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REPORT OF HOME VISIT WITH USE OF HOME INVENTORY

Name: Ashley Collins

Semester: Pre-ECE Birth to Eight

Family Background: The child that I did my Home Visit over is Drew Bowne. He is 5 years
old and in Junior Kindergarten. He lives with his mother Mary, who is a professor at
South Dakota State University and his father Aaron, who is a farmer on their family
farm. Drew also lives with his siblings Nick, who is in middle school and likes sports,
Kadence, who is in fifth grade and likes to play with her friends and spend time with
family and Kyra, who is in second grade and likes to spend as much time with her mom
as possible. Drew currently wakes up, eats breakfast made my his mom, goes to school,
and then gets picked up and taken care of by the families childcare facilitator until one
of Drew’s parents picks him up and takes him home. The Bowne Family spends a lot of
time at activities at night before coming home. The Bowne Family also spends a lot of
time together playing and having fun. They all typically have dinner together. The chil-
dren are encouraged to read for 30 minutes every night before they go to bed and are
encouraged to eat healthy snacks.

HOME Assessment Findings:

(provide scores for appropriate measure and delete the score matrix tht was not used
for this assignment)

Early Childhood Scale Version

Subscales Median* Score from this Home Visit

1. Learning Materials 8 10

2. Language Stimula- 6 6
tion
3. Physical Environ- 6 7
ment
4. Responsivity 6 6

5. Academic Stimula- 4 4
tion
 6. Modeling 3 4

7. Variety 8 7

8. Acceptance 4 4

*This is the score provided by that authors of the HOME that represents the mid-point
of scores from the sample used to standardize this measure.

Response to Assessment Findings:

1. Review the scores on the sub scales that you entered on he attached Report Form.
Identify a sub scale that yielded a score ABOVE the median for that sub scale that has
been established by the authors of HOME.
A. Name of a sub scale ABOVE medical for the HOME administered for this as-
signment:
a. Learning Materials — Scoring of 10
B. What items that comprise this subscale would you like to discuss with the
parent?
b.Child has 3 or more puzzles, Child has at least 10 children’s books, and Child
has toys or games requiring refined movements.
C. Review Material in your textbook from Chapter 10 that describes communi-
cating with parents. What communication technique would you used in sharing the in-
formation that you described in part 1B.
c. The authors of the text state that, “One of the standards of the National PTA
for promoting family engagement in schools states that schools and families should ‘en-
gage in regular, two way, meaningful communication about student learning’ (PTA,
2009).” (Grant. J. Ray. 313)
D. Now, please write the exactly what you would say to the parent about the
items you identified in B and with the communication techniques you identified in
part 1C.
d. I have noticed that when I came into the home Drew was playing with his sib-
lings and doing puzzles, I have also noticed that you have many fine motor activities that
he can also do, such as, playing with dolls (putting on and removing different clothing
options) and working with other materials like playdoh. I think that you are doing an
amazing job of accessing appropriate toys and materials for your children to learn, grow,
and play with.
E. Please review the list of research findings upon which the items of the HOME
are based (listed on page 2 of the assignment). Which research finding on this list is
represented in the statement you wrote in part 1D.
 e. The statement I would make to the parent is based on the finding that devel-
opment of a young child is fostered by “access to appropriate toys and play materials.”
2. Review the scores on the sub scales that you entered on the attached Report Form.
Identify a sub scale that yielded a score BELOW the median for that sub scale that has
been established by the authors of the HOME.
A. Name of subscale BELOW the median for the HOME administered for this as-
signment:
a. Variety — Scoring of 7
B. What items that comprise this sub scale would you like to discuss with the
parent?
b. Parent encourages child to put away toys without help.
C. Please review the material in your textbook from Chapter 10 that describes
communicating with parents. What communication would you used in sharing the in-
formation that you described in part 2B.
c. The authors of the text state that, “One way to do this is to approach the situa-
tion with the attitude of ‘What can we do together to solve this problem?’ Using active
listening strategies and brainstorming with the families about different tactics to try
both at home and at school can help build a sense of collaboration (Howe & Simmons,
2005).” (Grant. J. Ray)
D. Now, please write exactly what you would say to the parents about the
items you identified in B and with the communication techniques you identified in
part 2C.
d. I noticed how you asked for help cleaning up after you had put most of them
away but Drew has failed to take notice of or acknowledge your request. There are a
few things that we could do at school and/or at home to help Drew want to pick up
without being asked for help, or when being asked for help to clean up. Have you heard
of the reward system for cleaning that we sometimes use in the classroom?
E. Please review the list of research findings upon which the items of the HOME
are based (listed on page 2 of the assignment). Which research finding on this list is
represented in the statement you wrote in part 2D.
e. The statement I would make to the parent is based on the finding that devel-
opment of a young child is fostered by a, “…the preschool years age can be a wonderful
time for families, with the preschooler's eagerness to learn, improved language skills,
and increased independence.

