School Age Relationships and Interactions

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

This course explores some of the issues that can arise when you work with the school age group. There is a different dynamic in this group than in the younger groups and therefore, there are issues that you may not have needed to handle with infants, toddlers or preschoolers. Course length – 2.0 hours.

The course helps answer the following questions:

• How do I handle the age difference if I have ages 5-12 in one class?

• How do I deal with bullying and teach the children not to bully?

• How do I avoid cliques and teach the children the dangers of cliques?

• What are “positive behavior techniques” and how can I implement them?

• How do I help the children deal with disagreements and big emotions?

Participants who successfully complete this course will:

• Learn techniques and activities to help with the age range challenge.

• Explore how to handle disagreements and big emotions using positive discipline.

• Understand how to avoid and teach about bullying and cliques.