Child+Development+Standards


 * This course addresses the following GA PSC **
 * state standards: 505-3-16 **
 * state standards: 505-3-16 **


 * Candidate performance on each standard is assessed **
 * by: ** ||
 * Child Development and Learning
 * Child Development and Learning

(i) Use knowledge of how children develop and learn to provide opportunities that support the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of all children. ||  || (ii) Use knowledge of how children differ in their development and approaches to learning to support the development and learning of individual children. ||  ||
 * (iii) Demonstrate understanding of the conditions that affect children's development and learning, including risk factors, developmental variations, and developmental patterns of specific disabilities. ||  ||
 * (iv) Create and modify environments and experiences to meet the individual needs of all children, including children with disabilities, developmental delays, and special abilities. ||  ||
 * (v) Apply knowledge of cultural and linguistic diversity and the significance of socio-cultural and political contexts for development and learning, and recognize that children are best understood in the contexts of family, culture, and society. ||  ||
 * (vi) Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships among culture, language, and thought and the function of the home language in the development of children. ||  ||
 * (vii) Affirm and respect culturally and linguistically diverse children, support home language preservation, and promote anti-bias approaches through the creation of learning environments and experiences. ||  ||
 * Curriculum Development and Implementation

(xviii) Establish and maintain physically and psychologically safe and healthy learning environments for children. ||  ||
 * (xx) Demonstrate understanding of the developmental consequences of stress and trauma, protective factors and resilience, and the development of mental health, and the importance of supportive relationships. ||  ||
 * (xxiii) Recognize signs of emotional distress, child abuse, and neglect in children and know responsibility and procedures for reporting known or suspected abuse or neglect to appropriate authorities. ||  ||