ECED& 138: Home VIsiting & Family Engagement

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Class Program

Early Childhood Education

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092524

Meets Degree Requirements For

Restricted Elective

Description

Plan and provide home visits and group activities. Promote secure parent-child relationships. Support families to provide high-quality early learning opportunities embedded in everyday routines and experiences.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Describe developmental milestones from birth to 36 months articulating the influences of individual development, temperament and cultural norms.

Articulate a plan that creates reciprocal, culturally sensitive partnerships with families.

Develop an outline for effective home visits that includes awareness of family and home visitor safety.

Create a plan for effective communication with families to develop shared goals and understanding of school readiness skills.

Define Reflective Practice and identify how it might be implemented.

Construct a curriculum to be delivered in a home visiting or group socialization model, checking for developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriateness..

Core Topics

Developmental Milestones, individual development, temperament and cultural norms
Key components of effective home visiting programs.
Different models of home visiting to be used appropriately in diverse communities.
Identify personal strengths and describe skills to develop mutually respectful relationships in the practice of home visiting.
Identify qualities of a competent home visitor.
Identify common ethical and cultural issues in home visiting.
Reflective Practices
Family support practices and applying them to home visiting.
Safe practices to use when home visiting.