Learn how your young children grow and develop to realise their full potential in this free online training course. Early childhood development (ECD) offers a window of opportunity to shape a child’s holistic development and future. This course provides an in-depth understanding of the stages of early childhood, theories, milestones, and best practices for fostering growth in children from birth to age eight. Students will explore the role of caregivers, developmental assessment, and the impact of environment and parenting styles on growth.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 192185 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Explain the significance and theories of early childhood development • Recall physical growth patterns from infancy to early childhood • Assess how brain development and plasticity influence learning in early childhood • Describe cognitive processes such as memory, attention, and problem-solving in children • Identify language milestones in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers • Summarise emotional regulation, attachment, and self-concept in young children • Indicate tools and observation methods to assess childhood development • Illustrate how family, community, and socioeconomic factors influence early childhood development • Review the role of parenting styles in shaping childhood development • Apply the use of words to praise, motivate and build the children's self-esteem |
| Course Code | 1082 |
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