Student Learning Outcomes
This course is designed to increase a student's knowledge of understanding young children with challenging behaviors. Students dentify intervention strategies to prevent and resolve challenging behaviors, design a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), and use behavior modification techniques.Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply Pyramid Model competencies to teaching and learning.
- Evaluate classroom guidance and family strategies to support children exhibiting a variety of challenging behaviors.
- Examine the causes of challenging behaviors.
- Understand the impact of trauma on children's behavior.
- Evaluate classroom guidance and family strategies to support child's resilience.
- Explain the impact of challenging behaviors on the family structure (stress, communication with school and other professionals)
- Examine the intercultural trends of development and the impact on children's behavior.
- Understand the value of and use Behavior Incident Reports (BIRs) to gather data on behavior.
- Choose a variety of strategies to support and encourage children as they express family and community values.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the definition of trauma and its prevalence in early childhood.
- Analyze socially unacceptable behaviors for the possibility that stress/trauma may be contributing to children's behavior.
Prerequisites
Please see eServices for section availability and current pre-req/test score requirements for this course.