Assignment task:
Infancy to Early Childhood Case Analysis Part 1:
For this discussion board assignment, you will conduct an interview with a parent who has a child in the early childhood stage of development. In your interview, solicit information to understand the child's development from infancy to early childhood about the area of development assigned to you.
- If your last name is A-F, please explore the physical needs of the child's development.
- Physical Needs: Exploration of physical needs includes developmental milestones, brain growth, sleep/nutrition needs, and environmental influences/risk factors.
- If your last name is G-L, please explore the social needs of the child's development.
- Social Needs: For social needs, use Erikson's psychosocial theory of development.
- If your last name is M-R, please explore the cognitive needs of the child's development.
- Cognitive Needs: For cognitive needs, use Piaget's cognitive theory of development.
- If your last is S-Z, please explore other professional considerations.
- Other Professional Considerations: These topics can include attachment, Bronfenbrenner's theory, temperament, cultural considerations, language development, development of self, gender development, social relationships/play.
ALL students should also explore how multi-cultural factors have impacted the area of development you are exploring (i.e., ethnicity, race, gender, socioeconomic status, ableism, religion, sexual orientation and other sub-cultural influences such as military). There are two option videos in the learning module that will help you think about culture more deeply and generate ideas about possible areas/questions to explore with your interviewee.
Quality posts will integrate material from the textbook to support your analysis of the child's development. All material from the textbook should be cited in APA style. Students should define psychological terms and concepts used; assume your audience is not familiar with developmental psychology.