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2026-2027 College Catalog 
    
2026-2027 College Catalog

ECE 260 - Child, Family & Community Relations


IAI Number Major: ECE915
3 Credit Hour(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hours(s)
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to work successfully with families and parent groups in individual, group, school and community settings. The focus will be on strengthening adult-child relationships and parent staff relationships in home, school and community. Settings. An awareness of strategies in developing positive and supportive relationships with families of young children with special needs, including the legal and philosophical basis for family participation; family-centered services; and strategies for working with socially, culturally and linguistically diverse families will be included. Family involvement in early childhood programs and parent education will be stressed.