Enhancing Family Relationships

Course code ECCE 2200

Credit 2.0

Length 40.0 hours

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This course develops student’s knowledge and skill in building positive relationships with families in a childcare context. Students will deepen insight into family dynamics, community and cultural influences, anti-bias approaches and the critical role of family/caregiver partnerships.

Prerequisites

ECCE 2313, ECCE 2314, ECCE 2315.

Course type

This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.

  • Needs of infants, toddlers, and children needing extra support
  • Relationship between the caregiver and the parent/guardian of infants, toddlers, and children needing extra support
  • Continuity of care
  • Potentially challenging situations: culturally diverse families, divorce, blended family, single parent, teenage parents, family poverty, violence or abuse in home
  • Regulations, centre practice and family approaches to child rearing Community resources
  • Communication plans in childcare centres

Course schedules

Select your program to see the available course schedules.

How to take this course

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.