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October 27, 2020 - December 8, 2020
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Alberta Home Visitation Network Association
is offering a
Virtual Book Club (VBC)
Developmental Parenting Part 1 – Home Visitation
This 7-week, one hour weekly virtual book club will be offered via Zoom.
Our First Book Club Selection:
Developmental Parenting – A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners
What is Developmental Parenting? Join AHVNA’s Virtual Book Club to find out what all the excitement is about. What do parents do to support their child’s development? How does a Home visitor facilitate positive parent-child interactions and why is this important?
Find out what the ABC’s of facilitated developmental parenting look like and why. Together we will read and reflect on each chapter of Developmental Parenting– A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners, by Lori Roggman, Lisa Boyce and Mark Innocenti.
Developmental Parenting books have been provided to individuals who attended Piccolo training through AHVNA. It outlines the work home visitors do between PICCOLO observations and does not need to be used in conjunction with PICCOLO. In other words, it lays out a method for daily home visits, including how to plan activities, in a way that facilitates parents in developing skills to support their child when they move on from your home visitation program.
You do NOT need to have taken PICCOLO training to use this book or to attend the book club.
Prerequisite: NONE
This book club covers chapters 1-7, 12 and 13 of the Developmental Parenting book, which focuses on the work directly done with families and touches on the support of this work.
Who should attend:
Any AHVNA member with an interest in exploring the practice of home visitation and how to apply theory to actual home visits, supervision, outcomes and/or program evaluation.
What to expect from AHVNA’s Virtual Book Club:
The AHVNA Virtual Book Club engages in reflection, discussion and mutual learning to develop and inform our practice. Discussions take place in a safe, respectful environment intended to stretch our thinking and enrich our practice.
After each discussion, you will receive an email with a few questions intended to guide, but by no means limit, our reading and exploration of the next section.
What will be expected of Participants:
Participants will be expected to read a selection of the Developmental Parenting book weekly (about 15-30 pages per week)
Attend once weekly virtual book club discussions via Zoom.
Come to the discussion with a curious and reflective mind; looking to learn and share.
Complete a brief Survey Monkey evaluation to provide feedback.
Logistics:
AHVNA is aware that given our current world circumstances, not everyone has access to their copy of this book and staff not yet trained may not have a copy (they are welcome; there is no prerequisite for the virtual book club).
Now more than ever, we find ourselves exercising the flexibility inherent to home visitation in all parts of our work and daily lives. Creative problem solving and ideas are encouraged.
Connect with AHVNA if you don’t have access to the book; we may be able to support you with getting one.
Date: October 27, 2020 – December 8, 2020 (weekly on TUESDAYS)
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm (note: October 27 will start at 1:00 pm)
Location: Zoom Link will be emailed to registrants the morning of each weekly discussion
Contact training@ahvna.org ahead of time if you would like assistance with using Zoom
Fee: Included in AHVNA Membership
Books (if needed, please indicate in comments):
Provincially Funded Family Resource Network Home Visitation Team Members: no charge
AHVNA members: $50 per book
Non Members: $75 per book
Books are cost recovery and include shipping