Summer Semester 2023 Catalog

ECCE 1103 CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Credits

3

Introduces the student 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, prenatal through age 12, developmental guidance applications, observing and recording techniques, ages and stages of development, and introduction to children with special needs.

Lecture Hours

45

Lab Hours

0

Prerequisite

Provisional admission

Corequisite

None