Additional materials/curriculum
☐Collaborative planning of the next encounter

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