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Training & Curriculum Specialist

Positive Guidance

As a Training & Curriculum Specialist, you have a unique opportunity to influence how staff members implement positive guidance strategies. In this course you will learn how culture and experiences impact how staff members approach guidance. You will also learn strategies to help staff understand typical behaviors and how to respond positively. Working with families and creating effective schedules and routines to positively impact behavior will also be addressed.

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Guidance: An Introduction

Guiding children’s behavior is an important part of the work that happens in your programs. Positive child guidance helps promote the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children across the age span. This lesson will define positive guidance, describe why it is important in your program, and discuss the role of culture and experiences on adults’ understandings of guidance. 

This lesson is estimated at 45 minutes to complete
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Guidance Across Age Groups

All staff members will encounter behavior that challenges them from one time to another. Your role is to prepare staff members to understand the typical behaviors they might encounter and to help them know how to respond positively. This lesson will introduce you to behaviors that are typical of children at different stages. It will also help you observe and provide feedback on staff members’ approaches to guidance for children of different ages.

 

This lesson is estimated at 45 minutes to complete
3

Environmental ³Ô¹ÏÍøs for Guidance

The environment plays a major role in guiding children’s behavior. An effective environment helps prevent challenging behaviors and helps children know they are safe and loved. You can help staff members learn to build supportive relationships, develop effective schedules and routines, and design learning spaces for engagement. This lesson will provide an overview of several observation tools and will help you provide feedback on staff members’ use of environmental strategies.

This lesson is estimated at 45 minutes to complete
4

Promoting Guidance Through Interactions

Interactions are a simple yet effective way of building a positive approach to guidance in your program. This lesson will stress the importance of positive interactions and will describe effective responses to challenging behavior. It will also provide information on working with families around supporting their child’s behavior.

This lesson is estimated at 45 minutes to complete