Child Development Associate. Behavior and Guidance.

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Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC.

Child Caregivers; Classroom Techniques; Competency Based Teacher Education; Day Care; Early Childhood Education; Guidance; Learning Activities; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Teachers; Student Behavior; Teacher Behavior; Teaching Methods; Training

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, is to teach trainees methods for guiding children's behavior to foster positive growth and development. Early sections of the module stipulate the module's competency-based objectives, define terms and suggest a procedure by which trainees can evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Subsequent chapters discuss principles of guidance, techniques of guidance, reasons that guidance techniques may fail, common behavior in children, and ways to structure the environment. The module also provides 12 learning activities for the CDA intern. Reference books, pamphlets, films, filmstrips, cassette tapes, and children's books concerning behavior and guidance are also listed. (MP)

1980

ED186147