2024 Fall Course Info
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Course Information
Child Guidance and Classroom Environments
| University: | Texas Tech University |
| Course Number: | HDFS 3306 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $415 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | January 15, 2020 - May 12, 2020 |
Course Description
This course provides university students with a working knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice in child guidance. This is accomplished through review of current guidance methods and programs to familiarize students with successful guidance techniques. By the end of this course, students develop their own approach to guidance based upon practices best suited to their own unique skills and strengths.
Contacts
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
Constructive Guidance and Discipline Birth to Age Eight
Fields, M. V., Perry, N. & Fields, D.
Edition: 7th Edition
ISBN: 978-0134547916
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Course Access
Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at Texas Tech University, the TTU campus coordinator, Ashlee Murden, will email instructions to each student enrolled in the courses taught by Texas Tech. This e-mail will contain information regarding the setup of their eRaider access through the campus IT Help Central department. If assistance is needed regarding setup of their eRaider access, IT Help Central can be contacted at 806-742-4357 (HELP) or toll-free at 877-484-3573 or ithelpcentral@ttu.edu. Students will need to identify themselves as a GPIDEA/AGIDEA student to IT Help personnel for proper guidance. The e-mail will also include information about accessing the Texas Tech Blackboard system for their courses. Courses will be available on the first day of class, but may not be available prior to that date.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
The online Family and Community Services Program is teaching me to observe, evaluate, and assist families using a strengths-based approach. In my previous role as alumni advisor, one of my responsibilities was speaking with parents from various backgrounds to prepare them for their scholar's graduation and matriculation. Using what I learned in Resilience in Families and Family Resource Management I was able to highlight families' assets and internal resources to help them help their scholar succeed, in addition to providing them with new information and external resources. All of my courses have contributed in some way to how I now approach my work and interact with those close to me. I am a better employee, sister, daughter, friend, and mentor because of the online Family and Community Services program!