- Observation & Guidance for the Young Child

Catalog description

This course explores various observation techniques and guidance strategies in the early childhood setting. Students identify child behavior as communication and consider behavior in the context of development. Students explore environmental influences on behavior such as family, culture, and community. Guidance techniques are explored and examined by observation of child behavior. Students will reflect on the importance of building a relationship with families to better understand behavioral cues and choose culturally sensitive guidance techniques, which are appropriate to individual children and families in the early childhood setting. Twenty hours of observations in pre-primary settings are required.