FL 133 - Parent Education Cooperative II

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 11
Lab Hours: 44
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: For parents of pre-school age children enrolled in a community-based cooperative preschool. Pre-school serves as a lab setting in which parents will observe child development and behavior, positive approaches to guidance and positive adult/child interactions. Parents will participate in assisting the teacher in the classroom, attending monthly parent education sessions, and assistance with a committee job to maintain the lab/school.

Prerequisite: None.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Practice leadership skills necessary to operate parent board.
Practice positive communication including conflict resolution and problem solving skills.
Demonstrate realistic expectations of children’s behavior in a preschool setting based on knowledge of child development.

Course Contents

Child development: Development of the three-year-old child emotionally, socially, physically, cognitively, language, motor and moral skills.
Child behavior and misbehavior.
Parent/child communication.
Child guidance techniques.
Problem solving.
Conflict resolution.
Board organization.

Instructional Units: 4