Conceptualizing coaching within the home visiting field

Walsh, Bridget A.; Innocenti, M. S.; Manz, Patricia H.; Early, Start; Cook, G. A.; Jeon, Hyun‐Joo

doi:10.1080/10901027.2022.2125464

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“…Recognizing and responding to the developmental progress of caregivers is a new concept to many home visitors. However, this approach impacts caregiver confidence (Brown & Woods, 2016; Walsh et al., 2022). In addition to giving recognition to caregivers for their skills and growth, building confidence is related to asking reflective questions.…”

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“…Through a parallel process, home visitors support and reflect with the caregiver who then use those same supportive and reflective skills with their children (Roggman et al., 2008; Walsh et al., 2022) currently and long after the transition out of services. We observed that caregivers in the higher‐quality group were four times more likely to encourage their child during activities.…”

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Facilitating caregiver‐child interactions in home visiting: A qualitative observational study

Huber

Molthen

Cook

et al. 2023

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Facilitating parent‐child interactions is a key component of evidence‐based early childhood home visiting programs. Several observational measures have been created to effectively capture home visiting activities from an operationalized perspective. While the field has a reasonable understanding of what home visitors can do to facilitate developmentally supportive interactions, and why, the how remains elusive for many home visitors. This qualitative study used a modified grounded theory approach to examine the facilitation of caregiver‐child interactions during home visits. Home visit video recordings previously coded using the Home Visit Rating Scale (HOVRS) A+ were selected based on facilitation quality. Sixteen home visits (8 lower‐ and 8 higher‐quality facilitation scores) were examined for differences in home visitor behaviors that support parent‐child interactions during visits. We identified contextual and specific behaviors that home visitors used to actively engage caregivers and children together in developmentally supportive interactions. Results revealed 11 home visitor behaviors that discriminated higher quality facilitation. These behaviors were categorized into four domains: environmental conditions, executing the activity, strengths‐based focus, and caregiver responses. This qualitative study highlights specific behaviors and professional development areas to support more effective home visiting services for a diverse population of families with young children.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Facilitating caregiver‐child interactions in home visiting: A qualitative observational study

Huber

Molthen

Cook

et al. 2023

Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…Home visitors also serve as coaches to promote their attainment of measurable outcomes (Walsh et al., accepted). For example, SafeCare, an evidence based HV model that benefits families at‐risk for child abuse and neglect (HomVEE, 2020b), must have a coach who conducts model fidelity and supports home visitors (Shanley et al., 2013).…”

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Coaching home visitors: A thematic review with an emphasis on research and practice needs

Walsh

Innocenti

Early³

et al. 2022

Infant Mental Health Journal

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There is wide recognition in early childhood fields that coaching is important to a professional's development and growth in general, but little is known about coaching home visiting professionals in particular. An early childhood home visiting professional works with families to encourage positive parent-child interactions, family goal setting, and family well-being and health. Determining the essential components of coaching home visitors will help advance this field. Because coaching in the home visiting field is emergent, this article draws on literature from the early childhood field with an emphasis on applications for home visiting. We gleaned six themes that may represent common features of coaching. This article presents a compilation of common themes identified in literature reviews on coaching professionals across the early childhood field that warrant further development and evaluation by home visiting practitioners and researchers regardless of the home visiting model. The discussion concludes with recommendations to stimulate research and practice on coaching home visitors.

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Implementation of training and coaching to improve goal planning and family engagement in early childhood home visiting

West,

Spinosa,

DeVoe

et al. 2024

Children and Youth Services Review

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Conceptualizing coaching within the home visiting field

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

Facilitating caregiver‐child interactions in home visiting: A qualitative observational study

Facilitating caregiver‐child interactions in home visiting: A qualitative observational study

Coaching home visitors: A thematic review with an emphasis on research and practice needs

Implementation of training and coaching to improve goal planning and family engagement in early childhood home visiting

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