TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Family engagement is a central tenet of high-quality early education practice. However, the ways in which programs interact with families have varied significantly over time and in relationship to program type. This chapter extends traditional notions of family involvement by emphasizing the potential of early care and education programs to effectively support parents and other primary caregivers in enhancing daily interactions with their children. Specifically, home visits are described as an important mechanism to influence parent-child interaction particularly when intentional, evidence-based curricula are employed. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on developing and implementing such home visiting models. In this chapter, we describe a specific example of the integration of the Promoting First Relationships (PFR) parent-child interaction curriculum (Kelly, Zuckerman, Sandoval, & Buehlman, 2008) into home visits in both home and center-based Early Head Start practice. Implementation aspects for enhancing existing family engagement strategies with an intentional home visiting curriculum are discussed with recommendations for future programming and research.
VL  - 20
SN  - 978-1-78635-408-2, 978-1-78635-407-5/0270-4021
DO  - 10.1108/S0270-402120160000020007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0270-402120160000020007
AU  - Hallam Rena A.
AU  - Han Myae
AU  - Vu Jennifer
AU  - Hustedt Jason T.
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Meaningful Family Engagement in Early Care and Education Programs: The Role of Home Visits in Promoting Positive Parent-Child Interaction
T2  - Family Involvement in Early Education and Child Care
T3  - Advances in Early Education and Day Care
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 51
EP  - 66
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -