Demonstrate an understanding of how to keep children safe while in vehicles and school buses.
Ensure the safety of children in vehicles and school buses by understanding their physical growth and development. Enhance programming to address their specific needs in early childhood education and child care centers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
CDA Subject Areas
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Topic Areas
120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
10 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of brain development in young children.
- The participant will demonstrate knowledge and understanding the major milestones, typical behaviors and learning processes of children birth to 13 years of age
- Demonstrate an understanding of brain development in children birth through age three
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts within the activity and content area for the visual arts for school-age.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the value and importance of complex characteristics of children’s families and communities
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate supervision for all children’s activities.
- Demonstrate Understanding of Meal Planning for young children.
- Demonstrate an understanding of ethical conduct: Ethical Responsibilities to Children
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of collaboration with other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth
- Demonstrate understanding of children's general knowledge that supports emerging math skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to support all children and youth at times of change, transition, or separation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of culture and diversity in relation to school readiness.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the physical, emotional, and motor development in children five to twelve years of age
- Demonstrate understanding of how learning occurs in children and the role of play in learning
- Demonstrate understanding of the effects of media on the growth and development of young children.
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