It matters what a mother knows and what a mother does. Beginnings Guides are designed to complement counseling during office and home visits for prenatal and parent education and family support.

 

Sandra Smith presented this workshop at the Parents As Teachers Annual Conference November 8, 2011. You can view the slides and handouts. It will be most effective to use the Do-It-Yourself Handout along with the slides. Look for white numbers on the slides. They refer to  the number of the  question(s) on the DIY Handout that is answered on that slide. The teaching story illustrates a home visitor using Dynamic Tension (David Emerald, Power of TED*) to promote health literacy through reflective practice. The story is true and the characters are real. The story was written as part of an independent review of evidence on Dr Smith’s  NIH/AHRQ-funded research titled “Does Home Visitation Promote Maternal Health Literacy?" Please note these are copyrighted materials. No reproduction or reuse is permitted without prior written permission.