Child Development

About This Program

The Child Development certificate is designed to provide practitioners with a foundation essential to become a highly qualified early childhood professional in a variety of early years settings. Practitioners will learn how to provide a safe and healthy, developmentally appropriate learning environment which promotes physical and intellectual competence and social and emotional growth. A focus on developing culturally appropriate and inclusive family partnerships with a commitment to professionalism will be introduced. Required components for the National Council for Professional Recognition CDA are embedded into the coursework and field experiences.

The Child Development diploma is designed to prepare individuals for employment in a wide variety of early childhood settings and provides critical components necessary to thrive in this high demand field. Coursework builds on learning acquired in the Child Development certificate and includes instruction in positive behavior guidance, special needs in early childhood, strategies for working with infants & toddlers and skill development in observation and assessment in the early childhood setting. The Child Development diploma can be applied to further studies in the Early Childhood AS or AAS degree programs.