20 Clock Hours / 2.0 CEUs for CDA renewal
Course fee for one student — $50.00
Description: Understanding Children was written by Clairece Feagin and is an excellent course to start with for all child care providers. If you have not taken a correspondence course before, this would be an excellent one for you. If you don't want a 20 clock hour course, try starting with Learning Centers. Understanding Children explains the developmental stages of children and includes specific information on children in day care. Age appropriate activities and a section on toilet-training are included.
This is the same course as Understanding Children E-Course, only in book format. This means you will receive the book in the mail or via UPS. You will not receive an electronic version of the course. The $50.00 entitles one person to receive the 20 clock hours granted by this course (assuming you pass each lesson/chapter with a 70% or better). Your book will include an enrollment card which you must include when you send in your work for grading. Once you have completed the course and mailed in your answers to us, you can expect to receive your certificate within 1-3 weeks (depending on the grading option you choose). Click here for grading options.
Chapter titles: Day Children; Babies; Toddlers; Preschoolers; Helping Children Learn; Dramatic Play
20 Clock Hours for this course may be broken down into the following areas of study: 8 hours in child development 1 hour in language development 3 hours in positive guidance (behavior management) 8 hours in curriculum development [6 hours in teacher/child interaction - these hours overlap with guidance, curriculum, language development, and child growth and development]
Topics covered in this course: The importance of adult caregivers and teachers in children's learning and development - Ways to help children build a positive self-image
- Ways to develop cooperation in children
- Ways to teach children new skills
- Techniques of positive guidance
- Ways to help new children get off to a good start at an early childhood facility
- The special needs of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
- Ways in which caregivers can meet the special needs of children in each age group
- Activities that children in each age group enjoy
- Ways to help young children develop self -control
- Ways to deal with tantrums
- Ways to prevent children's frustration and aggressive behavior
- Effective toilet training techniques
- Language development techniques
- The role of self-directed play in helping children develop self-esteem and self-discipline
- Techniques for promoting children's self-directed play
- Techniques for helping children engage in dramatic play
- The steps children may go through in becoming involved in story re-enactment
- Ways to adapt stories for re-enactment to the needs of young children
- Stories that are appropriate for re-enactment
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