Parent education
Parent education programs focus on enhancing parenting practices
and behaviors, such as positive discipline techniques, play and
interaction between parents and children, and access to community
services and supports.
The college’s parent education certificate program prepares
students to plan, coordinate, and teach parent education courses for
families with children from early childhood through adolescence.
Program highlights
Hands-on experience:
The program's capstone course allows students to teach
and interact with parents under the supervision of a licensed or
highly qualified parent educator.
Online coursework:
The program offers convenient online courses designed to meet
the needs of local and distance learners.
Professional development:
The program’s length (only 16 credits of required coursework) makes
it an ideal professional development opportunity for social service
agency staff, child care providers, Head Start professionals,
and staff in other related fields.
Certificate in parent education
Program
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