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Home visiting open house
This was an open house, not a webinar. Trista Vonada, Tiffany Ajayi and Shai Idelson talked with home visiting leaders about what consultation adds to reflective supervision and why so few programs have it today. Then they got to the question that matters most: how to bring consultation in without waiting for a funded consultant position.
Reflective supervision helps a home visitor look back at what happened. Consultation does that too. Then it asks why it happened and how to respond next time. Tiffany, a program director in Illinois who is training with us, described what that looks like with her team. Trista named it the parallel process: a consultant doesn't take the expert role with home visitors, just as home visitors don't take it with parents. We were honest about the gaps too. Studies in Illinois and Michigan show more responsive home visitors, higher self-efficacy and less burnout, but the evidence is not yet as strong as it is in early care and education. And only about 1 in 5 of the states we spoke with has a structured consultation program. Our answer is don't wait. 43 home visitors started our June cohort, and 2 in 3 people in it joined to use consultation skills in the role they already have.
See what the research says about consultation in home visiting.
Speakers
Trista VonadaInfant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Tiffany AjayiProgram Director, Infant Welfare Society of Evanston
Shai IdelsonCEO, Attunify; Innovation Director, Thrive Center, Georgetown University.
Naomi Ortega TeinHome Visiting Lead
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