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 Department:    FL

 Course #:    133

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    190701

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

For parents of pre-school age children enrolled in a community-based cooperative preschool. Pre-school serves as a lab setting in which parents will observe child development and behavior, positive approaches to guidance and positive adult/child interactions. Parents will participate in assisting the teacher in the classroom, attending monthly parent education sessions, and assistance with a committee job to maintain the lab/school.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 11

Lab: 44

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Home & Family Life Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Practice leadership skills necessary to operate parent board.
2. Practice positive communication including conflict resolution and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate realistic expectations of children's behavior in a preschool setting based on knowledge of child development.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Child development: Development of the three-year-old child emotionally, socially, physically, cognitively, language, motor and moral skills.
2. Child behavior and misbehavior.
3. Parent/child communication.
4. Child guidance techniques.
5. Problem solving.
6. Conflict resolution.
7. Board organization.