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  "college": "napa-valley-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Child & Family Studies and Education",
  "id": "child-family-studies-and-education--early-childhood-intervention-certificate-of-achievement",
  "name": "Child and Family Studies-Early Childhood Intervention",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "child-family-studies-and-education",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.napavalley.edu/areas-of-study/child-and-family-studies-and-education/early-childhood-intervention-certificate-of-achievement/",
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      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The Early Childhood Intervention Certificate Program provides education and training to students wishing to gain more knowledge and/or skills about children with disabilities and other special needs, birth to age 6. Students completing the program will gain knowledge about special education from a culturally sensitive and family focused perspective.\n\n##### Career Opportunities\n\nTeaching and aide positions serving children with special needs\n\n##### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Communicate with empathy to develop nurturing relationships with children parents and co-workers as well as support the parent-child relationship.\n2.  Integrate concepts and components of developmentally appropriate practices into the daily curriculum to engage children at their level of understanding and ability.\n3.  Observe and record children’s behavior to be able to integrate the information gathered into daily curriculum that advocates gender, equity and diversity and meets biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial needs.\n4.  Know, pursue, and implement brain development research and theory in teaching.  \n    \n5.  Articulate relative laws regarding young children with special needs."
    },
    {
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      "title": "Certificate Requirements",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Courses (26 units)"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDEV-C1000",
          "title": "Child Growth and Development",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-122",
          "title": "Principles & Practices of Teaching Young Children",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-124",
          "title": "Observation & Assessment",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-140",
          "title": "The Child, Family and Community",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-150",
          "title": "Infant and Toddler Development",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-190",
          "title": "Children with Special Needs",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-200",
          "title": "Early Intervention Strategies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CFS-225",
          "title": "Fieldwork in Early Intervention",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "26"
        }
      ]
    }
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