EDEC 403 Practicum in Early Childhood and Infant/Toddler Mental Health I

This practicum requires 200 hours of structured and supervised classroom and community-based experiences. Candidates apply knowledge, skills, and understanding about infant, toddler and preschool children’s social, emotional, physical and mental development. Host school(s) and state funded community-based agencies serve as practicum placements. The supervising faculty, in collaboration with the site supervisor, assesses the candidate’s performance as a qualified professional who can work with infants, toddlers, and preschool children, and their families, and makes recommendations for the Practicum in Early Childhood and Infant/Toddler Mental Health II. The program oversees field placements in collaboration with school and community partners and early childhood faculty. Students will be observed by the field supervisor and by their onsite supervisor throughout this course. Candidates are expected to complete 200 hours each of practicum experience in Practicum I & II focusing on infants, toddlers, and preschool children. This supervised practicum in an early childhood setting. The age group and setting the student is assigned to for course completion depends on where they completed EDEC 304 and EDEC 308.