ECED 138 - Home Visiting & Family Engagement

3 Credits

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.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Designed to Serve Professional-Technical students pursuing the Short State Certificate or AAS in ECE.
Active Date 20190626T13:17:39

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
PLA Eligible Yes

Course Outline
I. Birth to 3 development and influences including health, environment, stress, and culture. Developmental variations, delays, and disabilities.

II. Cuture. Self-reflection, systems (instututional and cultural) that impact ways of thinking, parenting, and caregiving. Cross cultural communication to create strong relationships.

III. Effective home visits. Partnering with families, active listening, strategies for offering effective feedback.

IV. Reflective Practice

V. Parenting support curriculum. Analyzing and critiquing existing programs for inclusivity, development of curriculum to meet the needs of individual families

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

WSCC I Child Growth & Development 3a, 3c

Articulate a plan that creates reciprocal, culturally sensitive partnerships with families.
WSCC IV Family & Community Partnerships. Relationships with Families 3c

Develop an outline for effective home visits that includes awareness of family and home visitor safety.
WSCC VIII. Displaying Professionalism in Practice 2b, 2f

Create a plan for effective communication with families to develop shared goals and understanding of school readiness skills.
WSCC II Curriculum & Learning Environment 3e

Define Reflective Practice and identify how it might be implemented.
WSCC VIII Displaying Professionalism in Practice 3a

Construct a curriculum to be delivered in a home visiting or group socialization model, checking for developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriateness.
WSCC II Curriculum & Learning Environment 3e; III. Ongoing Measurement of Child Progress 4c