Course description
A child’s first three years are vital to their development. Guidance and special care is needed for infants and toddlers to ensure the best possible social-emotive, cognitive, and physical growth. Studies have shown that the quality of care given to a toddler or an infant directly impacts their future. We provide a variety of toddler and infant courses to caregivers to enable them apply research-based and developmentally relevant practices to advance the happiness, health, and safety of our young children and babies.
Learning Outcomes
After completing all the lessons, the learner will be able to:
- Identify basics of a relevant curriculum for infant care facilities
- Explain how to develop a clean air environment for facilities dealing with infant care
- Describe the features of a high quality and safe infant and child care facility
- Describe the process of achieving high quality interactions with babies and young children and respond to the needs by touching them
- Describe hearing and vision abilities of babies and young children
- Identify physical abilities of a baby
- Describe their understanding of cognitive development
- Describe sensorimotor development in its four stages
- Recognize the responsibility of the caregiver in sensorimotor development
- Recognize their role in creating an emotional-supportive environment for babies and young children
- Describe how babies develop a sense of identity
- Name aspects and elements of language development
- Recognize self-esteem developing techniques for babies and young children
- Identify distress signs in babies and young children
- Recognize their role in babies’ play
- Recognize relevant strategies and language skills to apply when communicating with babies
- Recognize when and how to introduce toys to babies
Entry Requirements
This course is suitable for anyone who loves to care for the children ,also children caregivers working in children daycare centers or teachers teaching children of six years can also undertake the course
Learning Requirement
You will require a laptop,a good internet and an email address.
Certification & Accreditation
After a successful completion of the course, you will be issued with a Certificate of Competency by Open Awards
Assessment method
To give evidence that you have gained the knowledge require you will be assessed by your tutor in various method including:
- Observation
- practical activities
- Questioning(Oral or writen)
- Discussion groups
Course Features
- Lectures 5
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 30 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 29
- Assessments Yes
