Guiding and Caring

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Duration: 10 weeks
Hours: 65
Domestic Tuition: $695.00
International Tuition: $1015.00

Description

This course focuses on skills needed to guide young children positively in a child care setting.

Objectives

To assist students to develop a positive approach to guidance in a child care setting.
To assist students to develop the communication skills necessary to work with children in a group setting.
To provide students with an understanding of the way in which the environment, the routines and the curriculum of the child care setting contribute to children's behaviour.

Prerequisites

Admission to program

Required Textbooks

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years, 10th Edition

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SECD Single User License: North American Edition + Primer

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More Info

This course utilizes the “North American Edition” and "Child Development Primer" section of the Science of Early Childhood Development (SECD) website. Canadian early childhood professionals created the SECD website as a “living textbook,” constantly evolving based on current practices and research. This online resource is split into sections and topics, much like a hardcopy textbook would be. The website is a rich resource of relevant, current and reputable academic papers and articles, in-depth subject exploration, expert interviews, videos of English and French-Canadian classrooms and educators, videos of international classrooms and educators, and interactive quizzes and games. The content will help you reinforce and expand on course content and in many cases, be required to directly answer assignment questions.