ECED 120Child Growth and Development

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Prerequisites:Demonstrated readiness for college level English. Corequisites: Pre/Corequisites: DESCRIPTION:Studies the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development of children from conception to age twelve. Theories of child development, biological and environmental foundations, prenatal development, the birth process, and the newborn baby are discussed. Influences of family, community, media, and culture in various countries are considered. Students are required to observe children in an affiliated site (child care center, licensed family child care home, or preschool classroom in a public school). Students are required to observe and work one on one with a child multiple times in a public setting to complete the Child Case Study Project (12 hours). Students are required to meet personnel requirements for child care licensing which may include, but are not limited to: FBI fingerprints, 5 panel drug screen, TB test, physical/vaccination history, criminal history checks, CPS registry checks, reference checks, and completion of state licensing mandatory training modules- Health and Safety Modules 1-4, Intro to the Indiana Early Learning Standards, and Child Abuse Prevention and Detection or others that may apply or be requried by state law or by the early learning program. Due to the field experience requirement, this course is required to be taken at the students home campus unless otherwise approved by the students home campus ECED Program Chair.