EDUC& 115 - Child Development

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Collect and record observation and assessment date in order to plan for and support the child, the family, the group, and the community. Practice reflection techniques, summarizing conclusions, and communicating findings.
Course Outcomes:

Discuss prominent child development research and theories guiding parenting and care giver’s practices.
Describe the developmental sequence from conception through early adolescence in all domains.
Analyze critical stages of brain development as influencers of child development.
Examine techniques to conduct and document observations of children as a means to assess and communicate growth and development.
Explain individual differences in development.
Identify how family, caregivers, teachers, community, culture, and trauma influence development.
Outline community resources to support children’s and families’ development.

Course Topics:

Child development
Theories of child development
Heredity, pregnancy and birth
Impact of the family
Physical development for infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children
Emotional and social development for infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children
Intellectual development for infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children

Course Attribute(s): Transferable Elective