EDU 210 - Infant/Toddler Development

Description
The focus of this course is on the physical, sensory and perceptual, cognitive, language, social and emotional development in the child, birth to 3 years. The emphasis is on caregiver skills, curriculum planning, and environmental structuring to enhance and stimulate development in in-home and group care settings.

Note: Students enrolled in Child Development Lab classes automatically undergo a Criminal Background Check and a Public Sex Offender Registry Check.

If, as a result of the criminal background check, or if Grand Rapids Community College learns through an authoritative source, that a student has been convicted of ANY FELONY, or is listed on the Public Sex Offender Registry, the student will be refused lab placement and removed from the course.

Complete Policy Information is provided on the GRCC Education Website.

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 5

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Education
Discipline: EDU

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240227T11:09:01
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Recognize and describe the stages of prenatal development including the influences of teratogens on the developing fetus.

2. Recognize the birth process including cesarean delivery, prepared child birth and a range of postpartum issues.

3. Observe and record the development of fine motor, gross motor, sensory/perceptual, cognitive, language and social/emotional skill of children birth to 36 months.

4. Observe and record the development of skills in all domains for children birth to 36 months.

5. Plan and implement developmentally, culturally and individually appropriate activities to enhance emerging and practicing skills for children birth to 36 months in all domains of development.

6. Demonstrate appropriate and effective caregiving, nurturing and interaction skills for children birth to 36 months.

7. Demonstrate knowledge of health, sanitation and safety issues for children birth to 36 months.

8. Research and prepare a paper dealing with a developmental issue related to children birth to 36 months.

9. Identify the progression of gross motor, fine motor, language, cognitive and social emotional skills of children birth to 36 months.

10. Identify and describe current theories of development for children birth to 36 months.

11. Demonstrate an understanding of possible developmental delays and the special needs referral process for children ages birth to 36 months.

12. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the role of parent partnerships for children birth to 36 months.

13. Demonstrate an understanding of the evaluation and intervention process for children birth through 36 months including the IFSP process.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Course introduction
     A. Lab scheduling and familiarization
     B. Working with infants and toddlers
     C. Classroom activity observations
II. Prenatal development
     A. Influences on development including FASD
III. Birth process
     A. Brain development
     B. Newborns
     C. Individual child observations
IV. Motor Development
V. Caregiving as curriculum
VI. Sensory/Perceptual Development
VII. Health and Safety
     A. SIDS
     B. Shaken Baby Syndrome
     C. Immunizations
     D. Sanitation
VIII. Physical growth
     A. Nutrition and feeding of infants/toddlers
IX. Toys and materials
     A. Physical environments
X. Cognitive Development
     A. Piaget
     B. Vygotsky
XI. Language development
     A. Chomsky
     B. Skinner
     C. Interactionist theories
XII. Early literacy
XIII. Topic presentations
XIV. Lab project planning
     A. Observing and recording infant/toddler behaviors
XV. Emotional development
     A. Bowlby, Mahler
     B. Social Development
     C. Erikson
XVI. Guidance for infants/toddlers
XVII. Assessment of infants/toddlers
XVIII. Parent and family relationships
XIX. Recognizing delays and early intervention
     A. Early On and IFSP process
XX. Guidance for infants/toddlers
XXI. Developmental overview
XXII. Enhancement of cognitive development
XXIII. Language development
     A. Language acquisition theories
     B. Stages of language development
     C. Language enhancement
XXIV. Observing and recording
     A. Anecdotal records
XXV. Guidance for infants and toddlers
     A. Appropriate guidance techniques
     B. Redirection, distraction
XXVI. Emotional development
     A. Margaret Mahler’s stages of ego development
     B. Development of specific emotions
XXVII. Social development
     A. Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development in infants and toddlers
     B. John Bowlby’s stages of attachment
     C. Enhancement of social development
XXVIII. Parent relationships and communication
     A. Fostering positive relationships
     B. Parent teacher conferences
XXIX. Developmental overview

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
Overall Lab Midterm and Final Observation and rubric

Final Lab Project and rubric

5 Observation and Implementation Activities and rubric

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: NA

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Discussion/student presentations: 30-40%

Lab: 40%

Videos, resource materials: 10-15%

Small group work: 5-10 %

Role playing: 0-5%

Speakers: 0-5%

Mandatory Course Components:
General Classroom Observation

Cognitive Classroom Activity Observation

Tests

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: EDU 118 (C or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test:
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Total Lab Hours Per Week: 2
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: An instructor must possess an MA or MS degree in Early Childhood Development and two years work experience in an infant/toddler classroom.

General Room Request: ECLL Adult classroom

Maximum Course Enrollment:
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
AP Min. Score:
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Child Development, A.A.A.S., Child Development (MTA Eligible), A.A.A.S., Child Development, A.A.A.S. (Western Michigan University - Family Science and Human Development), Paraprofessional Education, A.A.A.S., Pre-Birth to Kindergarten, A.A. (Grand Valley State University), Pre-Early Childhood Education, A.A. (Ferris State University)
1st Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Course Fees: $220.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100840
Course CIP Code: 19.9999