EDU 42 — Home & Center Based Relationsh
The course uses a relationship-based model as a framework for understanding how infants and toddlers grow and learn with the support of their families and teachers. The course focuses on theoretical perspectives related to child development, family relationships, and the rationale for observing and documenting children's interests, development, and behavior. This course will address a wide range of topics which include: the emotional, social, cognitive, language and motor developmental domains of infants and toddlers; developing an awareness of children with special needs and the concept of attachment. Through 36 hours of fieldwork in an approved infant/toddler home/center-based environment with diverse socioeconomic needs in an inclusionary setting, the students are required to document the various components of responsive program planning that will include relationships among parents, educators, and community-based organizations.