Typical and Atypical Child Development from 0 to 5 Years

Catalog description

This course provides the student the fundamental knowledge in the basic areas of typical development of infants and toddlers. The course emphasizes toward the development and visualizes the development of infants and toddlers within the family and the soci al context. The course includes observation and participation exercises. Throughout this course the student will study the child growth and development with an integral vision. This will be in an interdisciplinary perspective, were the student will study d ifferent development theories as a frame work of the course. The course will discuss the growth and developmental stages from birth to five years old, including the factors that could affect or impact these stages, interrupting the normal development.