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Our Training Programs
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Advanced Programs for Child and Youth Care Administrators
The Advanced program for Child and Youth Care Administrators
is designed for leaders of school, health and social services who want
to improve the delivery of services of their organization. Leadership
requires action in the areas of education, health, or human services for
which one is responsible.
The program has four core study areas and three areas
of specialization. The four core areas are the following:
- Political
Processes and Social Issues
The three specialization areas offer the opportunity
for intensive study in an area of professional activity. The three specialization
areas are:
- Special Services/Exceptional
Education: For special educators, counselors, speech and language pathologists,
school psychologists, residential and youth care professionals, nurses,
and social workers
- Management
of Programs for Children and Youth: For administrators, supervisors, and coordinators of programs
- Curriculum Development and Systemic Change:
For teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, resource
center personnel, librarians, and media specialists
The Advanced Program focuses on four main skill areas:
1. Leadership: Participants focuses on their
personal and professional leadership development by assessing their leadership
qualities and the skills and behaviors of the leader within the context
of solving a social problem in their area f influence. Managing change
and strategic thinking are targeted for development.
The Courses include:
- Leadership Theory, Research, Practice: The
Individual, Organizations, and Society
- Leadership II: The Individual,
Organizations, and Society
2. Developmental Issues: Provides a thorough grounding in the development of children and youth is
essential as students contend with critical issues that impact children
and youth, their families, and the education, health, and human service
systems that serve them. Within this study area, students apply the vast
literature on theory and research in child and/or adolescent development
to the practice issues rooted in today's society. The area covers developmental
theories; research; the characteristics and capabilities of children and
youth in the physical, cognitive, social, affective, and language domains;
and both normative and atypical courses of development.
The Courses include:
- Development in Adolescence
- Development in Early and
Middle Childhood
- Developmental Perspectives
Dealing with Issues in Adolescence
- Developmental
Perspectives Dealing with Issues in Early and Middle Childhood
3. Technology: provides basic
computer literacy, an introduction to instructional technology
including foundation, visualization, learning with technology, computer
applications, telecommunications, computer tools, computer-based learning
and planning, and evaluating technology in the workplace.
Advanced applications of technology emphasizes technology use for managing,
learning, and teaching. Telecommunications and access to information are
stressed. Ethical and legal considerations of the leader who uses and
manages the use of technology are presented.
- Computer Literacy: Information
Management and Telecommunications
- Computer Technology: Applications
of Technology to Educational
and Management Programs
4. Political
Processes and Social Issues is
designed to assist students in developing the skills necessary to analyze
political systems and processes at the local, state, and national levels.
Needs of children, youth, and families identified in previous study areas
are related to political procedures, current legislation, and the role
of the change agent. Students identify responsibilities of professionals
and leaders in the legislative process and suggest methods for instituting
change.
The Courses include:
o The
Politics of Children's Issues
o Political
Dimensions of Programs for Children and Youth
Advanced
Program Specializations
In addition, the Advanced Program has three areas
of intense specialization:
1. Special Services/Exceptional Education:
Designed for professionals who provide educational, health, or human
services for children and youth with conditions, this specialization
area is designed for those concerned with providing leadership in support
of children with special needs. As professionals who must articulate
the needs of their populations within specific special services and
exceptional education settings, participants analyze and evaluate current
instructional and social programs. They design new programmatic paradigms
appropriate to the requirements of their particular audiences and assess
available materials and instructional strategies. Participants develop
a broader understanding of legal, ethical, and moral issues as they
acquaint themselves with research and legislation affecting the lives
of children with disabilities and their families, and as they investigate
human service delivery models and community resources.
- The Courses include:
- Intervention Strategies
for the Development of Social Competency
- Families, the Law, and Exceptionalities
- Assessment/Program
Design and Evaluation for Exceptional Children and Youth
- The Impact of Cultural,
Moral, and Ethical Issues on Exceptional Children and Youth
2.
Management of Programs for Children and Youth:
Provides an overview of administrative models, analyze and assess programs,
systems, and strategies that enhance the effectiveness of organizational
leaders and the audiences they serve. Skill building in such dimensions
as interpersonal communication, team building, conflict resolution,
and human resource development are emphasized from the practitioner's
perspective. Participants analyze the growth and development of power
within the organizational structure, reflect on the use of power as
a positive force, and its application to various work settings and
managerial roles. The issues and skills concerned with budgeting, funding,
personnel selection, and evaluation are addressed from the administrator's
perspective. Questions regarding equity and other legal issues are discussed.
- The Courses include:
- Development and Management of Programs for
Children and Youth
- Developing Human Relations Skills in the Management of Programs
for Children and Youth
- Management of Programs for Children and Youth
- Organizational Theory and Practices: A Synthesis
3.
Curriculum Development and Systemic Change:
Designed
for teachers and other instructional leaders and for professionals responsible
for guiding institutional curriculum development, this specialization reviews past practice as a precursor
to the understanding and evaluation of current professional practice.
Participants immerse themselves in the investigation of curriculum selection,
design, and evaluation and in the implementation of instructional strategies
and educational innovation. Other areas emphasized consider the challenge
of creating schools and school systems that are philosophically, organizationally,
and instructionally different. The focus is on a systems approach to
maximizing the educational environment for children and youth. Grant-writing
skills relevant to facilitating change are discussed.
- The
Courses include:
- Curriculum Reform: Design,
Trends, and Best Practices
- The Politics of Curriculum
Improvement and Whole School Restructuring
- Educational Reform: Theory
Into Practice
- New Schools and Programs for a New Century: A Systemic Approach
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