Goals and Objectives
The student will learn
* Program objectives to help children learn non-aggressive ways to deal with problems
* How children can get confusing and mixed value messages from what adults around them say and do
* Why it is important for adults who work with young children to think through their own values
* The importance of clear communication between adult care providers and the children in their care
* Ways to set up the early childhood facility environment to minimize conflict
* Reasons to set limits for children Important things to consider then setting limits for children
* Strategies for evaluating teaching and play materials that teach children cooperative values
* Strategies for dealing with materials that glamorize violence
* Alternatives to war play that stress cooperation How books can be used to help children learn constructive conflict resolution skills
* Ways to help children develop empathy
* How to make adult intervention unnecessary as children become competent to manage their own conflict
* Activities that help children learn to cooperate with each other, respect the choices of others, respect the rights of others, value themselves and each other, develop empathy, trust others, and act in harmony with others