This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the seventh in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program to help Spanish speaking children to develop language skills in their native tongue and English. The text of the module deals with (1) the developmental principles of…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the fifteenth in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program for their administrative responsibilities as CDA staff members. The first section briefly discusses verbal, non-verbal and tactile communication and suggests five…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the last in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a competency-based bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program to help Mexican American children to develop positive self-concepts. The first four sections of the module text deal with the effects of the following…

This volume, the fourth in a series of 16, contains the learning module which focuses on creating a cultural learning environment in a competency based bilingual/bicultural Child Development Associate (CDA) preschool teacher training program. The module aims at providing the CDA trainee with the skills and knowledge to promote Mexican American…