Developmentally Appropriate Programming and Curricula for Infants and Toddlers
EDSE 5170/7170
3 hours
Developmentally Appropriate Programming and Curricula for Infants and Toddlers
Course Description
An overview of developmentally appropriate practices for infants and toddlers with and without disabilities. Content will focus on early development, interactions and collaboration with families, interdisciplinary collaboration, and routines-based intervention for infants and toddlers in home-based and inclusive, center-based settings.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will be assigned additional readings related
to evidence-based practice in working with infants, toddlers,
and their families that they will need to critique and present
to class. They will also complete an in-depth review of a
specific infant/toddler curriculum model and determine how it
addresses infants and toddlers at risk or who have
developmental delays.
Athena Title
Program Curr Infants Toddlers
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDSE 5170E or EDSE 7170E
Prerequisite
EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or HDFS 2950 or HDFS 2950E or EDUC(EPSY) 2130 or EPSY 2130E or EPSY 2130H
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will understand how to explain the historical, legal, and philosophical foundations of services for very young children with and without exceptional learning needs.
Students will understand how to describe early development in the areas of social-emotional, communication, adaptive skills, cognitive skills, and motor skills.
Students will understand how to explain the influence of medical issues and risk factors on the early development of infants and toddlers.
Students will understand how to explain the importance of interactions and experiences for early brain development.
In collaboration with families, students will understand how to plan developmentally and individually appropriate lessons and activities for infants and toddlers with and without disabilities.
In collaboration with families, students will understand how to design a developmentally and individually appropriate program for infants and toddlers that supports parent confidence and competence.
Students will understand how to explain early learning standards and various mainstream curricula and how they can be used to guide instruction in infant/toddler programs.
Students will understand how to explain the importance of cultural competence in working with very young children and their families.
Students will understand how to describe issues around transition from early intervention to preschool-based services for young children with disabilities and their families.
Topical Outline
Foundations of Part C early intervention services
Overview of prenatal/infant/toddler development
Factors in atypical development
Working with diverse families
IFSP development
Coaching and collaboration with families
Embedded instruction for infants and toddlers
Models/services for infants and toddlers
Developmentally appropriate practice and assistive technology for infants and toddlers
The Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards
