Identify the components of positive relationships with children, co-workers and families.
Central Objective: Identify the components of positive relationships with children, co-workers, and families in early childhood education and child care centers. Supporting Elements: Identify the components of professionalism in the workplace, including caregivers'' professional responsibilities to children, families, and coworkers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
CDA Subject Areas
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Topic Areas
120 hours courses
12 CEUs30 hours courses
5 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Identify the stages of second language development in young children and how to partner with families.
- Recognize the importance of a positive, responsible, sensitive, and respectful attitude in working with all children and youth and their families.
- Identify common interaction strategies to help promote a positive classroom environment for young children.
- Identify the components of a lesson plan for the family child care setting
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development. Identify strategies for working with children with special needs
- Define and identify the components of developmentally appropriate practice for children aged 2 to 5.
- Demonstrate understanding of developing positive relationships with childcare families
- Recognize the importance of a positive and respectful attitude in working with all children and their families.
- Demonstrate the elements of positive respectful relationships that include warm, nurturing interactions with children.
- Identify the nutritional needs of children aged four and above.
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