Concepts Presented in the Videotape

• The Head Start Program Performance Standards are met through the home-based program option, encompassing all the component areas.

• Home visitors work with parents and families to address families' hopes and needs through home visits, group socialization activities, and other Head Start experiences.

• Home visitors establish and maintain rapport with parents, based on mutual respect and trust, in order to form a partnership with parents for meeting family needs.

• Home visitors help parents to use the home as a learning environment.

• Home visitors base their work with families on the family needs assessment
  and the child's developmental profile.

• Home visitors and parents use information about each family to develop individualized short and long-term goals.

• Home visitors individualize with each family-building on family members' strengths while utilizing their surroundings and home environment.

• Supervisors, component coordinators, and other Head Start team members support home visitors and facilitate their work.

• Home visitors use a variety of skills and techniques, including a systematic referral process.

• Socialization experiences provide opportunities for parent and child peer interaction and offer a setting for parent observation of their child and other children in a group.

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