ECE 221 - Infant/Toddler Care and Education

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course focuses on care, education, and assessment of children from birth to thirty-six months. Prepares students to utilize developmentally appropriate evidence-based practices including responsive caregiving, routines as curriculum, collaborative relationships with culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse children and families, and a focus on the whole child in inclusive settings.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 103, ECE 133, and ECE 193.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the development of infants and toddlers.
Develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the adult caregiver in the infant/toddler classroom.
Illustrate appropriate health, safety and guidance techniques to use with infants and toddlers.
Assess the development of infants and toddlers.
Plan and implement developmentally appropriate environments and learning opportunities for infants and toddlers.