Title: Identify developmentally appropriate guidance techniques.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (19153-I) > Section: Promoting Physical, Cognitive, Language, Social, and Emotional Development

Identification should include

- good planning
- establishment of rules
- classroom management
- direct and indirect guidance skills
- redirection
- conscious discipline
- forbidden actions for staff (e.g., physical punishment, demeaning remarks, applying unpleasant substances [e.g., hot sauce for biting or thumb sucking])
- positive reinforcement.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are some consequences of not having guidelines for behavior?
- How can one use positive guidance techniques to guide children's behavior?

Communication

- What verbal and nonverbal methods can caregivers use to foster positive communication with children?
- Which communication and guidance techniques are most effective with specific age groups?

Leadership

- How can guidelines be evaluated to determine their effectiveness in promoting appropriate behavior?
- How can instructional or play activities be used to encourage appropriate behavior?

Management

- How do early childhood professionals establish and implement rules in the child care setting? What resources support this?
- How do early childhood professionals foster children’s positive self-esteem and self-care skills?