Supporting Families (Case Study)
Building strong relationships with families is essential when working with young children. When supporting a child with challenging behavior, making these connections early is important so that you and the family can partner together for the child’s success.
To prepare for this discussion,
- Refer to the Week 4 Instructor Guidance for tips and examples that will support your success on this discussion.
- Read Chapter 12: Working with Families and Other Experts.
- Read Collaborating with Parents in Using Effective Strategies to Reduce Children’s Challenging BehaviorsLinks to an external site..
- Read Part 4 of the interactive ECD410 Behavioral Methods Case Studies Download ECD410 Behavioral Methods Case StudiesLinks to an external site.. Choose one of the children from the case study who you want to focus on for your discussion. You will develop a behavior intervention plan for this same child in your Behavior Intervention Plan Final Project in Week 5.
- Choose whether you are going to complete your discussion using a 2- to 3-minute video response or a 200-word written response.
In order to complete this discussion as a video response, you may use the native video tool in your classroom. Please review the Canvas Video Submission InstructionsLinks to an external site. in order to get started. This guide will familiarize you with the tool and explain how to record your video to the classroom.
As an alternative, you may use an external platform called Screencast-O-MaticLinks to an external site.. Please review the Screencast-O-Matic Quick-Start GuideLinks to an external site. in order to get started. This guide will familiarize you with the tool and explain how to upload your video to the classroom. If you choose to use another video recording tool for your submission, please follow the guide’s instructions on how to upload an MP4 video file into your classroom using the same steps.
If you choose the video option, submissions require an upload of the video to the classroom. Submission of a link to a video does not fulfill the submission requirements.
In your initial post,
- List the name of the child you chose from the ECD410 Behavioral Methods Case StudiesLinks to an external site. in the first line of your post.
- Explain what you would do to prepare to meet with the family of the child.
- Discuss two strategies you would use while discussing the child’s behavior with the family.
- Summarize two strategies you would propose to the family to help with their child’s behavior at home.
