12/26/2024 1:40:11 PM	CHLD 111A Course Outline as of Fall 2009	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CHLD 111A	Title:  GROUP CARE CHILD UNDER 3
Full Title:  Group Care For Children Under Three
Last Reviewed:10/12/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CHILD 111A

Catalog Description:

Students will learn how responsive, relationship-based care impacts curriculum in infant-toddler settings, including centers and family child care homes.  Caregivers will understand how sensitivity to family culture and children's development influences group care. This course includes how to choose materials, arrange environments, and create curriculum to meet each child's individual and family needs.  Developing positive partnerships with parents is included. Elements of this class are based on the Program for Infant Toddler Care.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Students will learn how responsive, relationship-based care impacts curriculum in infant-toddler settings, including centers and family child care homes.  Caregivers will understand how sensitivity to family culture and children's development influences group care. This course includes how to choose materials, arrange environments, and create curriculum to meet each child's individual and family needs.  Developing positive partnerships with parents is included. Elements of this class are based on the Program for Infant Toddler Care.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the types of infant/toddler programs serving children under three in California.

2. Explain education for infants and toddlers.

3. Define curriculum for infants and toddlers.

4. Explain the relationship between family culture and interactions in group care.

5. Discuss the role of attachment in group care for children under three.

6. Summarize how development influences curriculum.

7. Identify discoveries that support infant's and toddler's learning and language development.

8. Explain the relationship between socialization and guidance.

9. Develop appropriate curriculum for individual children in group care.

10. Explain why partnerships with parents are critical to infant/toddler group care and develop procedures for communicating with parents.

Topics and Scope

1.  Description of types of infant/toddler care in California.

  A. Center based care

  B. Family Child Care

  C. Kith and Kin

2. Components of quality education and care for infants/toddlers

  A. Responsive, relationship-based care

  B. Primary care

   C. Group size

  D. Developmentally appropriate practices.

3.  Family culture and interactions in group care.

4.  Caregiving as curriculum

  A. Caregiving routines

  B. Responsiveness of the caregiver

6. Play as curriculum

  A. The caregivers role in promoting play.

  B. Creating the learning environment

7. Attachment

  A. Brain research and attachment

  B. Milestones of attachment

8. Development in infancy

  A. Typical

  B.  Atypical

  C.  Sensory Integration

9. Cognitive development

  A. Sensorimotor and preoperational thinking

  B. Discoveries of infancy

  C. Sociocultural influences

10. Language development

  A. Strategies to facilitate language development

  B. Supporting bilingual development

  C. Supporting home language

11. Social-Emotional development in infants and toddlers

12. Individualizing curriculum for different ages

  A. Young infants

  B. Mobile infants

  C. Older infants (toddlers).

13. Creating partnerships with families

  A. Communication strategies

  B. Strategies that support family practices

Assignments:

1.  Weekly reading assignments from the text (approximately 10 pages per week).

2.  Weekly written responses on topics covered in discussion and

      reading assignments. (1-2 pages)

3.  Demonstrate and write individualized curriculum plans completed in class (3 plans: 2 pages each).

4.  Design a program that includes philosophy, curriculum, and plan of care.

5.  Written project focusing on a specific course topic.  (Semester project) 4-5 pages.    

6.  Final exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 60 - 70%
Written: homework, weekly assignments, curriculum plans, and project.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Semester Projects
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 15%
Demonstrate curriculum plans.
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 15%
Essay Exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

1.Infants, Toddlers, & Caregivers by Janet Gonzalez-Mena & Dianne

  Widmeyer Eyer, Mayfield Publishing, Mountain View, CA  Seventh Edition, 2004.

2. Instructor prepared materials

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