Parenting
will provide you with knowledge of the basic skills and attitudes needed
o become responsible and caring caregivers. This course examines personal
readiness to become a parent, explores issues related to raising healthy
children, builds positive adult-child relationships, and provides practical
experience with children.This
course offers opportunities for you to learn to provide nurturing and challenging
environments for children from birth to age five. Infant simulators are
used to give students the experience of responding to the demands of caring
for infants. Upon successful completion of the class, you will receive .5
(1/2) credit towards graduation.
Units
of Study:
- The
importance of parenting: types and styles
of parenting
- Roles
of family and society regarding parenting issues
- Rewards
and responsibilities of parenting
- Readiness
of parenting
- Growth
and development of children
- Nurturing
children
- Health,
safety, and welfare of children
Baby Think
It Over You will have the opportunity to carry a Baby Think It Over, which
is the electronic baby that cries at random intervals. If this is something
that you cannot fit into your schedule, or would rather not do, an alternative
assignment will be provided.In
addition, a variety of learning methods are used in this class. Through
discussion, guest speakers, notes, laboratory, computer research assignments,
quizzes and tests, students will earn their final grade for this class.
Text:
Parenting: Rewards and Responsibilities, Glencoe 1994
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