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Effective Term:
Spring 2015 through Summer 2016
Course Number:
ECE 175C
Course Title:
Infant/Toddler Caregiving: Social/Emotional Growth
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers social-emotional growth and socialization of infants and toddlers ages birth - 3, including development, temperament, responsible care, guidance and discipline, and supporting the needs of infants and toddlers. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

This class is the third in a four-course series on Infant and Toddler Caregiving.  The courses were developed as The Program For Infant/Toddler Caregivers by the California Department of Education and WestEd/Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development.  The PITC website (http://www.pitc.org/) provides extensive information on the program goals and philosophy.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

  • Recognize the development of attachment and typical, temperamental characteristics. 
  • Recognize responsive, respectful and relationship-based infant toddler care.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  • Recognize the development of attachment and typical, temperamental characteristics. 
  • Recognize responsive, respectful and relationship-based infant toddler care.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Students will acquire skills and abilities relating to:

  • Infant and toddler attachment (attachment development, separation). 
  • Temperamental styles. 
  • The importance of responsive caregiving. 
  • Nurturing the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers. 
  • Guidance techniques.