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Course Details

CCEI4004: Positive Guidance, Part 4: The Preschool Years

Course ID  71036
ChildCare Education Institute
 
(800) 499-9907
 

Description

This course provides information about the use of positive guidance methods in the preschool environment. Course topics include background information on Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development; description of Jane Nelson’s Eight Methods for Positive Discipline; and a other important methods for promoting self esteem, personal responsibility, and good decision making in young children.

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

• Identify developmental needs of preschoolers
• Identify the goals of positive guidance
• Identify the stage of Erikson’s theory psychosocial development that occurs during the preschool years
• Explain the importance of play during the preschool stage
• Identify practices outlined in the Eight Methods for Implementing Positive Discipline (from the book Positive Discipline for Preschoolers by Jane Nelson)

There are no events currently scheduled for this course.