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  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) 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/environmental, physical and cognitive development, promote cultural sensitivity and encourage positive parent caregiver relations. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) 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. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 2.00 Credits

    (2 credit/2 contact hours) Introduces social and cultural issues which affect families and familiarizes the student with local resources which offer services to families in crisis. Topics include: professional responsibilities, family strengths and issues, and community resources. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Introduces the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the early adolescent (12-15 years of age). Provides learning experiences related to the principles of human growth, development, and maturation, and theories of learning and behavior. Topics include developmental characteristics, guidance techniques, and developmentally appropriate practice. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) 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. Prerequisites: CHD 103 ECE 103 . Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Enables the student to become familiar with the social issues that affect families of today and to develop a plan for coping with these issues 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. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Introduces the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the school age child (6 to 12 years of age). Provides learning experiences related to the principles of human growth, development, and theories of learning and behavior. Topics include: developmental characteristics, guidance techniques, developmentally appropriate practice, introduction to children with special needs, and observation skills. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Develops skills to enable the student to work as a paraprofessional in a program for pre-kindergarten through elementary aged children. Topics include: instructional techniques, curriculum, materials for instruction, and learning environments. Prerequisites: ECE 202 . Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Develops knowledge that will enable the student to work as a paraprofessional in a program for pre-kindergarten through elementary aged children. Topics include: professional qualifications, professionalism, supervised planning, application of guidance techniques, and classroom management. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
  • 5.00 Credits

    (5 credit/5 contact hours) Provides training in planning, implementation, and maintenance of an effective early childhood program. Topics include: organization, mission, philosophy, goals and history of a program; types of programs; laws, rules, regulations accreditation and program evaluation; needs assessment; administrative roles and board of directors; marketing, public and community relations, grouping, enrollment and retention; working with parents; professionalism and work ethics; and time and stress management. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Spring 2009 Course Availability
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