ECE FCR4
Issued by
Heartland Community College
Earners can identify, select, and promote meaningful connections to community resources that are responsive to the unique strengths, priorities, concerns and needs of young children and their families.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Identify a range of community resources that are responsive to the unique needs of children and families, for example, • health, nutrition, well-being, • parenting, • finances, • family and child development, • and engagement
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Partner with colleagues (such as co-teachers, speech pathologists, school counselors) to find needed community resources (related to health, nutrition, well-being, parenting, finances, family and child development and engagement) for referral
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Match resources to specific needs. Examples of resources include: • cultural resources, • mental health services, • early childhood special education and early intervention services, • health care, • adult education, • English language instruction, • translation/interpretation services, and • economic assistance
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CHLD 239 and CHLD 209
Standards
Identify types of community resources that can support young children’s learning and development and to support families
Partner with colleagues to help assist families in finding needed community resources
Assist families with young children in finding needed resources, access and leverage technology tools, and partner with other early childhood experts as needed to connect families to community cultural resources, mental health services, early childhood special education and early intervention services.