ITC IRE7

Issued by Heartland Community College

Earners can facilitate and advocate for the creation of evidence and relationship- based infant/toddler environments, interactions, and routines that support healthy infant/toddler development, learning, mental health, and well-being.

Type Validation
Level Intermediate
Time Hours
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Name sources of research- based, practical information on environments and interactions that support infant-toddler development and learning, including sources of information on cultures, life circumstances, varying abilities, and other factors that impact development
Use principles and related practices of prominent current theories of infant/toddler development and learning (e.g., children's attachment with primary caregivers; importance of play and development)
Compare and contrast interaction and support techniques appropriate to infants and toddlers (e.g., responding, turn-taking, attunement, elaborating, redirecting, and providing positive guidance). Illustrates how positive guidance techniques apply at different ages between birth and 3
Illustrate how positive guidance techniques apply at different ages between birth and 3
Demonstrate approaches for maintaining and strengthening relationships as the primary focus of all activities with infants and toddlers
CHLD 206