Child Behavior and Guidance

Catalog description

Examination of positive strategies to guide young children, based on developmentally appropriate practices. Emphasis on preparing, organizing, and maintaining physically and psychologically safe environments that support children’s pro-social behavior. Course study includes appropriate behavioral expectations based on child development, strategies for guiding behavior that supports children's emerging self-control and social and emotional development, and the consequences of stress and trauma on child development and behavior. Skills strengthened include observing and assessing child behavior as well as setting appropriate limits. Observations in a childcare center required.