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- Explore our Online Campus: Discover the key features of our Online Campus, including navigation, course materials, assignments, and forums.
- Engage with Content: Learn how to interact with various types of content, from videos to quizzes, and participate in discussions with peers.
- Manage Your Learning: Learn to track your progress, submit assignments, and use feedback to improve your performance.
- Collaborate Effectively: Understand the importance of collaboration in an online environment and learn tools for effective communication with your classmates and instructors.
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This course examines issues related to nutrition, health, and safety for children from toddlerhood through the school-age years. This class looks at the role of nutrition in child development, and how it relates to teaching strategies. In this course, we begin by understanding various aspects of nutrition, and the importance of good nutrition to proper learning and development. We also consider various strategies for teaching nutrition to young children. Next, the role of menu planning in nutrition education is discussed, as well as food safety concerns that are important for all teachers and school employees to understand. The course goes on to look at the role of general wellness in child development, considering health assessments in school and looking at various physical, emotional, and mental disorders that children can exhibit. Attention is paid to understanding the special needs of children with various food requirements or other disorders, as well as the importance of maintaining a safe physical environment for children at all times. Finally, the course concludes by discussing abuse and neglect in childhood, looking at ways that teachers can help to identify and report such issues.
- Teacher: Carole Jones