Home Visits

ome visits are a service offered by The Storybook Center as a way to observe and work with the family in their natural environment and offer suggestions on how to maximize the environment for everyone’s learning needs.  Home visits provide families with tools to maximize listening situations, increase potential for language building, enhance social and communication skills, as well as other developmental needs, as appropriate. Activities are shared and demonstrated incorporating objects, toys, materials, and/or obstacles already in the family's home. 

Home visits, which usually last 50 - 60 minutes, may be requested by parents whose children currently attend the Storybook Center, who want to practice how to transfer the activities and what their children learned in the classes into their lives at home, as well as by those whose children do not. Children usually spend five to 14 hours a week with us.  The majority of their time, obviously, is spent with their families and in their homes.  Carryover is extremely important in order to ensure success. 

Home visits provide parents and other family members an opportunity to ask questions and request helpful tips in the privacy of their own home. At least one home visit is included in our Parent Coaching sessions.  For more information on Parent Coaching please click here.

Home visits are popular for families of children who have at least one parent working outside of the home and/or who have siblings who would benefit from learning some skills to build their brother's or sister's communication skills.

Home visits may be the sole service provided for some families.  For families who have children who have graduated from a Storybook class, or who can no longer fit a Storybook class into their schedule, a home visit is often a worthwhile way to still obtain our specialized services.

For questions about our home visit services and fees please click here.