Soc Emotional Dev Early Childhood Aide

Catalog description

This course, meant for Early Childhood Aides, examines the teacher's role as facilitator of social emotional development, including practices that help children develop positive self-image, self esteem and competence. The impact of a teacher?s self-image, values, and attitudes will be discussed. The major components of social development are addressed: family patterns and traditions, gender identity and sex roles, moral reasoning of young children, play theories and programming for classroom play, multicultural practices and diversity, and social studies for young children.