Infant Toddler Practicum

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Prerequisites:Program Chair Approval, must be taken at the home campus Corequisites: Pre/Corequisites: DESCRIPTION: Provides opportunity for practical experiences through observation, assessment and supervised participation in an infant/toddler setting. Students develop, implement and assess appropriate environments and activities for children 6 - 36 weeks. Requires 144 hours of practicum field experience. Students will also engage in small/large group peer seminar/lecture, asynchronous coursework, and instructor check-ins via zoom or on site as well as mentor feedback and evaluation of skills and dispositions. Students are required to complete observations and field experiences with children as related to this course. Students must seek placement for practicum directly with the Program Chair during the semester before the practicum begins. This course must be taken at the home campus. Students are required to meet personnel requirements for child care licensing which may include, but are not limited to: FBI fingerprints, 5 panel drug screen, TB test, physical/vaccination history, criminal history checks, CPS registry checks, reference checks, and completion of state licensing mandatory training modules- Health and Safety Modules 1-4, Intro to the Indiana Early Learning Standards, and Child Abuse Prevention and Detection or others that may apply or be requried by state law or by the early learning program. Students are required to meet personnel requirements for childcare licensing which may include, but are not limited to: FBI fingerprints, 5 panel drug screen, TB test, physical/vaccination history, criminal history checks, CPS registry checks, reference checks, health and safety protocols, and completion of the ILEAD mandatory training modules- Health and Safety Modules 1-4, Intro to the Indiana Early Learning Standards, and Child Abuse Prevention and Detection.