Sentences with phrase «of weekly home visits»

Minimum of weekly home visits by the CPS worker and family mentor.

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An aging maiden aunt, one who had loved her as a little girl, dying of breast cancer in the 50s - got weekly visits and home - cooked food.

In every church, a sustained program of personal visiting — especially by laypeople — is an important need of the aged, Clergy, of course, can not be expected to do all things, Serving communion to the elderly in their homes once a month is reasonable to expect from a minister: a weekly contact is not.

With Fisher's new credentials though and the encouragement of Mom2Mom Global Executive Director Amy Smolinski, she began to host weekly breastfeeding cafes and eventually provide in - home lactation visits as well as breastfeeding support via social media.

Intervention: combination of home visit by breastfeeding consultant within 5 days of hospital discharge (duration 2 h) and weekly telephone calls by the consultant for 1 month, then monthly from 2 - 6 months

Intervention: breastfeeding support from the researcher, a community midwife, consisting of daily visits in hospital, telephone call within 72 h of discharge and weekly through the fourth week postpartum, and at least 1 home visit (in the first week), with further home visits as required.

Now a new study shows that screening for the disorder and providing short - term, relationship - focused therapy through weekly home visits can relieve depression among minority mothers, even in the face of poverty and personal histories of abuse or violence.

After almost 9 years of blogging here on ALP and thousands of emails asking me for suggestions in the DC area whether they are local or just visiting I think it is time to get this all down in one place with a weekly series specific to my home for a decade, Washington DC.

This combination of door - knocking, cajoling, and offering incentives seems to work, and each nine - week session of Baby College draws a class of more than 100 parents, all of whom receive weekly follow - up visits at home.

A bi-weekly or even weekly visit from a home visitor isn't enough to address deeper problems, like depression, neighborhood safety and the stress of juggling work and childrearing, and trying to make ends meet for a family on poverty wages.

Most of the activities were deliberately chosen to increase intelligence and academic skills, and teachers made weekly home visits to each child's family (Schweinhart, 2003).

My work at HOV: I visit patients weekly at Hospice of the Valley's Gardiner Home and at group homes where people who love little dogs live.

A list of home exercises may be obtained and / or the dog can visit weekly or a few times weekly for exercise and treatment.

During their weekly visits, an Alfred «butler» will gain access to your home, take stock of what you need, and ensure your errands are taken care of.

The program consisted of 22 weekly, 90 - minute concurrent groups for parents and preschoolers, 30 minutes of guided parent - preschooler interactions, 10 biweekly 90 - minute home visits, and up to 6 additional family visits provided during the 6 - to 8 - month period of intervention.

For example, Early Head Start provides daily contact with low - income families through center - based programs or weekly contact through home - based programs.32 The Infant Health and Development Program provided an average of 67 home visits in children's first 3 years of life.33 In contrast, the average Healthy Steps family made 11 well - child visits and received less than 2 home visits within their child's first 2.5 years.

As part of programme delivery, parents receive weekly telephone calls to encourage them to practice the skills at home and also, where possible, parents who miss a session receive visits from a facilitator to deliver the session on an one - to - one basis.

Weekly home visiting coupled with monthly group socialization activities for parents and their children is expected to be the primary service delivery approach for many of these children and their families.

Early Childhood Investments Substantially Boost Adult Health Similar results are linked to weekly interventions by home visiting professionals; their visits focus on parenting skills and encouraging development of cognitive and social - emotional skills.

Families are to be offered weekly home visits for a minimum of six months after the birth of the baby.

The agency's home visitation intervention used the Parent Aides Nurturing and Developing With Adolescents curriculum.25 The curriculum was based on theories of human ecology, attachment, and social support, which emphasize that positive child development is promoted by nurturing, empathetic parenting and is influenced by the characteristics of families and social networks.25 (pp1 - 9), 26 The home visitor was to use the curriculum in weekly home visits with the teenager to teach and model nurturing parenting behaviors, encourage the teenager to continue with her education, make general assessments of health and social problems, and initiate referral for early intervention when necessary.

Western Hockey League fans were encouraged to visit the Re / Max Home Team Contest website and perform fun challenges for the chance to win weekly and grand prizes worth a total of $ 25,000.