Demonstrate an understanding of how to engage all children and youth in leadership activities.
Engage all children and youth in leadership activities through collaboration with professionals in early childhood education and child care centers. Understand the importance of working together to provide care and education for all children and youth.Trainings incorporating this outcome
Age group
Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate supervision for all children’s activities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to support all children and youth at times of change, transition, or separation.
- 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.
- Demonstrate an understanding of brain development in children birth through age three
- Demonstrate an understanding of the value and importance of complex characteristics of children’s families and communities
- Demonstrate understanding of children's general knowledge that supports emerging math skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts within the activity and content area for the visual arts for school-age.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to foster self-regulation skills in children.
- Demonstrate an understanding of brain development in young children.
- Describe strategies and experiences to promote collaboration between child and youth care professionals and programs and other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Demonstrate an understanding of teacher vs. child directed activities.
- Demonstrate Understanding of Meal Planning for young children.
- Demonstrate understanding the major milestones, typical behaviors and learning processes of children birth to 13 years of age
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