ECED340 Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization of Young Children

Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization of Young Children provides students with positive techniques to nurture social and emotional development of children from birth to eight. The development, components, and influences of social competence in the early years as well as common social and emotional difficulties will be explored. Students will develop and implement plans to boost social competence through examining the contexts for social development, utilizing effective teaching strategies, and strengthening specific components found to relate to social competence; curriculum plans will be connected to the national standards and state guidelines. Students will develop individualized intervention strategies to support children who are presenting specific emotional and social difficulties.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

ECED 103; ECED 113; EDUC 240

Corequisite

none

Offered

W