ECED-203 — Learning Env: Infants and Toddlers
0, or successful completion of ACRD-080; ECED 110 with minimum grade of 2.0; Students must have current Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry (CA/NR) clearance or LARA eligibility letter obtained from the Michigan Department of Human Services to be presented in the first class. A copy must be on file in the Fine Arts/Social Sciences Office, MMB 2005. Students must meet all state licensing health requirements prior to start of their lab experience. Must have transportation to/from lab worksite. This course supports the NAEYC Standards for Higher Education, the Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infants and Toddlers and the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) and is designed to expose students to the development of atypical and typical 0-3-year olds across the physical, cognitive, social/emotional and linguistic (including bilingual) domains; Students will gain knowledge of how child development and the learning process occur within relationships in the contexts of families, culture, language, community and the 0-3 learning setting. Further study of health and safety guidelines, state infant and toddler standards, and the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) will also be investigated. Included in this course is an outside lab consisting of 45 hours (minimum 39 with children) in an infant/toddler classroom. Each student will work approximately 4 hours each week (12 weeks) in an approved in
Prerequisites: ACRD-090, ACRD-091, ACRD-092, ELAP-110, ACRD-080, ECED110, MMB2005