APPENDIX A
AGENDA
Workshop on Revisiting Home Visiting
Monday, March 8 & Tuesday, March 9, 1999
Georgetown University Conference Center
Washington, DC
Monday, March 8, 1999
DAY ONE:
WHAT CAN WE NOW SAY ABOUT HOME VISITING STRATEGIES?
8:30 - 9:00 |
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Perspectives on the Standards of Evidence in Assessing Home Visiting David Olds, Kempe Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado at Denver Deborah Daro, National Center on Child Abuse and Prevention Research Robert Granger, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Moderator: Ann Segal, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
10:00 – 11:00 |
Summaries of New Efforts to Synthesize Research on Home Visitation
Deanna Gomby, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families Moderator: Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University |
11:00 – 11:15 |
BREAK |
11:15 – 12:00 |
Presentation of Meta-Analysis of Home Visiting Interventions Mark Appelbaum, Department of Psychology, University of California at San Diego Monica Sweet, Department of Psychology, University of California at San Diego Moderator: Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University |
12:00 – 12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30 – 1:15 |
LUNCH |
1:15 – 1:45 |
Cost Analysis and Effectiveness of Home Visiting Interventions Steven Barnett, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University Moderator: Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University |
Commentary and Discussion—What Can We Say Today About Home Visiting?
1:45 – 2:30 |
Home visiting for which outcomes? Janet Dean, Community Infant Program Anne Duggan, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University |
2:30 – 3:15 |
For whom is home visiting most effective? Claire Dunham, Ounce of Prevention Fund Mary Wagner, Center for Education and Human Services, SRI International |
3:15 – 3:30 |
BREAK |
3:30 – 4:15 |
What are the biggest barriers to success? John Landsverk, Services Research Center, Children’s Hospital - San Diego Mildred Winter, Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. |
4:15 – 5:00 |
What are the critical elements of effective home visiting strategies? Amy Baker, The Children’s Village Terry Carrilio, Policy Institute, San Diego State University School of Social Work |
Moderator: |
Christoph Heinicke, UCLA Family Development Project, University of California at Los Angeles |
Tuesday, March 9, 1999
DAY TWO:
What can we learn from other research and interventions to inform the future of home visiting?
Research on Family Circumstances: Implications for Home Visiting
9:00 – 9:45 |
Circumstances of Families in Poverty Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Teachers College, Columbia University |
9:45 – 10:30 |
Maternal Depression/Mental Health Douglas Teti, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
10:30 – 10:45 |
BREAK |
10:45 – 11:30 |
Child Abuse and Neglect David Kolko, Department of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Child and Parent Behavior Clinic, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic |
11:30 – 12:15 |
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Linda Espinosa, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Missouri |
Moderator: |
Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University |
12:15 - 1:00 |
LUNCH |
1:00 - 3:00 |
What can we learn from other services and intervention strategies?
Donna Bryant, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tammy Mann, Early Head Start National Resource Center, Zero to Three JoAnn Robinson, Kempe Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado at Denver
Jens Ludwig, Department of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Heather Weiss, Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University
Ellen Eliason Kisker, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Moderator: Jean Layzer, Abt Associates, Inc. |
3:00 - 3:15 |
BREAK |
3:15 - 5:00 |
Conclusions: Panel Discussion Robin Britt, Executive Director, United Child Development Services, Inc. Anne Cohn Donnelly, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Brenda Jones Harden, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland Lisbeth Schorr, Project on Effective Services, Harvard University Moderator: Ruth T. Gross, Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Stanford University |