Using Technology

To Enhance Efficiency for Home Visitation

Shawnn Hartley & Teresa WeyerParent Educator Supervisors

Why Are We Here?A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.- Margaret Mead

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.- Nelson Mandela

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.- Dr. Hiam Ginnot

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.- Benjamin Franklin

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.- David Ogden Stiers

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.- Frederick Douglas

What is Home Visitation

People

Information

Change

What is Home Visitation

People

Information

Change

+ =

It’s a cycle

Information

Three areas of information

• Information that goes out• To parents, community members, referral

sources, etc, reporting, etc.…

• Information that comes in• From families, referral sources, community, etc…

• Information used within the program• CQI, supervision, reviews, etc..

What does it take to manage and disseminate

information?

Additional Issueswith Hard Copy

Usability

Human Error

Accuracy

- Save time- Less Space- Increase

Usability- Increase

Accuracy & Reliability

- Reduce Error

Technology as a

Helper

Why is Technology Important for Wyoming?

Challenges for Wyoming Home Visitation

• Travel• Long Distances• Weather

• Small, Remote Communities• Reaching these communities• Gaining acceptance and trust• Cost to benefit

• Infrastructure

• Collaborating with other agencies and community members.

• Perception of scarcity of resources and families to serve

• Economy is heavily driven by resource extraction• Boom/Bust

• Transiency• Work related• Service related• No roots

• Availability of services

• Isolation

Fremont and

Sweetwater are both

individually larger than the state of New Jersey.

The St. Louis Metro Area’s

population is

2,810,367

Welcome to Wyoming

How Technology Helps at a Program Level

•Documentation•Reporting, Contacts, Quality Assurance, Action Items• Shared documents

through Office 365

•Supervision•Audio/Video Recording

•Communication • Staff to Staff, Meeting with other agencies, trainings• Face time, Skype, Go to Meeting, Lync

• Informing and Engaging• Social media, website

Technology use in Home Visits

•Use iPads to help families access services• Online job

applications• Online applications

for services • Find contact

information

• Use iPads on home visits to enhance our work • Audio/Video Recording• Look up information

online • Review information

families have found online• Pull up the curriculum

on the iPad• Surveys

Visit Documentation and Data Tracking

Online curriculum

Visit Tracker

Benchmark Data Entry

Edinburgh Screening

Our Families and Technology•Texting

•Social Media

•Entertainment

• Information

90%

10%

Adults Having Cell Phones

58%

42%

Adults Having Smartphones

Age Income Education0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Smartphone Ownership

Cell Phone Activities 81% Send or receive texts

60% Access the internet

52% Send or receive email

50% Download apps

49% Directions or location based information

48% Listen to music

21% Video call or video chat

8% “Check in” / Share location

87%

13%

Adults Using the Internet

95%

5%

Teens Using the Internet

Age Income Education0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Internet Usage

What information is out there?

Visualizing for Change

What do you dream about??

What if we don’t change??

Thank You for Showing up on Friday

Resources and References

www.wycrp.org

www.facebook.com/wycrp

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/teens-fact-sheet/

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/

http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/internet-use/latest-stats/