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EDUC Courses:
EDUC 3103 - Guiding Young Children's Behavior

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(5 credits)

Proactive guidance and positive, safe learning environments promote healthy child development and learning. Education professionals in this course focus on understanding and fostering social and emotional development in preschool-age children, and they learn strategies for establishing classroom communities in which all children feel safe, valued, and respected. They explore a range of topics, including teaching social skills, routines, and procedures; collaborating with families; preventing and working with challenging behaviors; developing problem-solving abilities; and organizing the classroom setting to support learning, cooperation, and social and emotional growth.

*Students may take this as a non-degree course, which means they do not have to be enrolled in a program. Contact an enrollment specialist [1-866-492-5336 (U.S.);1-443-627-7222 (toll)] for more information or visit School of Lifelong Learning for more information.