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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ECPE 100 - Parent Cooperative Preschool Credits: 1-3 LEC hours per week: 1 LAB hours per week: 4 Parents of children ages three to five years enroll in a parent education course which meets one evening per month. Parents register their child for a preschool group. Each preschool group charges tuition to cover operational costs of the group. Each parent participates in a weekly lab session with children to practice learning from parent education course. Course Outcomes:
- Develop realistic age-level expectations from knowledge of childhood behavior and growth.
- Clarify child rearing values and attitudes and to explore methods of child guidance.
- Identify and apply safe and healthy practices in the home including: nutrition, first aid, wellness, stress management, and risk management.
- Experience and understand the role of parent involvement in maintaining quality learning environments for children.
- Develop skills to interact with children using developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant and anti-bias practices.
- Access community resources, share information concerning child-rearing and family resource management.
- Discuss information on contemporary family concerns such as child abuse prevention, divorce, illness, and death.
- Develop skills in group organization and leadership.
- Develop and/or increase confidence in managing the demanding role of parents in a changing society.
- Strengthen family communication and relationships.
Course Topics:
- Orientation
- Leadership
- Developmentally appropriate practices
- Special needs
- Early brain development
- Emotion coaching
- Discipline
- Ages and stages
- Course topics may vary to include other topics
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