Clarke Co. HIPPY program reviewed by national trainer
 | | HIPPY USA national trainer, Gail Jones, observed a home visit of parent educator, Valorie Hunt with parent, Libby Williams in Gainestown. Libby's 4-yearold daughter, Shaquandria, enjoyed the visit also. |
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The HIPPY Clarke County program was recently reviewed by HIPPY USA national trainer, Gail Jones, on March 11-12.
During this follow-up site visit, Mrs. Jones evaluated the program to determine if the activities and practices meet HIPPY USA's mission and guidelines. Jones first visited the site in October, 2007, to provide the initial training of the parent educators. Jones stated that "it is an exceptional site of stellar practices!"
The purpose of this review was to assess if high quality services are being implemented that result in the outcomes/ impacts that are outlined in the HIPPY Model. The program operations addressed were home visits, group meetings, role playing, curriculum, staffing, training, supervision, administration, outreach and collaboration, and documentation.
To gain insight into the operations of the program, Jane Sellers, coordinator of the program, scheduled home visits for Jones, provided access to family folders and demonstrated documentation procedures. The weekly staff training of the parent educators, Jennifer Agee, Valorie Hunt, Anne Latham, Stephanie Newton and Johnnie Raine by the coordinator was observed to assess role play and curriculum practices. Judy Graham, director of the program, also visited to discuss the outreach and collaboration aspect of the program within the county.
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