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These resources describe the Head Start program option that provides comprehensive services to children and their families through home visits and group socialization activities.
Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about responsive feeding, help families set up a positive eating environment, and look for responsive feeding behaviors.
Learn strategies to support ongoing home safety conversations with families using home safety checklists.
Hear from Brenda Jones Harden as she takes a look at how the ELOF relates to the work that home visitors do with parents, families, and their children.
Explore these resources to learn more about the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to the home-based program option.
Identify ways to put the Head Start Program Performance Standards on home-based curricula into practice.
Research-based curricula for the home-based program option is founded on solid research around parenting concepts, skills, and practices that promote healthy child development. Use this checklist to evaluate your home-based curriculum.
When your program is selecting a home-based curriculum, use this checklist to guide the decision-making process.
Hear how home visitors can use reflective practice to effectively support families' goals for their children. Explore resources that support reflective practices.
Learn how home visitors can effectively engage with families and support parents in their role as their child's first teacher. Explore the benefits for families enrolled in the home-based option.
Learn ways professional development can help build and expand home visitors’ capacity to work with families to support their child’s development. Find resources to support ongoing professional development.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families