Guest Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Hey, Iam thinking of starting home visits in my setting especially in the baby room. I was wondering has anyone got any ideas of what questions to ask? benefits of home visits? or what to take with you on a home visit? x
Susan Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I only have experience of home visiting before starting school and the benefits there are tremendous but we had a policy not to go alone and not to partake of refreshments.
Elfy Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I do home visits for children entering the nursery (3 and 4 year olds). I always take someone else with me, usually the nursery nurse. We take some toys from nursery with us and then these are available for the childrens first session. I tend to talk to the parents and the nursery nurse tends to interact with the child. I originally went with something to fill in, but it has evolved that I just have a list of prompts for me and take notes as necessary. Each visit is different. I really enjoy them and they provide you with a wealth of information. Elfy x
Guest Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 I used to love doing home visits, very useful for starting the building up of parent relationships. Mine were preschool age and I used to 'talk' through the reistration form, permission form etc ( example in resource library) and prior to or during the visit give out a questionairre for the parent to complete, which was also discussed. see attached. can't take credit for all the questions as I adapted it from examples from here. Peggy HOME_VISIT_INTERVIEW_SHEET.doc
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