ECCE 1103 Syllabus

Subject Code

ECCE

Course Number

1103

Course Title

Child Growth and Development

Prerequisites

Provisional admission

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Fall

Credit Hours

(3-0-3)

Course Description

This course introduces students to the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of the young child (prenatal through 12 years of age). The course provides for competency development in observing, recording, and interpreting growth and development stages in the young child; advancing physical and intellectual competence; supporting social and emotional development; and examining relationships between child development and positive guidance. Topics include developmental characteristics of children (prenatal through age 12), developmental guidance applications, observing and recording techniques, ages and stages of development, and an introduction to children with special needs.

Course Outcomes

Developmental Characteristics, Prenatal Through Age 12

  • Identify typical and atypical physical growth and developmental characteristics.
  • Identify typical and atypical social growth and developmental characteristics.
  • Identify typical and atypical emotional growth and developmental characteristics.
  • Examine current research in brain development.

Developmental Guidance Applications

  • Demonstrate developmentally appropriate verbal and non-verbal guidance techniques.
  • Describe direct and indirect techniques for guiding children's behaviors.

Observing and Recording Techniques

  • Identify different methods of observation.
  • Demonstrate properly recorded observations.
  • Theories of Development
  • Discuss and explore how theories explain child development.
  • Describe the areas of developmentally appropriate practices including individual development, chronological development, and family/cultural influences.
  • Identify the stages and the importance of play.

Introduction to Children With Special Needs

  • Identify characteristics of children 0 through 12 with special needs in all areas of development.
  • Discuss how genes and prenatal care affect the development of children with special needs.