Practicum: Infant/Toddler

Catalog description

45 Practicum Hours Prerequisites: ECD 210 or permission of instructor Co-requisites: ECD 131 Description This course provides direct experience with children through supervised field placement in an early childhood setting. Students develop and apply skills in observation, interaction, empathy and acting in a professional manner. Students meet in a weekly seminar in addition to a 45-hour field placement where they interact with children, professionals in the field and often parents. Students must have three current clearances: FBI Fingerprint Clearance, a Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Clearance, and a Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Child Abuse History Clearance and meet the local requirements of the field placement site, including the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) Verification Clearance.