Healthy Relationships

This video demonstrates the use of assertive communication skills. 

This video shows a home visitor screening for domestic violence. 

This video demonstrates an interaction that ruptured trust and empathy in the home visiting relationship. It then shows how the home visitor works to re-establish a positive relationship using multiple motivational communication strategies.

This video demonstrates how a home visitor can effectively navigate the roles of different family members in raising a child. Often times, mothers are not the only caregivers for children but would like to communicate effectively about their expectations for their child. This video shows some strategies for facilitating that conversation between home visitors and multiple caregivers.

In this video, the home visitor uses open-ended questions, reflections and “elicit-provide-elicit” to discuss preparation for the arrival of a baby. Stigma relating to methadone treatment arises in the interaction, including tension between the home visitor and parent. The home visitor addresses the tension with appropriate self-disclosure, open-ended questions, reflections affirmations and empathy instead of judgment.

This video shows a home visitor screening for domestic violence.

In this video, the home visitor uses open ended questions, reflections and affirmations to discuss the parent’s recent experience of family conflicts.  The home visitor then uses the “elicit-provide-elicit” framework to provide the parent with new strategies to express their needs to other adults in the household. They finally discuss strategies to navigate challenges and strong emotions that may arise during difficult family conversations.

This video demonstrates an interaction that ruptured trust and empathy in the home visiting relationship. It then shows how the home visitor works to re-establish a positive relationship using multiple motivational communication strategies.

This clip shows a home visitor reviewing confidentiality in preparation for a domestic violence screening tool.