Based on Being with Babies
Eligible for 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the University of Wisconsin-Stout
After reading the book Being with Babies: Understanding and Responding to Infants in Your Care and successfully completing the two-part online assessment, you will be prepared to:
- Recognize the key elements in developing and continuing a trusting relationship with babies.
- Describe the way capable babies learn.
- Summarize the three R’s of caregiving: respectful, responsive, and reciprocal.
- Observe babies sensitively, recognize their cues, and interpret their needs.
- Introduce clear and consistent routines.
- Identify why a baby is crying and distinguish the different cries of each baby.
- Explain how babies interact with each other.
- Develop a sensitivity to when and how to intervene that allows babies to work on their own challenges.
- Discuss the value of play on babies’ learning and development.
- List the principles for helping babies develop healthy eating habits.
- Explain how schedules need to be adjusted to babies’ sleep needs
- Design a safe play environment for babies.
- Build strong relationships with families.
- Model developmentally appropriate authentic practices that are associated with high quality care.
- Evaluate your personal coping strategies to retain emotional and physical well-being.
- Describe caregiver strategies that build team spirit with colleagues and result in a stronger sense of community.
COO8A – 2 CEUs, 2 Tests – Part A and Part B
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