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Individual Class Detail

Class Name: Infant Toddler Guidelines Module 7: Cognitive Development
Instructor: TBD
Age Group: Infant / Toddler
Date: Monday 4/19/2010
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: MINI U AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY - OXFORD
Credit: ODE/SUTQ
Cost: $15

Class Description:
Infant Toddler Guidelines Module 7 Cognitive Development (CDA Area 2) Through lecture, video, group discussion and small group activity, based upon Ohio's I/T Guidelines, participants will examine cognitive development including the six Discoveries of Infancy. The Discoveries are Grouping/Categorizing, Cause and Effect, Problem Solving, Memory, Space and Imitation. Care giving strategies to support cognitive development will also be discussed.

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Miami University Child Development Center
401 W. College Dr. Oxford, Ohio 45056. Map Link

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Step Up To Quality
Step Up To Quality is a voluntary Three-Star Quality Rating System that recognizes and promotes early care and education programs that meet quality benchmarks over and above minimum health and safety licensing standards. The steps are based on national research identifying the key benchmarks that lead to improved outcomes for children. These benchmarks include low child to staff ratios, group size, accreditation, staff education, specialized training, improved workplace characteristics and early learning standards.

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Ohio's Infant & Toddler Guidelines (ITG):
Why are these guidelines important? Because early experiences last a lifetime and infancy is the morning of life...

The guidelines are seen as the critical first step to ensuring that all Ohio children, birth to three, have responsive, reciprocal and respectful care. And as a result of that care, children will be ready for both school and life. There are 1,892 days from the time babies are born until they enter school. This 1,892 day journey is remarkable, complex and far reaching. Approximately 150,000 babies are born every year in Ohio: who they spend time with and how they are cared for affects who they will become.

Read more and download your own copy of Ohio's Infant & Toddler Guidelines: www.occrra.org/guidelines.htm

Promoting Social and Emotional Competence:
Mini University is proud to offer 4 modules to address the social-emotional needs of young children. 5 hours per module (20 hours total) of ODE approved credit and SUTQ approved specialized training are available. This research-based professional development is targeted for PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN and SCHOOL AGE teaching staff. These modules were created by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.

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