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ECED 350 Practicum: Building Connections to Guide Behavior

2 credits
Students will demonstrate strategies for building connections with children in a respectful, caring, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate manner. Students will practice techniques for building social connections between children and successfully facilitating group discussions and activities. This course will also analyze challenging behaviors, explore ways to promote children’s executive functioning skills, and encourage children through everyday interactions.

Prerequisites: ECED 330  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Evaluate and adapt inclusive group experiences to ensure that children of all abilities are learning together
  • Design and implement activities that facilitate problem solving and conflict resolution among young children
  • Develop individual guidance plans that utilize connections to promote executive functioning

Total Hours: 40 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 10 Field-Based Experience (Practicum or Internship) Hours: 30