ECE 412 Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Infants and Toddlers
This course examines the role of the caregiver, components of high-quality caregiver-child relationships, and strategies for ensuring developmentally appropriate, individually appropriate and culturally appropriate practices. Topics include understanding and working with families of infants and toddlers, issues of attachment and separation, brain development, and the importance of continuity of care and creating nurturing environments for very young children and their families. Candidates demonstrate observation skills related to infants, toddlers and their families and design activities to meet the developmental needs of these young children based on the outcome of those observations.Prerequisites: ECE 410 Quality Programs for Infants and Toddlers ECE 411 Infant and Toddler Socio-emotional Health