Course Details

Homelessness and Young Children: Dealing with Trauma-Online

Course ID 72197

CECPD

Description

This course will help participants to define homelessness according to the McKinney-Vento definition and to discover how being homeless affects the child's health and development. Participants will also be provided guidance strategies to support young children experiencing homelessness.

3.00 Hours / 0.30 CEUs

Course Level

Formal

CEU Course

Course Category

Early Childhood

CECPD - Specialized Training
Formal Approved
PDC Archive

(0.5 Hours)

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (0.5 Hours)
Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development (1 Hour)
Principles of child development and learning (0.5 Hours)
Steps to advance children's physical and intellectual development (0.5 Hours)
Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (0.5 Hours)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Theoretical Foundations (1 Hour)
Direct Service Skills (1 Hour)
Working with Others (1 Hour)

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Head Start/Early Head Start

Public School Teachers

School Age

Home Based Service Provider

Center Based Service Provider

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)

Elementary (K-3rd grade)

Goals and Objectives

• Recognize the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act’s definition of child and youth homelessness
• Identify causes of homelessness.
• Understand the health and developmental concerns for young children that can result from homelessness.
• Identify emotional and social stressors commonly occurring in homeless children.
• Implement guidance strategies to support young children experiencing homelessness.

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