Virtual Training on Home Visiting Tools: PICCOLO and HOVRS

Home visitors—level up your skills this August and September! With these upcoming virtual workshops, you’ll learn how to use two essential tools for home visiting programs: Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO™) and The Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS).

PICCOLO: Measuring developmental parenting for effective home visits

Thursday, August 13-Thursday, September 10  •  Starts at 9:30 AM MDT

About PICCOLO:  

PICCOLO™ is a quick, reliable observational tool designed to help home visitors assess and monitor the quality of parent–child interactions. Developed for use with parents of children 10–47 months, the PICCOLO checklist measures 29 supportive developmental parenting behaviors in 4 domains: affection, responsiveness, encouragement, and teaching. Get it from Brookes Publishing>>

About the Training:

Put PICCOLO into practice with this series of two-hour webinars held on Thursdays over five consecutive weeks. Presented by experienced PICCOLO trainers and researchers Tasha Olson and Shannon Mitchell, this webinar series will teach you how to observe and use PICCOLO in your home visiting program to more effectively engage parents, build on their strengths to support their child’s development, improve visit quality, and increase positive parent-child interactions.

HOVRS: Measuring quality in home visit practices & engagement

Thursday, September 24-Thursday, October 22  •  Starts at 9:30 AM MDT

About HOVRS:

The Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS) is an observation tool with rating scales that allow practitioners and supervisors to assess the quality of home visits from direct observation. The tool includes seven rating scales, four for the actual home visit process and three for the engagement and interaction of parents and children during home visits. HOVRS is included in the book Developmental Parenting by Lori A. Roggman, Lisa K. Boyce, & Mark S. Innocenti, a practical guide to building a developmental parenting program that puts parents and caregivers confidently in charge of supporting their young children’s development. Get it from Brookes Publishing>>

About the Training:

Find out how to use HOVRS effectively in this in-depth 5-webinar workshop, starting on Thursday, September 24 and continuing weekly. Presented by experienced HOVRS trainers and researchers Tasha Olson, Meaghan Ursetta, and Cristina Gonzalez del Riego, this training will teach you how to observe and use HOVRS in your home visiting program to improve both visit quality and family engagement.