Initial Contact with a Family of an Infant Report

INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY OF AN INFANT REPORT

complete & submit form

Purpose: The purpose of the Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report is to:

  • Identify a family for your Infant-Family Case Study
  • Begin to form a relationship with a family you do not know
  • Analyze the initial information you learn/ know about a family

Task: The first step for your Infant/ Family Case Study is to find a family to work with. You should carefully choose the family. Select a family who:

  1. Has a child who was born between March 2020 and July 2021 and is two to 18 months old
  2. Is willing to meet with you for about an hour in the beginning of the semester
  3. Enjoys talking to you about their child and family
  4. Is not someone you already know well*

After your approach the family to introduce yourself, explain the project, and ask if they are willing to participate complete the Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report

*Choosing a family:

It is okay for you to choose a family you know, but please do not use a relative or close friend for this assignment. We tend to have ideas and opinions about the people we know well. For this project, the goal is to learn about a family and child, and that will be easier to accomplish if you do not work with someone already close to you. If you know a family well who fits the age range and other criteria, please let me and/or your peers know so one of your colleagues can work with that family.

When you contact the family via phone or in person, introduce yourself as a student at BMCC who is studying infant and toddler development and learning. Explain that you are approaching this assignment as a professional and will respect the family’s privacy. Although you will ask questions about the child’s birth and earliest years, family members are welcome to respond to only those questions that they wish to answer. You also will be doing an observation to get to know the child.  Assure the family that you are not assessing the child.

Please also explain that you are working within a tight time frame.  Make sure that the family can be available when you need them. Ask the family if they can be available for additional visits and phone calls in case you have questions or want to gather more than the minimum amount of information.

Follow this protocol to help connect with a family

Family Contact Protocol

 

Complete the Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Form & submit it on Blackboard

Link to Initial Contact with a Family of an Infant Report

Link to Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report (Google Doc — copy & paste the content to a new document)

Initial Contact with Family Form

To complete the form:

    1. Open the document
    2. Save the the document to your device
    3. Answer the questions
    4. Save the document to your device
    5. Upload the document to Blackboard (in ‘Assignments’ under ‘Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report’)
    6. If you cannot save the document to your device, copy the questions, create a new document on your device, answer the questions, then upload the document to Blackboard