Cooperation with Parents and Family Counselling
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Course code
TPL6058.HR
old course code
TPL6058
Course title in Estonian
Koostöö lastevanematega ja perekonna nõustamine
Course title in English
Cooperation with Parents and Family Counselling
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide knowledge of possibilities and forms of cooperation between the kindergarten and family; through various practical activities, to reinforce skills of counselling and cooperating with families necessary for a kindergarten educator
Brief description of the course
Home and kindergarten as growing environments. Family and kindergarten as cooperation partners. Principles of educational partnership: respect, trust, listening, and dialogue. Educational partnership as: competent interaction; shared educational goal; supporting the child. Communication between educators and parents, teamwork. Various possibilities and forms of cooperation. Family education and counselling. Development discussions in kindergarten.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Knows the regularities, individual features of child development, can assess child’s development; can cooperate with other teachers and parents and counsel parents in educational matters;
Knows cooperation forms between home and a childcare establishment and its practical implementation possibilities; has knowledge in carrying out a progress interview.
Teacher
MA Evelyn Neudorf
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