Description

Welcome to Early Childhood: Family-Centered Services, a course that seeks to promote the development of thoughtful, knowledgeable, effective educators for a diverse society. The course provides conceptual frameworks for working with families of children from a variety of backgrounds. Course content places an emphasis on family-centered practices designed to help early childhood professionals involve and support families in the care and education of children.

This computer-based instruction course is a self-supporting program that provides instruction, structured practice, and evaluation all on your home or school computer. Technical support information can be found in the Help section of your course.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, students will:

• Have a working knowledge of the major frameworks for understanding family systems, transitions, and diversity.
• Be competent in communicating about the role of families in promoting optimal growth, development, and learning from pre-birth to age five.
• Have the ability to seek out appropriate local, regional and national resources when working with families facing special challenges.
• Demonstrate understanding of appropriate professional practices related to enhancing and assessing positive staff-parent communication and involvement.

Course Materials (Online):

Title:   Early Childhood: Family-Centered Services, Drs. Marrea Winnega & Aumony Dahl

Review Syllabus: Early_Childhood_Family__Centered__Marrea__Winnega_VESi.pdf

Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on May 3, 2024.