Sentences with phrase «also conduct home visits»

In addition to adoption fairs, many rescue groups also conduct home visits that include the prospective pet.

Not exact matches

Research shows that families typically receive roughly half of the number of home visits expected.16, 17 For example, across three randomized controlled trials conducted of Nurse Family Partnership, average dosage of visits ranged from 45 to 62 percent.18 Research also shows that many, perhaps most, families enrolled in home visiting programs drop out before their eligibility ends.16, 19,20 Some home visiting studies have varied the dosage that families were offered and found that fewer home visits produced outcomes similar to higher levels of exposure.21

As a teacher at a small Oakland, California public high school called Life Academy, where each teacher also holds a mixed - grade level advisory class of about 20 students, I began conducting home visits for my advisees as a way to clarify my relationship to them as more than a teacher.

Staffers also conduct summer, fall, and spring home visits between and during the sophomore and junior years to students who are at risk of not graduating because of deficiencies in course credits, the possibility of failing the state high school exit exam (a condition of graduation), or poor grades.

For the family that is selected as the top choice applicant, we require a vet reference check (s) and a home visit to be conducted for all potential adopters, which will also take time to complete.

The home visit may also be conducted by the foster.

We may also contact your personal or veterinary references prior to conducting a home visit.

Especially in the summer, when many artists arrive at their seasonal homes to do their work, museum directors and curators come calling — essentially to pay their respects and conduct studio visits to see new work, and also to talk discreetly to artists about their estate plans.

One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.

The staff at the mission also conducts home and hospital visits to provide emotional support to the sick and the aged.

We also observed selected meetings of the Home Visiting Task Force and conducted reviews of meeting minutes and other project materials.

Coordinators also need their own means of transportation to conduct monthly home visits with participants.

Monthly home visits are also conducted to observe parent - child interactions and provide guidance in the home on learning through play.

Our Family Support Specialist also conducts home - visits with those parents who qualify.