Child Psychology
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Your at-home learning program includes four Instruction Sets designed
to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you’ll
employ as a parent or child care giver. Your first Instruction
Set will be sent to you as soon as your enrolment has been
accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete
your exams, so that you will always have training materials to
work with.
Here is an overview of what you’ll learn and the order in which you’ll receive your learning materials:
Instruction Set 1
- Learning Strategies
- Discusses the advantages of learning at home, types of study materials, types of examinations, accessing and using the features of our website, determining what kind of learner you are, establishing a study schedule, and preparing for and taking examinations.
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Developing more effective personal communication skills to increase chances for professional success; increasing skill levels involving the use and selection of words, gestures, tone of voice, facial expressions, listening skills, as well as overall physical appearance.
Instruction Set 2
- Introduction to Psychology
- Definitions of Psychology; Areas of Psychology;
Applications of Psychology; Psychology in Everyday
Use; Course Objectives.
- Methods Used in Psychology
- Basic Concepts; Methods of Psychology; Psychological
Processes; Personality and Family; Adjustment
and Maladjustment.
- The Relevance of Child Psychology
- Child-Rearing Practices; Your Child
Management “Style”; Family
Influences; Individual Differences; Knowing Yourself.
- Textbook:
Child Development — A First Course
Instruction Set 3
- Child Psychology in General
- Theories of Child Development; Maturation
and Learning; Attachment and Separation; Development
Stages; Capacities of Children.
- Starting Off
- Pre-Birth Influences; Neonatal Psychology; Stimulation
in Infancy; Milestones in Development;
Temperamental Differences in Children; Mother/Infant System.
- Children
Growing Up
- Pre-School Development; Separation Problems; Socialization;
Conscience Development (Values); Sexual Development;
Middle Childhood; School Adjustment; Family Effects.
- Adolescence
and Other Problems
- Changes at Puberty; Identity Formation;
Peer Group Effects; Career Decisions/Choice;
Delinquency and Drugs.
- When Is a Problem Really a Problem?
- Emotional Development; Normality
and Abnormality;
Development Disorders; Handicaps and Disability; Behaviour
Problems.
Instruction Set 4
- Children Who Require Special Treatment
- Professional Approaches; Self-Help
Approaches (Groups); Behavioural Approaches;
Play Therapy; Communicating with Children.
- Helping Children with Problems
- Deciding to Intervene; Assessing the
Problem; Planning a Program; Observing and
Keeping Records; Evaluating the Program.
- Looking Back to Go Ahead
- Children in the Future; Impact of Social Changes
on Children; Changing Services for
Children; Changing Lifestyles and Children; Legal Changes and Children.
- Putting
It All Together
- Main Themes of this Program; Developing a Child-Care “Toolkit”;
Sharing Skills;
Resources for Future Learning; Child Rearing: A Matter
of Personal Choice?
- Textbook: Caring for School-Aged Children
Online Library and Librarian
Students in ICS Canada have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and assist students in research activities during their studies with ICS Canada.
We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes
necessary.
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