Recognize strategies for effective conferences with families.
Learn effective strategies for conferences with families in early childhood education and child care centers. Gain insights on how to effectively communicate and engage with families for a productive and positive experience.Trainings incorporating this outcome
CDA Subject Areas
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120 hours courses
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Related Outcomes
- Recognize the importance of problem solving and conflict resolution strategies with community members and families
- Identify strategies for effective communication with families.
- Recognize the importance of problem solving and conflict resolution strategies with community members and families.
- Demonstrate an understanding of creating a successful block center by identifying the various types of blocks, describing an effective block center setup, and recognizing the various stages of block play.
- Recognize the barriers to effective communication for school-aged children
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for the diversity of all children and youth and families’ culture, language, and religion in all interactions
- Recognize the importance and components of an effective parent questionnaire.
- Identify strategies to communicate with families & increase parent involvement
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for the diversity of all children and youth and families’ culture, language, and religion in all interactions (anti-bias and cultural responsiveness techniques).
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for all diversity and providing activities that reflect a welcoming environment for all children, youth and families, regardless of culture, language, or religion, or strengths, talents, and abilities.
- Identify and use strategies for effective communication with community and colleagues.
- Recognize the importance of a positive and respectful attitude in working with all children and their families.
- Recognize the needs of individualized learning in family child care.
- Recognize the importance of maintaining confidentiality and privacy in communication with families.
- Identify common tools and strategies in completing a comprehensive family assessment.
- Explain effective strategies to guide children’s technology use and combat the media’s influence.
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