Child Development
Course Overview
The aim of this module is to increase awareness of the main issues around child development. By giving you a better understanding of the key issues you will be able to develop you work in a way that improves outcomes for parents and children. Over 4 million people in the UK work with children, young people and their families
Child Development highlights the importance of a wide range of factors that affect the individual pathway along which each child develops. A child's growth, development and learning are interrelated in complex ways from the moment of conception all the way through infancy to early childhood and beyond.
Learning Objectives - having completed this module, you will:
- Have a basic awareness of and be able to describe, the main theoretical concepts linked to child development
- Be able to evaluation information relating to physical, intellectual, linguistic social (including sexual) and emotional development of children and young people
- Recognise the factors that may affect development
- Be able to explain the importance of the concepts of resilience and vulnerability and their impact upon young people
- Explore attachment to explore the way in which children develop secure relationships with carers
- Consider effective practice in relation to child development
Course Details
Lesson Plan
- Welcome and Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Theories and Related Issues
- Stages of Development
- Attachment
- Vulnerability and Resilience
- Why is Child Development Important to Practice?
Target Audience
Authorised practitioners who work with children, young people and families, including Teachers; Midwives and Health Visitors; Youth Services and Connexions; Family Support Workers; Childminders; Social Workers; Voluntary and Community Groups; Early Years and Play Workers amongst others.Duration
It is estimated that this module will take approximately 2 hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning module you can complete this training in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout.Certification
On completion of this course you will be able to download a Virtual College certificate.Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.Cost and Discounts
£30 + VAT - This cost is for a single user.
Discounts are available for multiple users (10 or more) for more information please contact info@engineering.co.uk, or telephone Sales on 01943 885088.
How it Works
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What
This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material, and may also print the notes you took during the training.
You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.
How
The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.
The lesson consist of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.
Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course
When
This course is delivered fully online allowing you to learn at your own pace, however an average duration would be 2 hours.
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