CCOG for ECE 171B Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- ECE 171B
- Course Title:
- Preschool Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture Hours:
- 10
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Explores Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) system for preschoolers. Covers the identification of behavioral practices, instructional strategies and intervention strategies for individual preschool age children. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the courses students will be able to:
- Identify the difference between Positive Behavioral Intervention Support and discipline methods appropriate for preschool age children.
- Identify the steps of the Positive Behavioral Intervention Support process.
- Define the purposes of challenging behavior and describe approaches that may be used to determine the meaning of challenging behavior in preschool age children.
- Describe strategies that may be used to prevent challenging behavior.
- Identify alternatives to replace challenging behavior.
- Identify how to respond to challenging behavior in ways that do not reinforce it.
Course Activities and Design
• Individual reading assignment
• Small and large group discussions
• Lecture wrapper (students are asked to identify three important concepts from lecture)
• Collaborative groups
• Lecture or mini lecture
• Videos
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Describe how Positive Behavior Support has impacted the students understanding of challenging behaviors?