Course Details
Child Care (Grade 9-12)
Review key course information and curriculum options.
Course Information
- Subject Area
- Human Services
- State Course Code
- 19051
- Length
- One Semester
- Total Hours
- 90
Child Care courses provide students with knowledge about the physical, mental, emotional, and social growth and development of children from birth through pre-school age. Main topics include the fundamentals of working with infants, toddlers, and older children; providing healthy environments; evaluating child care settings; and examining the practices, regulations, and opportunities in the child care industry. Often Child Care courses provide students with practical experience, including observation time in a child care center. Advanced topics may include various learning theories; development of activities; operation of a child care center; recognition of childhood diseases, abuse, and neglect; and first aid/emergency training.
Learning Goals
- Discuss what it means to be a parent.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of being a parent.
- Analyze the costs and rewards of parenthood.
- Compare different parenting philosophies.
- Describe the qualities that make a person a good candidate for parenthood.
- Define self-esteem.
- List characteristics of a person with high self-esteem and a person with low self-esteem.
- Understand the self-esteem needs of children at different stages of development.
- Identify factors that raise and diminish a person’s self-esteem.
- Understand ways in which parents influence a child’s self-esteem.
- Define “protective environment” and “nurturing environment.”
- Discuss the kinds of nurturing and support children need at different ages.
- Identify abuse and other potential impediments to creating a nurturing environment.
- Describe strategies for nurturing special needs children.
- Understand how to choose appropriate childcare.
- Understand what positive parenting means.
- Define punishment, discipline, and guidance.
- Discuss how positive parenting can be used with children of different ages.
- Understand the use of consequences in positive parenting.
- Know the resources available to parents and where to find them.
- Discuss communication and what makes communication effective.
- Describe the differences between negative and positive communication.
- Consider how to talk with children about their mistakes through positive communication.
- Discuss some of the social issues that affect families.
- Consider how parents can talk to their children about difficult issues.
- Discuss family composition and some factors that influence this aspect of family life.
- Examine the different types of families.
- Discuss the history of Western families and how family practices have changed over time.
- Consider multicultural families and the advantages and challenges that they face.
- Discuss how parents can help their families adapt to a new culture or area.
- Learn about youth organizations and their benefits.
- Find examples of youth organizations and their purposes.
- Discuss the benefits of volunteering with the community.
- Define personal development and growth.
- Examine how parents can help children with personal development.
- Learn more about brain development in children.
- Discuss some ways that parents can encourage brain development.
- Examine how parents can use technology.
- Learn about some of the advances in assistive technology and devices.
- Consider the benefits of assistive technology.
Choose Curriculum
Real World Parenting
Do you love children? Maybe you plan on babysitting or having your own someday. Learn how being a parent is much more than merely feeding, bathing, and protecting a child. Creating a positive environment, nurturing, fostering education, and serving as a role model are critical aspects. Learn how to be a positive force in the development of your future children, as well as others around you.
Online
Items
| Name | Kind | ISBN | Returnable | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real World Parenting | Online Class | No | No |
Timeline
Unit 3: Environments for Children
Unit 5: Parent-Child Relationships
Unit 7: Leadership and Organizational Skills