Ms. Connolly   connollm@franklin.k12.ma.us.   508-541-2100 ext.3049

 

Child Development I

Course Goal: The goal of Child Development 1 is to stress the importance of a child's first years of life and to help the high school student understand the role that they as parents and potentials child care workers have on those first years.  As the students achieve an understanding of young children’s needs and their developments, it will give them a better understanding of themselves.

 

Course Outline:

 

I.                    Parenting Readiness

A.     Responsibility, myths, rewards

B.     Egg baby project

C.     Reasons for becoming parents

II.                 Planning a Family

A.     Factors to consider

B.     Human reproduction- male and female anatomy

C.     Family Planning

D.     Infertility

III.               Pregnancy

A.     Fetal development

B.     Signs of pregnancy

C.     Tests during pregnancy

D.     Prenatal care

E.      Complication- birth disorders

IV.              Childbirth

A.     Hospital procedures

B.     Influence of drugs, alcohol, smoking, x-rays and caffeine on unborn baby

C.     Labor

D.     Methods of childbirth

E.      Bonding and postpartum

V.                 First Days of Parenthood

A.     How a newborn looks

B.     What a newborn can do

C.     Parental care

D.     Husband/wife relationship

VI.              Parents and their Infants

A.     Physical, intellectual and social development

B.     New relationships

            C. "Baby Think It Over”