ECCE 212 - Children/Families: Educ Issues

Institution:

West Virginia Northern Community College

Subject:

Early Childhood Care & Educ

Description:

This course covers topics relevant to people who interact with children, including parents, childcare workers, teachers, nurses, and Human Services workers. Emphasis is placed on sharing knowledge, resources, and experiences and developing new approaches to helping children and families in the home and in childcare and educational settings. Through class discussions, presentations, readings and research, students will become informed about current issues in children's services. Topics are chosen around current relevant issues and may include but are not limited to discipline tactics, problems of healthy children such as divorce and step families, symptoms of unhealthy children such as eating disorders and suicide, abuse and neglect, dysfunctional family patterns such as alcoholic families, art therapy, character education, children's literature and fairy tales, bibliotherapy, character education, health, safety, and nutrition, parent-teacher conferences, play and play therapy, and animal assisted therapy.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wvncc.edu/

Phone Number:

(304) 233-5900

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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