Infant and Toddler Care Certificate
(15 semester hours)

Objectives

• Identify cognitive, physical, social, and emotional changes that occur in early childhood.             
• Discuss the relationship between a child’s development and interactions with parents, siblings, peers, and teachers.           
• Examine the fundamentals of infant and toddler development, including planning and implementation of programs in daycare.
• Employ formal and informal methods of gathering data on young children.
• Apply interpersonal, group, and presentational communication skills that are applicable in personal and professional cross-cultural environments.

GM239 / COM 240 - Intercultural Communication
PY100 / CFD 210 - Childhood Educational Development
PY101 / CFD 212 - Infant and Toddler Programs
PY103 / EDU 111 - Observation Techniques
PY377 / CFD 308 - Infant-Toddler Development