Child Guidance

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of developmentally appropriate child guidance practices. Attention is given to understanding the developmental, cultural, and group dynamics underlying children’s actions. There is an emphasis on strategies for meeting children’s basic needs, responding appropriately to children’s emotions, fostering healthy motivations, supporting autonomy, communicating effectively with children, and supporting children’s development of self- regulation, social skills, and conflict resolution skills. Also emphasized are strategies for working with individual children, small groups of children, and the whole class. Students are expected to develop or refine their own approach to child guidance.