PU Top Three Concerns Regarding This Family Discussion

For this discussion, watch the above video. Then, use the Kaltura tool to create an audio response to the questions for your initial post. The responses to your classmates should be in written form.

Hello and welcome to the Unit 3 Audio Discussion Board. In unit 3, the focus is on pregnancy, birth, the newborn and infancy. As a human service professional, it is important to be knowledgeable about development during this time so that relevant interventions and support can be provided to clients.

For the audio discussion board, you will be reviewing a case study on pages 114-116 of your text. The case study follows parents Jessica, Travis and their newborn son, Eric who was born prematurely. Due to his premature birth, Eric remained in the hospital, in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) for 5 weeks. After you thoroughly review the case study, you will watch a video that describes the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Home visiting programs allow human service professionals to not only assess their clients, but to see them in their home environment, which will highlight strengths and areas where resources and support might be needed. Imagine that you are a home visitor and have been assigned to Jessica, Travis and Eric. You have scheduled an appointment to visit them the week after Eric is released from the NICU.

Please answer the following questions:

• What are your top three concerns regarding this family? Discuss each concern.
• What 3 questions would you like to ask Jessica and Travis?
• Describe at least 1 resource that you would recommend for this family. Discuss how the resource will benefit the family.
• Discuss two ways that a home visiting program would benefit this family.