Visitation Facilitation
The Visitation Facilitator will assist parents in learning and practicing new concepts of parenting and to assess their own ability to parent through interaction with the child. Visits can occur in the home or in a mutually agreed upon environment. The worker will also assist the family by strengthening, teaching, demonstrating, role modeling appropriate skills and monitoring in, but not limited to the following areas:
- Establishing and/or strengthening the parent/child relationship
- Instructing parents in childcare skills such as feeding, diapering, proper hygiene
- Teaching positive affirmations and praising when appropriate
- Providing instruction about child development stages, current and future
- Teaching age-appropriate discipline
- Teaching positive parent-child interaction through conversation and play
- Providing opportunities for snack and meal
- Responding to children’s questions and requests
- Teaching safety regarding age-appropriate toys, climbing, running, jumping, or other safety
- issues depending on the environment
- Managing the needs of children of differing ages at the same time
- Helping parents gain confidence in meeting their child’s needs
- Visit planning
- Teaching age appropriate activities that encourage child development and resiliency
- Identifying and assessing potentially stressful situations between parents and their children