Thought will be given to professionalizing, new language articulation, and advocacy. This course will take a historic look at the process of professionalism as applied to school-age care. Students will collaborate to form goals and ideas for the future, as well as problem solve for the profession at present. Legalities, responsibilities, and applicable research studies will also be addressed. I Students will work with an instructor in seminar style to synthesize the previous course information.
Students begin to explore capstone options.
Policies and procedures of the capstone process are detailed. This course deals with family law and the legislation that affects school-age care. Children and child care are presented as issues of public policy. The skills and strategies of child advocacy are discussed, and students are challenged to become active in public advocacy for children. The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of the function and scope of science so that knowledge can be analyzed, discussed and evaluated.