HIPPY USA National Conference A Success
April 11-14, 2010
In the News
HIPPY Home Visitation Impacts Families
Shonyell Johnson, Coordinator with the R'Club Child Care, Inc. HIPPY Program in St. Petersburg, Florida (formerly the Pinellas County HIPPY Program), sent in the information below about the Wells family...
Curriculum Updates in Progress
A new year brings a new beginning to the HIPPY curriculum. I would like to tell you about some of the planned changes and where we are in revising the Age 4 Curriculum...
HIPPY Alumni are Young Leaders
What better tribute to Avima's legacy than the achievements of the children in which her work had a direct impact - with visible results!
The HIPPY Model
All HIPPY programs around the world follow the HIPPY model: a developmentally appropriate curriculum, with role play as the method of teaching, staffed by home visitors from the community, supervised by a professional coordinator and with home visits interspersed with group meetings as the delivery methods. A model HIPPY site serves up to 180 children with one coordinator and 12-18 part-time home visitors.
Each of the four features of the HIPPY model was chosen and developed in a certain way to allow participation from parents who might otherwise not get involved with their children's education. Although HIPPY is for any parent who wants educational enrichment for his/her child, the HIPPY model was designed to remove barriers to participation, due to lack of education, poverty, social isolation and other issues.
For an overview of each feature of the HIPPY model, along with detailed explanations of each feature's required and recommended elements, please click on each feature:
