Program Overview

Empowered Parenting: Toddler Development and Support, Certificate of Completion

The LWTech Parenting Education program supports caregivers of young children (birth to 5 years) by offering opportunities to strengthen parenting skills in a collaborative preschool lab setting and through dedicated parenting education classes. Participants engage in parenting skills development through toddler groups and cooperative preschool settings, where caregivers attend alongside their children.

This program emphasizes parenting theory and best practices, hands-on learning through developmentally appropriate, play-based activities, with a focus on the caregiver’s vital role in their child’s growth and development.

Empowered Parenting: Toddler Development and Support certificate of completion graduates will:

• implement healthy and safe practices that foster a supportive and engaging learning environment for young children
• identify and understand resources to support families and strengthen community connections
• use strategies for engaging with children and caregivers using a culturally responsive, anti-bias approach to foster social-emotional competence
• explain developmental milestones in relation to cognitive, social-emotional, and fine and gross motor skills, and their impact on school readiness

Program Requirements

To complete this certificate, students will take 12 credits from the following course sequences:

• PAED 101 Parenting Infants I 2 credits
• PAED 102 Parenting Infants II 2 credits
• PAED 103 Parenting Infants III 2 credits
• PAED 111 Parenting Your One-Year-Old I 2 credits
• PAED 112 Parenting Your One-Year-Old II 2 credits
• PAED 113 Parenting Your One-Year-Old III 2 credits
• PAED 121 Parenting Your Two-Year-Old I 2 credits
• PAED 122 Parenting Your Two-Year-Old II 2 credits
• PAED 123 Parenting Your Two-Year-Old III 2 credits
• PAED 161 Parenting Children 0-5 Years Old I 2 credits
• PAED 162 Parenting Children 0-5 Years Old II 2 credits
• PAED 163 Parenting Children 0-5 Years Old III 2 credits

Total Program Credits: 12