About the Authors

vii

Foreword   Louis Rossetti

ix

From a Mother to Her Home Visitors   Lori Yurtin

xi

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvii

1

An Overview of Home Visiting

1

2

Understanding Families as Systems

23

3

Building Home Visitor-Family Relationships

55

4

Structuring Home Visitation

81

5

Facilitating Adult-Child Interaction

111

6

Guidelines for Intervention for Children with Various Disorders   With Contributions from Carole Osselaer

139

7

Special Family Challenges

191

8

Expanding the Early Intervention Team   With Contributions from Carole Osselaer

209

9

Personal Concerns of the Home Visitor

225

References

239

Appendix

251

Index

275