ECED2230

This course is designed to increase a student's knowledge of understanding young children with challenging behaviors. Students will identify intervention strategies to prevent and resolve challenging behaviors, design a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), and explore behavior modification techniques.Student Learning Outcomes

• Apply Pyramid Model for Promoting Social-Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children competencies to teaching and learning.
• Analyze classroom guidance and family strategies to support children with challenging behaviors.
• Examine the causes of challenging behaviors.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the definition of trauma and its prevalence in early childhood.
• Evaluate the impact of trauma on children's behavior and development.
• Analyze socially unacceptable behavior for the possibility that stress/trauma may be contributing to children's behavior.
• Evaluate classroom guidance and family strategies to support child's resilience.
• Analyze the impact of challenging behaviors on the family structure.
• Examine the intercultural trends of development and the impact on children's behavior.
• Analyze the value of Behavior Incident Reports (BIRs) to gather data on behavior.
• Differentiate strategies to support and encourage children as they express family, cultural and community values.