Describe the stages of grief and the different ways children react to grief and stress.
Learn about the stages of grief and how children react to grief and stress. Discover effective strategies for adapting arts and crafts for younger children and those with different abilities. This page provides valuable insights for early childhood education and child care centers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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- Describe the difference between unintentional injuries and nonfatal injuries children can experience.
- Give examples of strategies caregivers can teach young children to cope with grief in healthy ways.
- Recognize that children develop independence at different stages.
- Describe Piaget’s sensorimotor and preoperational stages of cognitive development.
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify different learning styles of young children
- Give examples of ways to collaborate with other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Identify ways to support children’s development using the arts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive and language stages of development in children five to twelve years of age
- Describe the rights of children and families and their relation to home visiting.
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Describe the importance of providing opportunities for children to practice independence.
- Teachers will identify different ways to communicate with families
- Describe ways that coaches and mentors can observe and assess coachees and mentees.
- Identify the most common sources of stress for young children.
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