Certificate in Child Development Course Guide

This course covers the first two life stages, exploring key physical, intellectual, social and emotional milestones in each. It explains terms like regression and delay in child development, reviews newborn reflexes, significant physical milestones of stage one, and important social development aspects in stage two.

This course examines the key goals of behaviour management, why children misbehave and how to address misbehaviour. It explores different parenting styles, recording behaviour, Diana Baumrind’s findings on parenting and child behaviours, and outlines strategies and guidelines for creating rules and consequences. The course also explains five key behaviour management strategies.

This course covers the history of human diet and nutrition, the importance of parents in fostering healthy eating habits in children, and the risks of an unbalanced diet. It outlines basic nutritional needs for children and guides you in creating balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner menus with practical tips.

This course looks at the pre-conception factors that can affect both men and women, and the key nutrients for fertility and early pregnancy health in women. It also explores the important health and nutrition considerations for fathers-to-be when trying to conceive.

This course summarises nutritional guidelines for women in all stages of pregnancy and examines the link between maternal nutrition and preventing congenital birth defects. It covers the characteristics of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, ways to reduce morning sickness, and why sugary foods can lead to high blood sugar levels in pregnancy.

This course covers when babies should start solid foods and potential nutritional issues for babies fed only breast milk or formula after 6 months. It also looks at how to make food appealing for fussy toddlers, healthy food lists by age group, and how the immaturity of an infant’s digestive system impacts diet in the first two years.

This course explores children’s mineral needs and potential deficiencies, and ways to encourage older children to make healthier food choices. It also covers the parent’s role in promoting good nutrition, the advice a nutritionist might give in different scenarios, and common children’s snacks with their nutritional information.

This course provides an overview of eating disorders and their contributing factors, as well as health issues linked to childhood obesity. It covers guidelines for parents on healthy food choices, how psychology and self-perception influence food decisions in adolescents, and common nutrition-related illnesses in children.

This course covers how parents play a role in their children’s healthy eating habits as they grow, and ways they can support a balanced diet. It also looks at the impact of diagnosing food sensitivities and removing suspected foods from a child’s diet, the need for food restrictions in childcare settings for children with allergies, and guidelines for managing severe food allergies in children.

This course helps you prepare meal plans for children needing help with weight management, and explores nutritional challenges for overweight children. It covers the role of parents and caregivers in managing childhood obesity, outlines safe calorie reduction for obese children, and explains the causes and problems linked to childhood obesity.

This course explains why nutritionists must stay current with dietary guidelines, food pyramids and nutrition trends. It covers the effects of a diet high in glycaemic index foods, the daily fruit and vegetable needs for children, and the dietary considerations for children in vegan families.

This course explores the differences and perceptions of nature and nurture in child development, and why correlations, rather than causes, are used in studying children’s behaviour. It also introduces the theories of continuity and discontinuity, research methods in psychology, and key ethical considerations.

This course covers theories on newborn development and examines how genetic and environmental factors influence a child’s personality. It also explores how the perinatal environment affects early child development.

This course covers sensory discrimination and its different types, and explains the infant states that psychologists observe during research. It also defines and provides examples of habituation in early childhood development.

This course defines the four basic ways of learning with examples, and shows how they can be applied to a child’s learning. It explains the roles of reinforcement, consequences and punishment in infant development, and covers the factors leading to learned helplessness and how learning control can help overcome it.

This course identifies the emotions infants show at different stages of development and compares theories on mother-child attachment. It also reviews key theories on infant emotions and socialisation, and discusses the effects of day care on a child’s development.

This course explains Piaget’s stages of cognitive development with examples, and covers the importance of different types of play. It explores the link between cognitive models and computer simulation, and explains why memory capacity is important in cognitive development.

This course looks at different language acquisition theories and describes speech development during the first two years of life. It identifies key speech milestones in the first 12 months and offers techniques to support early language development.

This course discusses how nature and nurture shape intelligence, explores different ways to define intelligence and gives examples of their application. It also looks at how intelligence is measured, the limitations of these measurements, and the impact of parental influences on intelligence.

This course covers the key concepts of social cognition and how they appear in children’s friendships. It explores different social scripts children learn and their developmental importance, examines the development of egocentrism, and explains the significance of pretend play in a child’s growth.

This course explores the morality theories of Freud, Piaget and Kohlberg, and distinguishes between power-assertive and inductive discipline approaches. It also looks at strategies for encouraging altruistic behaviour and how to apply them, and identifies the two main types of aggression.

This course explains Freud’s key principle on child sexuality and the difference between gender identity and sex role identity. It identifies typical sexual behaviour in children, defines child abuse and its triggers, and explores the vulnerability factors and characteristics of child abuse.

This course explores how parental behaviour and family structure shape a child’s development, identifies common disciplinary methods, and recognises the influence of siblings. It also describes the impact of school on a child’s development.