SCHOOL COUNSELING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (LEVEL-1)

Introduction to School Counseling: School counseling in not only the profession, but the program of services a counselor offers. The school counselor therefore provides services to help the students in a school be successful. School counselors promote the academic, career, and personal and social development of children and youths. School counselors help students evaluate their abilities, interests, talents, and personality characteristics in order to develop realistic academic and career goals.

Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education: Early childhood, defined as the period from birth to eight years old, is a time of remarkable growth with brain development at its peak. During this stage, children are highly influenced by the environment and the people that surround them. Early childhood care and education (ECCE) is more than preparation for primary school. It aims at the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing. ECCE has the possibility to nurture caring, capable and responsible future citizens. In this way ECCE is one of the best investments a country can make to promote human resource development, gender equality and social cohesion, and to reduce the costs for later remedial programmes. For disadvantaged children, ECCE plays an important role in compensating for the disadvantages in the family and combating educational inequalities.

SCHOOL COUNSELING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LEVEL 1:

 • Eligibility for Admission: B.A./M.A. degree in Psychology from a Recognized University with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate. For SC/ST category, a minimum 50% mark in aggregate. 

• Admission Fees: For Indians: Rs. 2500/- per Month 

• Intake Capacity: 20 students 

• Course Duration: 3 months per module (2days in a week / 1hr each day) 

• Mode of Study: Online. 

• Total Credits:

RESOURCE PERSONS- INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACULTIES OF THE INSTITUTE 

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PAPER 1: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING 

TOTAL MARKS : 16 + 20 ( PRACTICAL) DURATION: THEORY – 5HRS PRACTICAL- 4HRS CREDITS- 1

1.1  PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT- CREDIT 2

THEORY: 

• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
• FINE MOTOR AND GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN 
• ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY 

PRACTICUM: 

• VINELAND SOCIAL MATURITY SCALE 
• DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST.

1.2  NUTRITION DEVELOPMENT- CREDIT 2 

THEORY

• NUTRITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 

PRACTICUM: 

• EARLY CHILDHOOD NUTRITIONAL AWARENESS AND MORTALITY IN INDIA 

1.3 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT- CREDIT 2 

THEORY

• PIAGET’S COGNITIVE THEORY IN CHILD 
• BANDURA’S SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY 

PRACTICUM:

• CHECKLIST WITH FOLLOWING POINTS-QUESTIONING, SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS, PROBLEM SOLVING, IMITATION, MEMORY ,NUMBER SENSE,CLASSIFICATION, SYMBOLIC PLAY. 

1.4 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT- 

• SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS 
• READING AND WRITING READINESS IN CHILDREN 

PRACTICUM: Practical Guide

1.5 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT 

• PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY BY FREUD.

PRACTICUM:

• PRACTICAL WITH SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST. 

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PAPER-2 : EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (FOLLOWING NEP2020)

TOTAL MARKS- 6 

DURATION -2HRS 

CREDIT-1 

THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING 16. A NATIONAL CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 17. OVERREACHING GOALS FOR ECCE 

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PAPER- 3: PSYCHOMETRICS TOTAL MARKS-16 DURATION- 4HRS CREDIT-1 18. BEHAVIORAL CHECKLIST (CBCL) 19. RATING 20. CROSS SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL OBSERVATIONS. 21. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH WORK- DANCE VIDEO ANALYSIS WITH THE HELP OF CHECKLIST 

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PAPER 4 : SCHOOL COUNSELLING AND METHODS OF COUNSELINGTOTAL MARKS-16 DURATION: 3HRS 22. INDIVIDUAL 23. PARENTAL COUNSELLING 24. CHILD GUIDANCE 25. METHODS OF COUNSELING – INTROSPECTIVE METHOD EXPERIMENTAL METHOD OBSERVATION METHOD PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUE

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 PAPER -5 RABINDRIK PSYCHOTHERAPYTOTAL MARKS-16 DURATION – 2HRS CREDITS-1 26. POSTULATES OF RABINDRIK PSYCHOTHERAPY 27. RABINDRA SANGEET AND HUMAN VALUE SYSTEM INTERNSHIP TOTAL -10 DURATION – 4HRS *TOPICS WILL BE PROVIDED AS PER NEED OF SITUATION BY YOUR ACADEMIC ASSISTANT

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