The following chart lists each lesson and all required and non-required activities and resources in this course. Use this as a guide, table of contents, or print it out and use as a checklist to manually keep track of progress through the course. Required activities are marked with a star and must be completed and reviewed by a trainer, coach or administrator. VLS Partner users will utilize the VLS learning management system to track progress towards course certification.
Within the Family Child Care Social & Emotional Development course you will learn about:
- The importance of the caregiver’s role in positive social-emotional development
- How to support children’s development, and social-emotional development milestones for infants and toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children
- Characteristics of environments that support children’s social-emotional development and learning
- Ways to embed opportunities for social-emotional growth into daily activities
- How to promote relationships in your family child care home