Child Care

Categories Child Care, Teaching

About Course

Enroll in Wisdom Learning UK's comprehensive Child Care Course tailored for aspiring and current child care professionals. Expertly designed to align with UK standards, this course offers in-depth insights into child development theories, nutrition, psychology, and safeguarding practices. Benefit from up-to-date content, free student support, and certification. Elevate your career in child care with this specialized, UK-focused training program.

Understand the fundamental theories of child development.
Recognize the importance of nutrition and its impact on childhood development.
Apply child psychology principles in caring for and educating children.
Identify and support children with special needs and developmental delays.
Implement effective child safeguarding and protection measures.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development
• The First Six Years Are a Very Important Period • There Are Many Good Reasons to focus on Childhood Development. • Creating Positive Experience in Early Childhood Development.

Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development

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Module 2: Theory of Child Development
• Background of Child Development • Theory of Psychosexual Development • Theory of Psychosocial Development • Behavioural Theories of Child Development • Cognitive Developmental Theory of Jean Piaget • Bowlby's Theory of Attachment • Social Learning Theory of Bandura • Sociocultural Theory of Vygotsky

Module 3: The Importance of Proper Nutrition
• Introduction • Basics of Nutrition • Obesity Prevention in Children • Healthy Growth • Healthy Breakfast • The Effects of Poor Nutrition

Module 4: What Nutrients Are Children Commonly Missing?
• Introduction • Widely Ignored Nutrients o Calcium o Vitamin D o Potassium o Fibre o Vitamin A • Strategies to get kids to eat healthier

Module 5: Child Psychology
• Child Psychology • What is its significance? • We have to focus on resolving these three main challenges. • Child Development • Child Development Areas • The Developmental Stages

Module 6: Guidelines for Adult-Child Interaction
• Understanding Developmental Stages • Techniques for Different Age Groups • General Communication Strategies • Challenges and Solutions

Module 07: Childhood Attachment and Relationship Development
• How does attachment work? • Secure attachments • Insecure attachments • Bowlby's Theory of Attachment • Evolutionary Theory • The hypothesis of Maternal Deprivation • Internal Working Models • Imprinting • Common Attachments • Knowledge of Privatisation and Deprivation

Module 08: Impacts of Separation and Loss on Attachment
• Grief • Do kids experience grief in ways that adults don't? • HELPING KIDS DEAL WITH GRIEF • The Effects of Divorce on Children • Emotional Impact of Divorce • Factors Affecting Children's Adjustment • What Foster Care Does to a Child

Module 09: Child and Adolescent (Issues)
• STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: BIRTH TO TEENS (P) • FACTORS AFFECTING CHILD AND TEEN MENTAL HEALTH (P) • RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TEENS (P) • FOOD AND EATING ISSUES IN CHILDREN AND TEENS (P) • SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN TEENAGERS (P) • Problems in Childhood (P) • Problems in Adolescence (P) • Communication and Problem-Solving Training in Families • Development of Fears and Anxieties Causes of Childhood Anxiety • The terrified child • Babies' most common concerns • Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy • Family-Based Treatment Strategy

Module 10: Early Detection of Developmental Delays and Disabilities in Children
• Introduction • Early Intervention: What is it? • What is developmental delay? • Developmental screening: What is it? • If my child has a developmental delay, what happens? • Causes of Developmental Delay • Identification of Developmental Delays • Developmental Disabilities in Children

Module 11: Children with special need
• ADHD • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Dyscalculia • Dysgraphia • Dyslexia • Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) • Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) • ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) • Visual Impairment

Module 12: Introduction to Safeguarding
• What is safeguarding? • How does child protection work? • Who commits maltreatment? • Social and community factors • Why is training in safety measures important? • Understanding the common terms used in safeguarding children • Myths and Facts regarding Child Protection

Module 13: Practical guidelines
• The current state of child protection in the UK • Children's rights: • Parental responsibilities, parenting, and parents • Safeguarding and child protection terms • The effects of child abuse • Children's safety and public health

Module 14: Implementing child protection
• Vulnerability • Probable abuse or neglect indicators • Potential for child sexual abuse • Typical disclosure patterns • Reacting to the disclosure

Module 15: Effective childcare and well-being
• Physical adoration and nurturing • Keeping safe • Assist kids in recognising reliable individuals • Troubled relationships between peers

Level

All Levels
Duration

13 hours
Last Updated

December 13, 2023
Enrollment validity

Enrollment validity: Lifetime
Certificate

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Who is this Course for?

