Family Partnership Agreement as the record of home visiting goal setting and progress¶

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Description¶

The Family Partnership Agreement is a form used in Head Start programs nationally that provides a format for the home visitor and caregiver to set adult or child oriented goals and record progress throughout home visiting. In this study it was the data source from which goal content, number of goals, and recorded accomplishment were extracted across a full year of home visiting. The authors caution that, absent an integrity assessment, it is not certain the form accurately indicated goal activities.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Used jointly by the home visitor and caregiver to set and record goals and progress

Constraints¶

• Without an integrity assessment, the form may not accurately indicate goal setting and accomplishment, as the article states

Target Learners¶

• Head Start families receiving home-based services

Target Learning Goals¶

• collaborative identification and monitoring of child development and adult goals

Claims¶

Related Elements¶

• Head Start program

Examples¶

• Provide home visitors training and a structure for collaborative goal setting with attainable, child-focused goals

Key Sources¶

• Patricia H. Manz, Jaana Lehtinen, and Catherine Bracaliello. (2013). A Case for Increasing Empirical Attention to Head Start's Home-Based Program: An Exploration of Routine Collaborative Goal Setting. School Community Journal, 23(1). http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/standards/Head%20Start%20Requirements