Infant/Toddler Mental Health and Development

Catalog description

This course introduces students to infant and toddler mental health and development, including brain, social-emotional, language, cognitive, and motor development. Students learn the science of brain development and its centrality in infant and toddler mental health and development. Also, students examine the application of scientific findings and explore strategies of supportive care practices to assure healthy outcomes for infants and toddlers. The role of infant and toddler mental health and development and their connection to adult behaviors and relationships is examined.