These videos were created to demonstrate concepts and skills to support UMBC HVTC trainings. Longer training videos demonstrate simulated home visit encounters and specialist information and recommendations on various training topics. Shorter skills videos demonstrate specific communication strategies as well as screening and other skills to meet the challenges of home visiting professionals.
In this example, a home visitor reflects a caregivers sustain and change talk regarding her ambivalence to seeking mental health counseling.
Dr. Lauren Jansson discusses her experiences with trends of marijuana use in pregnancy.
This video shows an example of a home visitor using the elicit provide elicit skill.
In this example, a home visitor uses open-ended questions to elicit change talk.
In this example, a home visitor elicits change talk regarding a caregivers readiness to modify her substance use behaviors.
This is an emotional focus reflection, which addresses the emotion of a statement.
This is an emotional focus reflection, which addresses the emotion of a statement. In this example, the home visitor reflects the a caregivers conflicting emotions regarding her mothers role as another caretaker in the family.
An emotion focused reflection reflects the emotion in a statement.
Here Jocelyn Gainers of The Family Recovery Program discusses the importance of using empathy when working with substance-using pregnant women.
Jocelyn Gainers, Ed. D., CAC-AD, AS is the Executive Director of the Family Recovery Program.
Motivating caregivers to try new parenting techniques can be challenging, especially when behaviors are driven by cultural norms within their own families. To help with this process, you can guide the caregiver in reflecting on the goals that motivate their parenting choices and provide them with alternative behaviors that can achieve the same goals. Watch this video to see how this might play out.
This video reviews how to identify the goals for the session while also considering how culture may influences these goals.
This video demonstrates how a home visitor can effectively navigate talking to a mother about her feelings and emotions. Depressive symptoms can be difficult to express and this video shows how a home visitor can utilize open-ended questions, reflections, and other communication skills to better understand a mother’s experience with depression. This video also includes tips for assessing suicide risk and facilitating a mental health resource referral.
Here Tiffany Brown from Baltimore County DSS discusses the importance of support systems when working with substance-using pregnant women.
Selective attention means ignoring undesired behavior and praising desired behavior. It is easy for caregivers to slip up, however, and provide attention to undesired behavior. In this video you will see a mother initially attend to undesired behavior while on the phone but then make a plan to prevent the behavior.
Selective attention means ignoring undesired behavior and praising desired behavior. It is easy for caregivers to slip up, however, and provide attention to undesired behavior. In this video you will see a mother initially attend to undesired behavior while on the phone but then make a plan to prevent the behavior.
Here Laura Latta of The Family League Baltimore discusses the necessity of collaboration and to provide the appropriate level of integrated care.
This clip is featured in the SEN in-person Training.
This clip shows a home visitor reviewing confidentiality in preparation for a domestic violence screening tool.
This clip shows a home visitor reviewing confidentiality in preparation to screen for substance use.
Jocelyn Gainers discusses the array of providers and services that can be involved in supporting mothers in treatment for substance use. It truly does take a village. The needs of these families for safe and affordable housing, medical and social services, financial and emotional support, understanding of the care needed for their children, parent-child bonding, and negotiating father and family attitudes and behaviors are numerous
This is an example of a trap a home visitor can fall into while using judgemental advice which can lead to resistance in a caregiver.
In this example, the home visitor portrays how not to respond in a situation that goes against her own values.
Monique discusses her children today.
This video shows a home visitor managing a conflict between an expectant mother and her partner.