FE60✵ CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

Credit: 1 unit 

Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite:  None 

Course Overview: Investigate the major influences on child development including culture, heredity, and environmental factors. Explore the importance of early relationships and how they promote healthy brain development while identifying characteristics of children birth through age five. Identify the different theories of child development and their impact on the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive domains of development in children. Gain the knowledge and skills for careers in early childhood development and services. We also discuss FCCLA (Family Career Community Leaders of America). 

*Note: For safety and equipment purposes, enrollment is not to exceed 25.

Child Development North Carolina Standards

1.00:  Understand the career pathway and career opportunities in Early Childhood Development and Human Services.   

2.00:  Understand the development of durable employability skills.                                                                                   

3.00:  Understand conditions that influence prenatal development.                                                                                

4.00:  Understand physical development from birth to age 5.                                                                                          

5.00:  Understand how children develop                                                                                                                         

6.00:  Understand cognitive development from birth to age 5.            

7.00:  Understand emotional and social development from birth to age 5.