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Jan 28, 2023
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HDFS 226 - Child Development3 Credit(s)
Study of children’s physical, social-emotional, and intellectual development. Topics include, prenatal development and influences, a survey of various child-study approaches, instruction and experience in observing and recording the behavior of young children, study of adult-child differences, value of play, and discipline.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:
- Identify and explain the theories of development (child-study approaches).
- Describe the development of the embryo and fetus.
- Describe the factors influencing prenatal development.
- Explain the effects of the environment on development.
- Identify the physical, cognitive and social/emotional developmental stages of infancy, toddlerhood, and the early childhood years (birth through six years of age – including how children differ from adults, the value of play, and types of discipline).
- Apply an understanding of the concepts, principles and terms learned, to the behaviors and activities of the developing child (infant through 6 years of age).
- Identify the basic physical, cognitive, and social/emotional development of middle childhood and adolescence (seven through18 years of age).
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