Technology

One thing that I have been trying to incorporate more into my home visits is technology. There are wonderful tools available to me, and I think that they could be very useful to use with some families. For example, typically I only see mom or dad at a home visit, as the other parent is at work. For these families it might be helpful to bring in the flip camera and videotape a particular exercise or conversation to be shared with the parent who couldn't be there. I feel that especially for the kiddos that have gross motor concerns where we are introducing and suggesting different exercises and activities to try that I feel this would be most useful. The other day I was talking with a mom after her ECFE class and we were discussing some concerns she had with her child's speech. Her child is very shy and will does not say much when I come to visit her. Another teacher that was with us suggested giving mom the flip camera to bring home to videotape her child during a talkative time of the day for her. It was an awesome idea! I hadn't thought about using the flip camera in that way before. I spoke with the mom a couple days later, and she had some videotape ready to share with me the next time I came out. As I continue to work with families and collaborate with other team members, I hope to find more ways to incorporate technology to ensure that I am serving families with all the appropriate resources that I have available to me.