Developmental Parenting: A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners (Roggman, Boyce, & Innocenti)

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Developmental Parenting
A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners
By Lori A. Roggman, Ph.D., Lisa K. Boyce, Ph.D., & Mark S. Innocenti, Ph.D.

"Offers exactly the kind of guidance and information that interventionists need to turn good intentions and theoretical ideas into practical activities and supports for families."
—Carla Peterson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

"Wise and practical ... More than a 'how to' guide, it's a 'how come' guide, providing a compelling empirical and theoretical background to developmental parenting."
—Jon Korfmacher, Ph.D., Erikson Institute

When parents are warm, responsive, encouraging, and communicative—the key elements of developmental parenting—they lay the foundation for young children's school readiness, social competence, and mental health. That's why every early childhood professional needs this comprehensive, practical guide to building a developmental parenting program for the families they serve.

Unlike other approaches that limit parents to a "student" role, the proven parenting-focused model in this book shows home visitors how to put parents and other caregivers confidently in charge of guiding and supporting their young children's development. Home visitors and other early childhood professionals will learn the ABCs of facilitating developmental parenting:

Attitudes. Be responsive, supportive, flexible, and culturally sensitive while looking for the family's strengths and building on them.

Behaviors. Actively encourage positive parent–child interaction, support developmental parenting behaviors, establish a collaborative partnership with parents, use family activities as learning opportunities, and involve other family members.

Content. Provide parents with clear and relevant information on child development, determine the best curricula for selecting and adapting parent–child activities, and learn to use assessments skillfully to evaluate child progress and parenting behaviors.

This how-to guidebook includes all the support early childhood professionals need to facilitate developmental parenting effectively. Program directors will get step-by-step guidance on supervising and evaluating the program, and professionals who work directly with parents will get easy-to-implement strategies, case studies of successful interactions, and tips and advice from other practitioners.

With this research-based and reader-friendly book, early childhood professionals will learn to put parents in charge of guiding their child's development—resulting in strong parent-child bonds, healthy families, and improved school readiness.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-1-55766-976-6
Paperback
248 pages / 6 x 9
2008 / $26.95
Stock# 69766

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Foreword
Helen H. Raikes
Preface

1. What Is Developmental Parenting?

2. Building a Facilitative Developmental Parenting Program

3. A Is for Approach and Attitudes

4. B is for Behavior

5. C is for Content

6. Putting It into Practice

7. Curricula and Activity Resources

8. Assessment and Outcome Measures

9. Theories of Change for a Developmental Parenting Program

10. Managing and Supervising a Developmental Parenting Program

11. Evaluating and Improving a Developmental Parenting Program

12. Voices of Experience

13. Memories of Lessons Learned

References
Appendix A: Parent Satisfaction with the Home Visitor and Home Visits: A Survey for Parents
Appendix B: Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS): An Observation Tool for Practitioners and Supervisors
Index