Explain effective strategies to guide children’s technology use and combat the media’s influence.
Discover effective strategies to guide children's technology use and combat the media's influence on their growth and development. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how media affects young children, providing insights for early childhood education and child care centers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
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Related Outcomes
- Identify and use strategies for effective communication with community and colleagues.
- Demonstrate understanding of the effects of media on the growth and development of young children.
- Explain appropriate techniques for supervising and guiding young children in childcare.
- Explain how sensory processing differences can influence children’s behavior.
- Identify strategies for effective communication with families.
- Explain safety guidelines involved when planning sensory activities for young children.
- Give examples of strategies caregivers can use to ensure safe sleeping habits and the prevention of SIDS/SUIDS in infants.
- Recognize strategies for effective conferences with families.
- Give examples of strategies to prevent traumatic brain injuries in infants and young children.
- Explain the role of respect in children’s behavior.
- Demonstrate an understanding how to effectively use transitions for various age groups and for different parts of the school day.
- Identify effective strategies for interviewing potential new staff.
- Explain the challenges behind mixed-age group instruction and strategies to overcome them.
- Identify guidance and discipline strategies to use with various behavior problems.
- Describe strategies and experiences to promote collaboration between child and youth care professionals and programs and other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Identify essential elements for effective communication with school-age children.
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns.
- Identify strategies for working with children with special needs.
- List recommended feeding schedules and identify strategies for introducing new food for children birth through age three.
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