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Characterizing Home Visiting
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... It is the activities that occur within the context of home visiting that constitute the intervention -- although what actually transpires during a visit has seldom been documented. Different programs that employ home visiting as a service delivery method have very different goals -- ranging from preventing child abuse to preparing children for school -- which in turn influence program design and implementation.
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... Amy Baker, of the Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and evaluator of the Home instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, noted that, despite the fact that the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters is a structured program with a core curriculum, her research revealed that the staff held very different ideas about the program. Some staff viewed it as a school readiness program, so spent more time reviewing the program materials with the parent, while others saw its purpose as community outreach and spent more time linking the 3


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