EDUC6162
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides knowledge about the typical stages of young children's social and emotional development and about the functions underlying challenging behaviour. The course will equip students with the skills to interpret children's behaviour in the context of their environments as well as their cognitive, social and emotional development and to develop responsive strategies to support children's positive behaviour and the acquisition of social and emotional skills.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand typical and atypical socio-emotional development from birth to age 5 years
2. Have knowledge and skills to support children's acquisition of social and emotional skills through both universal and preventive strategies and through intensive individualised programs
3. Have skills to observe, assess and interpret the functions of challenging behaviour, and;
4. Be able to develop appropriate inclusive and individualized strategies to support positive behaviour in young children
Content
Topics will include:
- Typical and atypical social development 0-5 years
- Typical and atypical emotional development 0-5 years
- Inclusive strategies to address social/emotional delays or deficits
- Intensive interventions to support the acquisition of social/emotional skills
- Using observations to assess and interpret challenging behaviour
- Understanding the sensory needs of children on the autism spectrum
- Intensive interventions to support positive behaviour
Assessment items
Online Learning Activity: On-Line Group Discussion Board Contribution and Participation - Discussion Questions
Essay: Essays/Written Assignments: Functional Behaviour Analysis
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Integrated Learning Session-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- EDUC6162 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 411.1 KB)
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.