Students will gain knowledge in a study of positive guidance and discipline techniques that can be used to encourage children to develop self-discipline and responsibility for their own actions. Students learn the importance of assessing, understanding, and enhancing the development of communication skills of young children to help guide and develop a child's self-image. Students will learn how to translate information presented into related skills and procedures that support children’s social development.
Prerequisites
Reading proficiency as established by District policy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Compile a list of practices necessary for the development of social competence.
- Describe how teachers establish positive relationships with young children.
- Explain the importance of nonverbal and verbal communication.
- Describe children’s emotional development.
- Define resilience, and give examples of how teachers can help children develop resilience.
- Explain the nature and function of play.
- Create a list of strategies to support children’s friendships.
- Create and maintain an environment which fosters positive relationships with opportunities to foster self-discipline.
- Devise a plan to foster self-discipline in children through the implementation of solutions and consequences.
- Compare aggression and aggressive behaviors.
- Outline the skills needed for promoting pro-social behavior in children.
- Develop a plan to support children’s development with special attention to sensitive issues including sexuality, ethnicity, and children with exceptional needs.
- Assess the importance of making ethical judgments and decisions.