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Master
Course Outline
ECE 255
Children at Risk
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| Credits: 3 |
Clock Hours per Quarter: 30
AA Discipline:
Lecture Hours:30
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Description
Caring for children from families affected by substance abuse. Topics include values clarification, family characteristics, families in treatment, empowerment. Recommended: READ 088. Student may not earn credit for both ECE 255 and ED 255. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
Recognize and manage how their own values may distort their preceptions and lessen effectiveness in working with children and families affected by substance abuse.
Apply the inference ladder to course materials and their own workplace situations.
Acquire basic understanding of how family dynamics and child development are affected by substance abuse.
Explain the impact of chemical use in the family on members' self-esteem and will understand the roles that family members often adopt to cope.
State the basic physiological mechanisms of substance abuse.
Acquire a basic understanding of the needs all children share, what child neglect may look like, and what impact it may have on individual children.
Portray a cursory understanding of brain development and how it may be affected by child neglect.
Demonstrate an increased awareness of the developmental, physical and medical conseequences for children from families where substance abuse occurs.
Identify the causes, manifestations and challenges of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects and an expanded view of guidelines for working with these children in a childcare setting.
Discuss how living with FAS/FAE affects family dynamics.
Describe the nature of treatments of the family. Students will be aware of local resources for substance abuse treatment.
Demonstrate understanding of the teacher's role in supporting families in treatment for chemical use.
Identify the ways education settings can be modified for children from families affected by substance use.
Explore and recognize how important a teacher's attitude is in creating a positive, stable environment for children.
Exhibit understanding of the teacher's obligation to report suspected child abuse and neglect.
Demonstrate techniques to handle anger in children.
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Course Topics
Values clarification
Family characteristics
Children at risk
Families in treatment
Empowerment
Children and trauma
Healthy brain development
Positive early childhood education environments
Professionalism and working with CPS
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Syllabi
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Quarter
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Item
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Instructor |
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| ECE 255 |
Fall 2011 |
0912 |
Michelle Meyer |
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| ECE 255 |
Fall 2009 |
0915 |
Michelle Meyer |
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| ECE 255 |
Fall 2007 |
1081 |
Michelle Meyer |
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| ECE 255 |
Fall 2005 |
1070 |
Michelle Meyer |
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| ECE 255 |
Winter 2004 |
1087 |
Michelle Meyer |
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Two Year Projected Schedule
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Summer |
Mini |
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Summer |
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*If fall quarter starts on an odd year (2003, 2005, etc.), it's Year One.
**If fall quarter starts on an even year (2002, 2004, etc.), it's Year Two.
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