Course Details

CCEI4001: Positive Guidance, Part 1: What Is Positive Guidance and Why Is It Important?

Course ID 70840

ChildCare Education Institute

(800) 499-9907

Description

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define the term positive guidance and explain why it is valuable for caregivers to use it during the early childhood years. Students will be introduced to foundational theories behind positive guidance, as well as basic methods for implementing it in the classroom.

1.00 Hours / 0.10 CEUs

Course Level

Informal

CEU Course

Course Category

Early Childhood

General Course

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development (1 Hour)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Infant and Toddler

Head Start/Early Head Start

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

• Define positive guidance
• Identify examples of positive guidance
• Define self-esteem
• Identify characteristics of Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development and connections to the positive guidance philosophy
• Identify characteristics of Erik Erickson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development and connections to the positive guidance philosophy
• Identify characteristics of ’s B.F. Skinner’s behaviorism theories and connections to the positive guidance philosophy
• Identify importance reasons that child care professionals should understand stages of early childhood development

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