If you want to support children well, you need to understand how they develop. This comprehensive course (approx. 12 teaching units of 45 minutes each) provides, in 12 modules, well-founded knowledge of child development from birth to school entry: the basic principles of development, the key developmental milestones in the first six years of life, the various developmental domains (motor skills, language, cognition, social-emotional development), the importance of attachment and play as engines of development, as well as observation, recognising developmental concerns and development-fostering support. Each module offers learning objectives, well-founded learning text with visualisations, an in-depth section, a case study and a transfer-to-practice exercise. Note: a training offer for developing pedagogical competence; no individual medical or developmental-diagnostic advice.
Course objectives:
- Understand the basic principles of child development
- Know the developmental milestones from 0 to 6 years
- Grasp the developmental domains and how they interact
- Understand attachment and play as foundations of development
- Observe and document development
- Recognise developmental concerns and support development in a beneficial way
Scope: 12 modules of about 45 minutes each (approx. 12 teaching units of 45 minutes each, about 9 hours).
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