The document summarizes the key changes in the 2012 edition of the Home Visitor CDA Credential. The main changes include: 1. Updated home visitor competency standards and assessment instruments to reflect current research and best practices. 2. A streamlined and simplified local assessment team process to evaluate candidates, reducing the time and paperwork required. 3. New publications and forms that incorporate the changes to the competency standards and assessment process.

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Home Visitor CDA Credential
2012 Edition

2. 2012 Edition of the Home Visitor CDA Credential
Home Visitor Child Development
Associate®
The HV Child Development Associate® is a
person able to meet the specific needs of
parents and their children and who, with parents
and other adults and professionals, works to
help parents nurture their children’s
physical, social, emotional, and intellectual
growth in a child development framework.

3. 2012 Edition of the Home Visitor CDA Credential
Background
The Council is committed to ensuring that the
competency standards and credentialing
process are always relevant, current, and
aligned with best practices.

4. 2012 Edition of the Home Visitor CDA Credential
Background
The 2012 revised Home Visitor CDA includes:
1. updated Home Visitor Competency Standards
and assessment instruments
2. streamlined and simplified LAT process to
facilitate a smooth evaluation process
3. new publications and forms that reflect the
changes

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Updated Home Visitor
Competency Standards
and Assessment Instruments

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 The core standards are the same, but their definition
and examples were updated and expanded.
 The Standards reflect current research and new trends in the field of
early childhood education and the body of knowledge and appropriate
practice expected of the CDA Home Visitor as the adult educator.
 These expectations include knowledge of brain development,
social-emotional development, challenging behaviors, domestic
violence, substance abuse, networking with community
agencies, individual family planning and implementation, crisis
intervention, cultural sensitivity, and advocacy, among other subjects.
 Emphasis was added on language, literacy and dual language
learners.

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Education Requirements
The revised content must be included in the 120 clock hours of training.
1. Promoting health and safety in the home environment
2. Enhancing parents’ skills to advance children’s physical and
intellectual development
3. Promoting parents’ use of positive ways to support children’s social
and emotional development
4. Understanding family systems and development
5. Managing an effective home visitor program operation
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
7. Working across the child welfare continuum
8. Understanding principles of child developing and learning

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All assessment instruments now reflect the updated content and
performance expectations. They include
- Observation Instruments
- Interview Instrument
- Parent Questionnaires
- Professional Resource File
- LAT final evaluation form

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Streamlined and Simplified
Local Assessment Team
Home Visitor Assessment Process

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Candidate Responsibilities
Old Process New Process
Portfolio: Professional Resource File
- Personal statement - Autobiography
- Program description - 6 Statements of Competence
- A total of 39 essay entries (3 per each FA) - Resource Collection (17 items)
Parent Questionnaires: Parent Questionnaires:
- distributed and collected by the Parent / - distributed and collected by the Candidate
Community Representative - handed over, sealed, to the P/C Rep
- must have one from each family in the - no minimum requirement, no tally
caseload - content revised and simplified
- extensive tally completed
Portfolio and Questionnaires prepared within PRF and Questionnaires prepared within 6
12 months before LAT meeting months before application to the Council

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Advisor Responsibilities
Old Process New Process
Observations with 3 different families within Observations with 2 different families within
12 months before LAT date 6 months before the application
Observations must be 3 weeks apart Scheduling left up to Advisor and Candidate
Observation at least 1 hour per family Observation at least 1.5 hours per family
Candidate asks each family to sign the Advisor asks each family to sign the
permission form permission form
Suggestions for growth and improvement Feedback given during the LAT meeting
given between the observations

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Parent/Community Representative Responsibilities
Old Process New Process
Observations with 2 different families within Observations with 2 different families within
12 months before LAT date 6 months before the application
Each observation at least 1.5 hours long Each observation at least 1.5 hours long
Candidate asks each family to sign the P/C Rep. asks each family to sign the
permission form permission form
Distribute and collect Parent Questionnaires Collect Parent Questionnaires from the
from families, complete the tally, present Candidate, present them at the LAT meeting
them at the LAT meeting

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Council Representative Responsibilities
Old Process New Process
Observations with 2 different families Observations with 2 different families
One observation must be conducted with Observations must be within the same
same family as observed by the Advisor program as all other observations
Each observation at least 1.5 hours long Each observation at least 1.5 hours long
Candidate asks each family to sign the Council Rep. asks each family to sign the
permission form permission form
Interview – 2 questions for each Functional Interview – 10 questions chosen by the Rep
Area to supplement the Observation

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Local Assessment Team Meeting
Old Process New Process
Meeting to take at least 4 hours Meeting to take on average 2 hours
Team reviews info, discusses, writes on a Team members reviews info and votes
Profile a summary of Candidate’s “competent” or “needs more training” for
performance and recommendations in each each Functional Area, discusses if there is
Functional Area and votes no consensus or if there are questions,
votes are recorded on a streamlined Profile

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New Publications and Forms

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Candidate Application Packet
 3 HV Competency Standards Books – 2012 edition
 Parent/Community Representative Report
 Advisor Report
 Parent Questionnaires
 Assessment Application
Council Representative Packet
 Council Representative Report (for Observation and Interview)
 LAT Report (includes Candidate Profile)
 P/C Rep. voucher
 CDA Assessment voucher
 Statement of taxi expenditures and phone calls
 Voucher envelope

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Online HV CDA Renewal Application - YourCDA
HV CDAs can renew online: www.cdacouncil.org/yourcda

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