CHS 450 - Observations, Assessments and Individualizations

3 Credits

This course provides students with practical experiences in an early childhood setting. Students are required to spend 15 hours per semester/term in an early care and education facility (preschool), ideally NAEYC-accredited. This course provides a broad overview of assessments of and for young children birth through age 8. Students will have the opportunity to observe children across all developmental domains. Students will develop a portfolio assessment for one preschool child and develop a learning prescription to enhance the growth and development of that child.
Prerequisites: CHS 199 and CHS 298 or CHS 299, and six additional credits in Child Studies courses.