Erikson- Premier American School Of child Development

Erikson Institute is a premier American Graduate School and imparts education in the field of Child Development. The school was established in the year 1966 and ever since then has been helping professionals understand and deal with the ever changing needs of children as well as their parents.

Education at Erikson, through its course structures, focuses exclusively on children upto the age of 8, i.e. the formative years.

Mission

As an independent institution, Erikson is geared to training professionals from the field of child development for leadership. The value structure at Erikson is shared by everyone who is associated with the institution, be it the staff, the students, the faculty or the Board of Trustees.

Why Join Erikson Institute?

Studying at Erikson

Erikson believes in its relationship-based, multi-disciplinary approach and has put it to work a number of times. At Erikson, it is believed that every child is different, has different needs and needs a unique approach in order to help him develop. Erikson’s curriculum includes relevant info from the fields of education, sociology, anthropology, neurobiology as well as psychology in order to help professionals understand children better.

The curriculum stresses on forming a relationship with the child by listening to him and learning from him.   

The Erikson Knowledgebase

Erikson’s applied research is rooted deeply in real world issues and solutions. It is capable of imparting the right education to people who have it in their hands to decide the future of a child.

Online Education at Erikson

Erikson’s Distant Learning Programs are designed to help you teach as well as take care of really young children.

Just like other campus-based courses, these online courses are based on effective and rigorous curriculum. Here are some salient features these online programs:

• The program will help you internalise child development knowledge and use it to the best of your ability. They focus on the growth process as well as the learning process of the child.
• The program will help you in building strong bonds and relationships in order to create a community. Based on the belief that children and adults learn best when they are a part of responsive relationships, you'll be engaged in an interactive online environment where you'll get to learn from Erikson’s premier faculty and interact with fellow students.

Erikson online study programs are based on the latest online technology. With the help of popular collaborating tools, networking tools and distant learning technologies Erickson makes sure that its students get the most out of their online study endeavours. 

Online Courses

Here are the details:

The Masters in Science (Early Childhood Education) is offered is a new addition. This 31 credit program is designed for early childhood educators who have experience in the field.

Besides this, Erickson is offering a total of 4 Graduate Programs on Infant Studies.

There is a certain drawback! The courses aren’t 100% online. The online courses will require you to spend some relevant time on campus.

Accreditation

Besides being a member of the North Central Association, the institute is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. However, this accreditation is only limited to Certificate Programs in Early Childhood Education and Child Development as well as Masters Degrees.

The Masters Degree (Early Child Education) is accredited by the State Board of Education (Illinois).

For more information, please visit www.erikson.edu.