Lifespan Development

The Lifespan Development course focuses on skills needed to guide the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and moral development of children. The Child Development component will provide emphasis on the skills of developing an understanding of the study of children, pregnancy and prenatal development, birth and the newborn, types and stages of growth and development, and birth through school-age children. Upon completion of the child development component of this course, the student should be prepared to care for and guide the development of a child through all stages of growth—within a family, as child care professional, or in other experiences with children with children. The parenting component of this course is designed to assist students in developing an understanding of the parenting process and of parenting skills. Upon completion of the parenting component of the course, a student should possess skills necessary to provide quality care for children—as a parent, as one employed to care for children, or as one who interacts with children in other settings.