Supporting Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

Details

Course Length

2 hours

Delivery Method

Asynchronous eLearning

Category

On-Demand eLearning

Course Summary

According to recent surveys conducted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, more than 1,260,000 children under the age of six experience homelessness. In this Think Small Institute course, you will identify ways to support families experiencing homelessness by describing community, health, and social resources that are culturally congruent and allow the family options for making informed choices. Discover federal criteria for determining homelessness and the prevalence and causes of homelessness in the United States. Practice determining homelessness and engaging with families experiencing homelessness in a culturally sensitive, trust-building way.

CEU Credits

0.2 CEUs

CDA Competency Area

Content Area IV: Strategies to establish productive relationships with families

MN KCF Content Area

I.D: Cultural Responsibility and Practice

Level

2 (Intermediate)

State Approval

Objectives

At the end of this training, learners will be able to:

Describe community, health, and social resources for families, including those that are culturally congruent.
Connect families to culturally or socially supportive organizations, advocates, and events in their communities. Identifies a variety of resources that accommodate individual as well as cultural preferences and dismiss the assumption that individuals from particular cultural groups will always prefer services from their own cultural community.
Engage with knowledgeable and trusted community-based organizations or institutions to provide advice, services, and expertise in order to give families the option to connect with community-based organizations and institutions or those in the dominant culture respecting each family’s right to make informed choices.

Criteria to earn CEUs:

To receive a certificate and CEUs, you must complete all components of this course, including scoring 80% or higher on the review quiz. You can retake the final review quiz and all interactive components as many times as needed.
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Required Technology and Logistics

Users are highly encouraged to take their online course on Google Chrome on either a laptop or desktop computer.
A stable internet connection is required for the completion of this course.