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This assignment consists of two different parts that will show your learning of various course objectives from Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Part 1
Discuss the following concepts and provide an example (not given in the textbook) for each as it relates to the development and behavior of children.
Curriculum
Discrete Trial Training
Pivotal Response Training
Positive Behavior Support
Positive Reinforcement
Antecedent
Consequence
Contingencies
Time-Away
Punishment
Part 2
In order to acknowledge and understand the diversity of child-rearing beliefs and practices among families, you must first acknowledge and understand your own beliefs and practices about child-rearing. Exploring and analyzing your own history and its effects on your behavior may assist you in creating a better understanding and compassion for the families with which you are entrusted to support. Please review the section on Cultural Models and Child-Rearing Practices (page 63–66) and write a two-page reflection discussing your own child-rearing beliefs and practices and how these beliefs might influence your work with diverse families.
Discuss how these topics do or do not influence you today and how they might have an effect on your work with diverse families. Stay focused on relevant information concerning the implications for your work with young children and their families.
History: family history of ethnic origin, language(s), geography, and immigration
Growing up: where you grew up, pattern of movement or stability, and your family of origin structure
Your current family or living structure
Values of independence or interdependence
Discipline approaches
Attitudes toward disability
Influence of racism
Family structure
Parents’ roles
Caregiver-child communication
Medical practices
Curriculum is the outline of concepts to be taught to students to help them meet the content standards. Curriculum is what is taught in a given course or subject. It is an interactive system of instruction and learning with specific goals, contents, strategies, measurement, and resources. Curriculum development is needed for appropriate selection and organization of learning experiences. Curriculum is important because it clearly describes what you want children to learn; what child outcomes you are aiming for. Curriculum describes the sequence – the “what comes next” for the child to learn and you to teach so that the child moves closer to your intended learning outcome.
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