Parental Skills – Early Years Level 1
Entry Requirements
No entry requirments are needed. For online lessons, learners need to have an understanding on how to use a computer.
Duration
5-week course with 2 contact hours per week.
Learning Outcomes
Expected learning outcomes for this course include:
Knowledge
- Outline the importance of parenting and basic child development concepts.
- Describe the physical, cognitive social, and emotional developmental milestones in the first seven years of life.
- Explain the role of attachment in development.
- Outline how development stages impact children’s behaviour and learning from birth to seven years.
- Describe the role of boundaries in child development.
- Recognise and categorise types of play and their developmental benefits.
- Discuss the role of adult interaction in play.
Skills
- Demonstrate ways to build trust and connection with children up till seven years of age.
- Apply principles of responsive parenting in interactions with children.
- Utilise play, reading and conversation to support and enhance children’s language development.
- Implement strategies to boost effective communication with children.
- Apply postive discipline techniques and establish appropriate limits to guide children’s behaviour.
- Manage challenging behaviours calmly and constructively.
- Design and create enriching play environments that promote learning and development.
Competences
- Demonstrate the ability to apply responsive parenting techniques to meet children’s emotional and developmental needs.
- Establish and maintain trusting, connected relationships with children through consistent, empathetic, and respectful interactions.
- Implement strategies that promote self-regulation and positive behaviour.
- Design and maintain play environments that stimulate cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development.
- Promote language development in children through intentional play, interactive reading, and meaningful conversations.
Delivery Method
Online lessons
Certification/Award
A letter of attendance will be issued to learners who attend at least 80% of the course.
Progression to Further Education
After completing this course, learners might be interested in following the courses “Child Development (0 – 7 years)”, “Learning through Play (0 – 7 years)”, “Parental Skills – Middle Years (8 – 12 years)” and/or “Children’s Rights, Discrimination, and Inclusion MQF Level 2”.
Additional Note
NA
Language of Instruction
Bilingual