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Challenges
Selecting Child Care
Guidance
Health & Wellness
Reproduction
Neonate/Infant
Parenting
Preschoolers
Toddlers
Theorists
Neonate/Infant
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Students will explain the growth and development of the neonate
- Describe the growth and development of the neonate and infant
- Identify the physical characteristics and needs of the neonate
- Identify the Apgar test and scale
- Identify neonatal reflexes (sucking/rooting, startle/moro, babinski, walk/step, tonic neck, Darwinian/grasp)
- Identify the function of fontanels
- Discuss feeding options and practices of the neonate
- Review the bonding process and the importance of the bonding process after delivery
Describe the growth and development of the infant
- Identify the sequence of physical development of the infant
- Identify the height and weight gains during the first year of life
- Describe the emotional and social development of the infant
- Define and discuss stranger anxiety and separation anxiety
- Describe Erickson’s stage of trust vs. mistrust
- Describe the ways infants learn
- Discuss the importance of crawling, creeping, and stimulation for language and reading development
- Define and discuss object permanence
- Describe Piaget’s sensory-motor stage
- Describe solitary and on-looker play
- Evaluate age-appropriate learning activities and materials for infants
- Examine the reasons for infant crying and how to meet those needs
- Examine shaken baby syndrome and its ramifications
- Describe sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and prevention strategies
- Utilize observations and/or case studies to examine the growth and development of infants
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