Bachelors Degree - Early Care & Education

2024 Fall Course Info
Child Development - Birth To 3 (Infant/Toddler)Professional DevelopmentPracticum II - Curriculum Development and ImplementationTechnology and Young ChildrenUnderstanding and Adapting for Developmental DifferencesDevelopment of Curriculum for Children Ages Birth to 3Assessing Young Children and their Environments to Enhance DevelopmentPracticum III - Capstone Experience
2024 Summer Course Info
Health, Safety, and NutritionWorking with Families
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Drops and Refunds:
Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.
Course Information
Working with Families
Course Description
In this course, university students study and apply an ecological model to the understanding of variation in parental roles, perspectives, relationships, approaches, and challenges. Students develop knowledge and skills to connect successfully with and maintain relationships with a diverse group of families through multiple venues.
Contacts
Instructor

Celia Priebe Shedd
Office: 515-294-8877
cpshedd@iastate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

From Parents to Partners: Building a Family-Centered Early Childhood Program, Second Edition
Janis Keyser
Edition: 2nd edition (2017)
ISBN: 978-1605545141
Publisher: Redleaf Press

Course Access
 
In the three weeks prior to the start of class, students will receive course information and access instructions via email from the Iowa State campus coordinator, Iowa State Online. 
 
The email will include instructions for how students can set up their Iowa State Net-ID and password which is needed to log into Iowa State’s Canvas system. It typically takes 1-2 business days after setting up a Net-ID before students can log into Iowa State’s Canvas. Courses may not be visible in Canvas until the first day of class.
 
If students experience problems registering for a Net-ID, they can contact the Iowa State Solution Center for assistance at 515-294-4000. Students will need their 9-digit ISU university ID (provided in the ISU campus coordinator email) for the Solution Center to assist them. The Solution Center is open evenings and weekends.  View the Solution Center's hours of operation.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.
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Huang_Shaojun_Headshot_for_Website1.pngHaving an integrated financial strategy for families has become increasingly important for families to stabilize their finances, especially during the pandemic. Acquiring professional knowledge on how to well manage family wealth has motivated me to pursue a master’s degree program in family financial planning and become a professional financial planner. The Great Plains IDEA program offers me a great path to this academic field and to gain the skills to help people protect financial resources.

– – Shaojun Huang, Family Financial Planning Graduate,
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