Aspiring to start a career in child care and development.
Current child care professionals seeking to update their knowledge and skills.
Parents or guardians interested in understanding child development better.
Educators and teachers wanting specialized knowledge in early childhood care.

Career Path (UK)

Early Years Teacher
Childcare Center Manager
Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
Family Support Worker
Child Psychologist (with further qualifications)

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Child Care

About Course

What I will learn?

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development • The First Six Years Are a Very Important Period • There Are Many Good Reasons to focus on Childhood Development. • Creating Positive Experience in Early Childhood Development.

Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development

Theory of Child Development

Module 3: The Importance of Proper Nutrition • Introduction • Basics of Nutrition • Obesity Prevention in Children • Healthy Growth • Healthy Breakfast • The Effects of Poor Nutrition

The Importance of Proper Nutrition

Module 4: What Nutrients Are Children Commonly Missing? • Introduction • Widely Ignored Nutrients o Calcium o Vitamin D o Potassium o Fibre o Vitamin A • Strategies to get kids to eat healthier

What Nutrients Are Children Commonly Missing?

Module 5: Child Psychology • Child Psychology • What is its significance? • We have to focus on resolving these three main challenges. • Child Development • Child Development Areas • The Developmental Stages

Child Psychology

Module 6: Guidelines for Adult-Child Interaction • Understanding Developmental Stages • Techniques for Different Age Groups • General Communication Strategies • Challenges and Solutions

Guidelines for Adult-Child Interaction

Childhood Attachment and Relationship Development

Impacts of Separation and Loss on Attachment

Child and Adolescent (Issues)

Early Detection of Developmental Delays and Disabilities in Children

Module 11: Children with special need • ADHD • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Dyscalculia • Dysgraphia • Dyslexia • Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) • Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) • ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) • Visual Impairment

Children with special need

Introduction to Safeguarding

Module 13: Practical guidelines • The current state of child protection in the UK • Children's rights: • Parental responsibilities, parenting, and parents • Safeguarding and child protection terms • The effects of child abuse • Children's safety and public health

Practical guidelines

Module 14: Implementing child protection • Vulnerability • Probable abuse or neglect indicators • Potential for child sexual abuse • Typical disclosure patterns • Reacting to the disclosure

Implementing child protection

Module 15: Effective childcare and well-being • Physical adoration and nurturing • Keeping safe • Assist kids in recognising reliable individuals • Troubled relationships between peers

Effective childcare and well-being

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Module 1: Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development
• The First Six Years Are a Very Important Period • There Are Many Good Reasons to focus on Childhood Development. • Creating Positive Experience in Early Childhood Development.

Module 3: The Importance of Proper Nutrition
• Introduction • Basics of Nutrition • Obesity Prevention in Children • Healthy Growth • Healthy Breakfast • The Effects of Poor Nutrition

Module 4: What Nutrients Are Children Commonly Missing?
• Introduction • Widely Ignored Nutrients o Calcium o Vitamin D o Potassium o Fibre o Vitamin A • Strategies to get kids to eat healthier

Module 5: Child Psychology
• Child Psychology • What is its significance? • We have to focus on resolving these three main challenges. • Child Development • Child Development Areas • The Developmental Stages

Module 6: Guidelines for Adult-Child Interaction
• Understanding Developmental Stages • Techniques for Different Age Groups • General Communication Strategies • Challenges and Solutions

Module 11: Children with special need
• ADHD • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Dyscalculia • Dysgraphia • Dyslexia • Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) • Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) • ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) • Visual Impairment

Module 13: Practical guidelines
• The current state of child protection in the UK • Children's rights: • Parental responsibilities, parenting, and parents • Safeguarding and child protection terms • The effects of child abuse • Children's safety and public health

Module 14: Implementing child protection
• Vulnerability • Probable abuse or neglect indicators • Potential for child sexual abuse • Typical disclosure patterns • Reacting to the disclosure

Module 15: Effective childcare and well-being
• Physical adoration and nurturing • Keeping safe • Assist kids in recognising reliable individuals • Troubled relationships between peers