Measurable Student Learning Outcomes
1. (Knowledge Level) Identify relationship-based principles and practices that build developing brains, foster resilience, and support children and families. (CSLO 3; ZTT 3)
2. (Knowledge Level) Identify typical features and challenges during the transition to parenthood and identify culturally and linguistically responsive ways to support new parents. (CLSO 1; ZTT 5)
3. (Comprehension Level) Describe early development, common infant cues, and responsive caregiving practices. (CSLO 2; ZTT 1)
4. (Analysis Level) Summarize core findings from the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) study and identify potential risk and protective factors. (CSLO 2; ZTT 4)
5. (Application Level) Articulate individual differences in sensory processing and temperament and ways to support children with diverse needs and abilities. (CSLO 2; ZTT 1)
6. (Application Level) Utilize family centered practices and apply an equity lens in considering issues that affect young children and families. (CSLO 1; ZTT 2)
7. (Application Level) Use infant and early childhood mental health observation and reflective practice skills with case studies and children in early learning settings. (CSLO 3; ZTT 7)
8. (Analysis Level) Analyze how unmet social and emotional needs can cause challenging behavior. (CSLO 2; ZTT 1)
9. (Analysis Level) Recognize how stress can impact early childhood educators and investigate how reflective practice can increase resilience. (CSLO 3; ZTT 7)
10. (Analysis Level) Examine attachment theories and interpret their implications across multiple domains. (CSLO 2; ZTT 1)
11. (Synthesis Level) Synthesize links between toxic stress and trauma and design strategies to respond to the needs of young children who have experienced trauma. (CSLO 4; ZTT 4)
12. (Evaluation Level) Evaluate environmental and cultural contexts in the early years of development. (CSLO 1; ZTT 5)
13. (Evaluation Level) Apply a socio-ecological model to explain how risk and protective factors influence children, families, and outcomes in early childhood. (CSLO 1; ZTT 6)
14. (Synthesis Level) Construct and apply a strength and relationship based approach to working in partnership with families and professional colleagues. (CSLO 3; NAEYC 3d; ZTT 8)