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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECE 112 Provides the student with the opportunity to gain additional supervised experience in an actual or simulated work setting allowing demonstration of techniques obtained from course work. The course will emphasize planning and implementation of activities and physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of the child. Practicum training topics include: good work habits; application of guidance techniques; human relations; program planning; and classroom management.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Program admission, ECE 101, ECE 103, ECE 105, 480 clock hours of work experience within last five years with young children and/or ECE 121 and ECE 122. Provides training in professionalism through Child Development Associate Credentialing Certificate preparation in the following areas: applying for the Child Development Associate Credential through Direct Assessment; professional resource file development; and, strategies to establish positive and productive relationships with families.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Program admission, ECE 101, ECE 103, ECE 105, 480 clock hours of work experience within the last five years with young children or ECE 121, ECE 122 and ECE 224. Corequisite: ECE 125 Provides opportunities to demonstrate and obtain documentation of student competency. Topics include: Professional resource file completion; parent opinion questionnaires; formal observation; oral interview; and written assessment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Provisional admission Introduces the three developmentally meaningful age periods during infancy. Provides knowledge, grounded in brain and attachment research, about how children learn and the skills and attitudes necessary to support optimum social/emotional, cognitive and physical development for children from birth to three. Principles of brain development and language and communication will be explored in depth. Special emphasis is placed on experiential learning to show caregivers practical ways of meeting the fundamental needs of all infants in group care settings and of helping them learn the lessons that every infant comes into the world eager to learn. The needs of infants and toddlers with established disabilities as well as those at risk for developmental problems will be examined from the perspective of early intervention and inclusion.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Provisional admission Provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to meet the fundamental needs of children from birth to three in group care settings. Establishes a foundation for a responsive, relationship-based curriculum for children birth to three who are in group care settings. Introduces the philosophy behind primary care, continuity of care, and respectful care. Explores ways of creating environments for infant/toddler group care which foster optimum social/emotional, physical and cognitive development, promote cultural sensitivity and encourage positive parent caregiver relations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECE 132 and ECE 134 Addresses the basic issues of how to translate significant research findings about the relationship of early brain and language development into classroom practices and how to arrange optimal learning experiences/activities at both the individual and group levels. Utilizes the latest findings about the minds of children and how they discover the world as well as developmental profiles and characteristics of children in a specific age range to present materials and strategies that may be used with individual children birth to age three. Examines how to design and implement learning experiences geared to address each child's needs regardless of how typical or atypical that child's development. Addresses strategies to most effectively work with a group of very young children, one or more of which may be significantly challenged in physical, cognitive, language, social, or behavioral development.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Provisional admission Provides the guidelines, responsibilities, and appropriate practices needed for successful management of a Family Child Care Home. Course includes actual field experience in a family day care home or similar situation. Evidence of a current satisfactory criminal record background check is required at the student's expense prior to participation in ECE 142. Topics include: rules and regulations; professional practices; and program management.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Provisional admission Provides guidelines and responsibilities for professional business practices associated with the successful establishment and administration of a Family Child Care Home. Topics include: business plans; budgeting; taxes; marketing, record keeping and professional qualifications.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECE 103 Provides for the development of knowledge and skills that will enable the student to understand individuals with special needs and appropriately guide their development. Special emphasis is placed on acquainting the student with programs and community resources that serve families with special needs persons. Topics include: inclusion/least restrictive environment (LRE), physical disabilities and health disorders, intellectual exceptionalities, social/emotional disorders, and community resources.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Program admission Enables the student to become familiar with the social problems that affect families of today and to develop a plan for coping with these problems as they occur in the occupational environment. Students are introduced to local programs and agencies that offer services to those in need. Topics include: professional responsibilities; family/social issues; community resources; parent education and support; teacher-parent communication; community partnerships; social diversity and anti-bias issues; transitioning the child; and school family activities.
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