Family Communication:
Review the materials in your textbook presented in Chapter 10 “Teacher as Family
Communication Facilitator,” Chapter 11 “Families of Children with Special Needs,”
Chapter 4 “Structurally Diverse Families.”
1. Think about the interaction you had the family whose home you visited, and
the information presented in these chapters of your textbook that was relevant to this
interaction. Briefly describe one area of this content from your textbook that you
demonstrated during your home visit or could have used ease the interaction.
 1. Active Listening Behaviors: This is a key to reciprocal communication and it can
help you learn how to consider different perspectives.
2. How was this content applicable to your interaction? Describe how you used
or could have used this information about communication.
2. I believe that Active Listening Behaviors would have been a positive aspect to
my interaction with the parent. I think that using this can help me learn some of the per-
spectives that the mother had that I may have not fully understood or agreed with when
she was describing them.

Reflection on Personal Learning from this Home Visit and administration of the HOME:
This part of the report gives you an opportunity to think about YOUR experience with
this home visit. Recall one of the goals of this course is to “assess personal develop-
ment of professional skills needed to effectively communicate with parents.” To help
you accomplish this goal, please respond to these questions
1. How did your comfort level interacting with the parent change from the be-
ginning to end of the visit? To what do you attribute this change in comfort in this new
setting?
1. At the beginning of the visit the interaction was normal through to the end.
Mary had previously been one of my professors, and made it comfortable to talk with
her about her children and with her children. I do not seem to think that there was a
change. The entire visit was mostly the same.
2. How did the parent relate to you during the home visit? How did your style
of interaction affect the tone of how the parent responded to you during this visit?
2. I related to the parent quite well seeing as we are both involved in Early Child-
hood Education. She is a professor and I am a student. I think that this affected the in-
teraction in a good way. We had already been aquatinted, which made talking and inter-
acting with her children much easier.
3. What did using the HOME contribute to your learning about the environ-
ment of the home you visited? What might you have not recognized in this home if
you did not used this instrument to guide your observations?
3. I think that I would have not really looked as well as I did to the fact of what
the children have available to them, such as puzzles, fine motor, gross motor activities,
and behaviors and such.
4. What felt awkward to you about this experience? Could have this been
avoided? How?
4. I do not think that this experience was awkward at all. It seemed normal to me
because I already knew the parent which made interacting with the children and observ-
ing them much easier. The parent was comfortable with me which in turn I think the
children sensed.
5. How is the experience beneficial to you as a future educator, care provider,
or parent?
5. I think that this experience is beneficial to me as a future parent and future
educator because it shows me how to not be a teacher at home and just a parent. It
shows me that there can be a very balanced school to home environment for the child.
 6. What is the most important learning that you have achieved from this expe-
rience? How might it contribute to your future professional activity as an early child-
hood professional?
6. The most important thing that I have achieved from this experience is being
able to talk to parents with much more ease. I think that this achievement will help me
as a future teacher keep in good communication with my future students and their par-
ents in what needs to be done at home to help the students further their education.
7. If you were to repeat this experience, what would you do differently to im-
prove its outcome?
7. I think to improve this visits outcome I would ask that the father was also
home during the visit so that would be able to see how the children also interact with
him.