Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionThis course presents positive guidance strategies to increase parenting, teaching and connections with children for college students that are parents/caregivers, future parents, foster parents and educators that work with children and families. The course will use evidence-based approach of attachment-based parenting practices and developmentally appropriate practices needed for working with children and provide the foundations of raising emotionally healthy children. Students will identify developmentally appropriate practices to make positive changes for children and parents. Emphasis will be placed on the connections between children's overall development, healthy coping skills for all, improve parenting skills, and positive child guidance strategies. Topics may include: how to create a secure parent-child attachment, understanding children's needs, development, and behavior, the effects of using punishment vs. positive child guidance strategies to guide and manage child behavior, and effective positive guidance strategies to use when a child has a problem/need or you need to set a limit or gain cooperation. 