Online Class: Behavior Management for Childcare Workers
This course will give students practical, tested ways of controlling difficult behaviors. They will learn how to STOP bad behavior in its tracks; and--which is just as important--how to facilitate positive change in the lives of residents.
These are the 5 major goals of this course: 1. To give students a firm grasp of the five principles of behavior management.
2. Teach students how to recognize and describe behavior using the ABS model.
3. Offer practical, proven methods for facilitating behavior change in youth.
4. Introduce students to the STOP model of shared control and its benefits.
5. Encourage students to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior through appropriate positive rewards.
Study with someone who has served as a houseparent, a counselor, a program director, and as an executive director of a child care agency and learn the difference between behavior management and behavior modification; how to use, not misuse power and authority; five basic principles of behavior management, including how behaviors can be overtly and covertly taught; how to change behaviors by changing antecedents, staff triggers, and environmental triggers.
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
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This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.
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1.0 CEUs
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Behavior Management for Residential Childcare Workers will give you practical, tested ways of controlling difficult behaviors. You can learn how to STOP bad behavior in its tracks; and--which is just as important--how to facilitate positive change in the lives of residents.
Study with someone who has served as a houseparent, a counselor, a program director, and as an executive director of a child care agency and learn the difference between behavior management and behavior modification; how to use, not misuse power and authority; five basic principles of behavior management, including how behaviors can be overtly and covertly taught; how to change behaviors by changing antecedents, staff triggers, and environmental triggers. The STOP method of shared control is introduced; and students will learn how to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior.
Behavior Management for Childcare Workers is taught by Donald Campbell who has over 14 years experience as a Treatment/Executive Director of two residential treatment facilities for adolescents. There are five major goals of this course:
1. To give students a firm grasp of the five principles of behavior management.
2. Teach students how to recognize and describe behavior using the ABS model.
3. Offer practical, proven methods for facilitating behavior change in youth.
4. Introduce students to the STOP model of shared control and its benefits.
5. Encourage students to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior through appropriate positive rewards.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).