J – 026 In the home-based option, are children and parents required to attend all “socializations” unless a valid reason for absence is documented?
A Head Start program should contact a family that misses a socialization experience to determine the reasons. Programs should work with parents to help them understand that the socialization experience is an integral and important part of a home-based program design and it is important to attend as many meetings as possible. If the reasons for missing it relate to something the program is or is not doing (i.e. not providing transportation) the program should review its current practice to assure it is doing all it can to make it possible for families to attend. Children should not be disenrolled because of failure to attend socialization.
