Partnership with Parents

Course Code	IHCC-103
Course Name	Partnership with Parents
Category	Child & Family Studies
Description	Creating strong partnerships with families is critical to a successful home child care. In this course, students will gain skills to establish and maintain a good working relationship with parents. Included in this will be the ability to identify methods to encourage parent involvement in their child's care. Consideration of parental perspectives (cultural, feelings of anxiety, guilt and separation concerns) will be investigated. Practical communication strategies will be discussed including the use of bulletin boards, journals, email, daily information and records, sharing of positive stories to enhance the parent/caregiver relationship. This course will also explore the expectations and responsibilities of both the parent and caregiver as well as defining interpersonal communication strategies to effectively respond to concerns, complaints and to solve these problems.
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Contact Telephone	416-289-5207
Contact E-mail	ce@centennialcollege.ca
Associated Programs

Section	Cost	Semester	Start Date	End Date	Meeting Times	Campus
There are no sections for this course at this time.

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